38 replies to this topic

[Walgus]

Anyone in here with the gtx 570 experiencing some lag with user interface? like when opening the launchpad, there is some stuttering (seems like the animation is playing on very low fps) whereas my cinebench goes up to 53fps (on i5-2500k oc'd to 4.8ghz) quite good i'd say, but my hd4870 outplays the gtx570 as in how smooth the animation goes, even though the hd4870 cinebench only goes up to 26fps. There is something wrong with the nvidia drivers for this card, im not sure if it happens the same on the 580/590 cards.

[cuz24]

Worked beatiufully. I had to remove SLI bridge and power from the second GTX 570. This is the key for SLI users. Otherwise the system gives KP all the time.

I've seen some posts for SLI setups. Will try and report back.

[Xandros]

Any one tried 570 on real MacPro machine?

[Hangten]

Walgus, on 29 December 2011 - 07:31 AM, said:

Anyone in here with the gtx 570 experiencing some lag with user interface? like when opening the launchpad, there is some stuttering (seems like the animation is playing on very low fps) whereas my cinebench goes up to 53fps (on i5-2500k oc'd to 4.8ghz) quite good i'd say, but my hd4870 outplays the gtx570 as in how smooth the animation goes, even though the hd4870 cinebench only goes up to 26fps. There is something wrong with the nvidia drivers for this card, im not sure if it happens the same on the 580/590 cards.

Funny I thought there was a post here on using Revoboot and geting better performance? To answer for my hardware...there is no lag on my GUI at all.
And my cinebench without Chimera is higher on my HD4850 hitting about 43fps using a lower version of Chameleon. I'm planning on trying the new Chameleon as its showing the "boot" has changed to include support for this cards ID.

Thats a heck of an overclock! Is that with turbo or is that all cores without any SSDT-P  or you using NullPowerManagement kext? Was thinking about swapping board/chip but really use my computer for rendering in Autodesk mental ray. If I