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[VooD]

rominator, on Jul 22 2011, 10:39 PM, said:

Thank you so much for putting this list together.

I have always meant to gather the info and do this but never did.

It needs to be remembered that the other issue with Fermi and other Nvidia cards not used regularly is that they frequently will stay in 2D mode due to throttling not getting triggered properly.

If your Hack id's as "Mac Pro 4,1" or "Mac Pro 5,1" you can edit the AGPM kext to fix this.

It is easy to figure out if you have the issue. Run OpenGl view and check test results.

If you get numbers in hundreds, you need to fix. If numbers start in hundreds then JUMP into thousands, no throttling issue.

The AGPM is a bit of a mystery still. Oddly, the 2 GPUs enumerated in it are the GT120 and the GTX260. SInce the GTX260 was never a "real" mac card, this is very odd. Especially since a GTX285 can throttle itself.

I remember the same happened with the 8600GT mobile in my Acer notebook, but curiously if you put the screen to sleep, once you wake it the clock stayed in 3d mode.

[whitegerry]

No GeForce GT 435M(0DF2)?

[VooD]

whitegerry, on Jul 26 2011, 03:18 PM, said:

No GeForce GT 435M(0DF2)?

Not without modifying the plist.

[xxmacmanxx]

Well, I don't get it.

I have an NVIDIA GT 430 but no native support.. I need an EFI String to get the card working properly. Do I something wrong or do i have to install something?

[VooD]

xxmacmanxx, on Jul 27 2011, 06:57 PM, said:

Well, I don't get it.

I have an NVIDIA GT 430 but no native support.. I need an EFI String to get the card working properly. Do I something wrong or do i have to install something?

You need an injector. Either Chameleon, an EFI String, or a Kext able to inject. The problem is Chameleon doesn't include the pci id for your 430, so if you want to use its "GraphicsEnabler" option you have to modify the source code and compile your own version, so probably is easier just using an EFI string.

[ren1974]

so have been trying to get my card working in SL with no luck. came accross this list of device id's for lion, can anyone tell me please if this card will work ok with lion i think it should but cant understand why this card will not work in SL.


---------------
Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTS 450
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0DC4&SUBSYS_085A10DE&REV_A1
Display Memory: 2765 MB
Dedicated Memory: 993 MB
Shared Memory: 1771 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: DELL E197FP
Monitor Id: DELA024
        Native Mode: 1280 x 1024(p) (60.020Hz)
        Output Type: HD15
        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0012.7533 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.17.12.7533
        DDI Version: 11
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 5/25/2011 07:09:12, 15223912 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: n/a
    WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4E84-11CF-036E-56281FC2C535}
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE
          Device ID: 0x0DC4
          SubSys ID: 0x085A10DE
        Revision ID: 0x00A1
the device id is in the list but as this didnt work in SL am not sure if i can get this to worl in lion any advice would be great as this is starting to do my head in.
thanks in advance.

[VooD]

ren1974, on Aug 5 2011, 04:22 AM, said:

so have been trying to get my card working in SL with no luck. came accross this list of device id's for lion, can anyone tell me please if this card will work ok with lion i think it should but cant understand why this card will not work in SL.

Your card should work if you use Lion and latest Chameleon as bootloader with GraphicsEnabler=Yes.

[an1r0n]

rominator, on Jul 22 2011, 11:39 PM, said:

Thank you so much for putting this list together.

I have always meant to gather the info and do this but never did.

It needs to be remembered that the other issue with Fermi and other Nvidia cards not used regularly is that they frequently will stay in 2D mode due to throttling not getting triggered properly.

If your Hack id's as "Mac Pro 4,1" or "Mac Pro 5,1" you can edit the AGPM kext to fix this.

It is easy to figure out if you have the issue. Run OpenGl view and check test results.

If you get numbers in hundreds, you need to fix. If numbers start in hundreds then JUMP into thousands, no throttling issue.

The AGPM is a bit of a mystery still. Oddly, the 2 GPUs enumerated in it are the GT120 and the GTX260. SInce the GTX260 was never a "real" mac card, this is very odd. Especially since a GTX285 can throttle itself.

AGPM is extremely annoying. It not working good, power states are having issues even on real Mac's. I've seen choppy interface animations on Mac Mini 2010, Macbook Air... basically everything with nVidia card has these issues.

[montiniz]

ren1974, on Aug 4 2011, 11:22 PM, said:

so have been trying to get my card working in SL with no luck. came accross this list of device id's for lion, can anyone tell me please if this card will work ok with lion i think it should but cant understand why this card will not work in SL.

gts works in sl and lion both. before i got gtx460 i had palit gts450.  GE=yes, RootUid=1. with sl used official nvidia drivers (card freeze problems), lion - device id's in kexts (card was running without freezes.

[BLooD_LorD]

I have a NVidia GT 525 M card
If i got this right, i install latest chameleon as bootloader, then i put NVEnabler.kext to S/L/E and edit IOPCImatch so it should look like this?

0x0df510de&0xffc0ffff

boot with flags GraphicsEnabler=Yes PCIRootUID=1?
And all should work?
Or should i install the latest Cuda drivers and edit it kexts?
-------Update-------
So i edited NVDANV50Hal.kext
put there

0x0df510de&0xffc0ffff

and added GraphicsEnabler flag to com.boot.chameleon.plist
and it loaded fast enogh
but it shows this in Info
 __________________________2011_08_21____5.10.37.png   1.11MB   239 downloads
 __________________________2011_08_21____5.10.46.png   1.1MB   203 downloads
Is it recognized or what?It showing how it should or not?

[VooD]

BLooD_LorD, on Aug 21 2011, 01:25 AM, said:

I have a NVidia GT 525 M card
If i got this right, i install latest chameleon as bootloader, then i put NVEnabler.kext to S/L/E and edit IOPCImatch so it should look like this?

0x0df510de&0xffc0ffff

boot with flags GraphicsEnabler=Yes PCIRootUID=1?
And all should work?
Or should i install the latest Cuda drivers and edit it kexts?
-------Update-------
So i edited NVDANV50Hal.kext
put there

0x0df510de&0xffc0ffff

and added GraphicsEnabler flag to com.boot.chameleon.plist
and it loaded fast enogh
but it shows this in Info
________..._5.10.37.png
________..._5.10.46.png
Is it recognized or what?It showing how it should or not?

I think you did everythin wrong

The pci id for your card is already included in the drivers, you just need to turn GraphicsEnabler on chameleon (supposing chameleon has support for your card), or instead adding an enabler with support for your card (you can edit them easily).

Anyway the fact that the driver loads with your pci id doesn't warrantee video acceleration to work. It may be just Apple guys were too lazy to make a more precise pci id list, and ended with one too much generic.

[BLooD_LorD]

Maybe i should use some other smbios info, i use MacBook Pro8,3?
Also i will try now to add EFI string about the card to com.chameleon.boot.plist

[VooD]

BLooD_LorD, on Aug 21 2011, 12:43 PM, said:

Maybe i should use some other smbios info, i use MacBook Pro8,3?
Also i will try now to add EFI string about the card to com.chameleon.boot.plist

smbios.plist has nothing to do with graphic cards.

[BLooD_LorD]

VooD, on Aug 21 2011, 04:33 PM, said:

smbios.plist has nothing to do with graphic cards.

but according to system difinition as i understand, AppleGraphicsPowerManagment takes info of the devices

[VooD]

BLooD_LorD, on Aug 21 2011, 01:37 PM, said:

but according to system difinition as i understand, AppleGraphicsPowerManagment takes info of the devices

That has NOTHING to do with getting video working, but with power management. Unless you have video working, changing your smbios.plist won't do anything at all.

It is just like trying to build the roof before the walls.

[BLooD_LorD]

VooD, on Aug 21 2011, 04:46 PM, said:

That has NOTHING to do with getting video working, but with power management. Unless you have video working, changing your smbios.plist won't do anything at all.

It is just like trying to build the roof before the walls.

ok. ATM
If i install just CUDA drivers and leave everything as is, and boot with GraphicsEnabler=No and -v in console i see that GF100 kext is loaded, but i dont know how to check if the acceleration works
------------------------------
should i write this id in enabler? 0x0dc010de&0xffc0ffff
or 0x0df510de&0xffc0ffff

[BLooD_LorD]

montiniz, on Aug 5 2011, 06:20 PM, said:

gts works in sl and lion both. before i got gtx460 i had palit gts450.  GE=yes, RootUid=1. with sl used official nvidia drivers (card freeze problems), lion - device id's in kexts (card was running without freezes.

can you please tell me step by step what you did on Lion to get your card working and what is your smbios info..thank you
I have Lion GM.
I think i will try to get it working.

[VooD]

BLooD_LorD, on Aug 21 2011, 02:04 PM, said:

ok. ATM
If i install just CUDA drivers and leave everything as is, and boot with GraphicsEnabler=No and -v in console i see that GF100 kext is loaded, but i dont know how to check if the acceleration works
------------------------------
should i write this id in enabler? 0x0dc010de&0xffc0ffff
or 0x0df510de&0xffc0ffff

CUDA drivers have nothing to do with video acceleration. Lion already have all you potentially would need in case your card is compatible.
I think you should open a new thread about.

[montiniz]

BLooD_LorD, on Aug 21 2011, 03:18 PM, said:

can you please tell me step by step what you did on Lion to get your card working and what is your smbios info..thank you
I have Lion GM.
I think i will try to get it working.

GraphicsEnabler=Yes
PciRoot=1
chameleon2RC5 latest rev.
device id in nvdagf100hal.kext and applegraphicspowermanagement.kext(if you're on macpro 3.1 no need for id in agpm, for macpro 4.1 delete appletymcedriver.kext before restart or you might get kp)
i'm on imac10.1

[BLooD_LorD]

montiniz, on Aug 22 2011, 06:54 PM, said:

GraphicsEnabler=Yes
PciRoot=1
chameleon2RC5 latest rev.
device id in nvdagf100hal.kext and applegraphicspowermanagement.kext(if you're on macpro 3.1 no need for id in agpm, for macpro 4.1 delete appletymcedriver.kext before restart or you might get kp)
i'm on imac10.1

can you plz give me your smbios.plist, thx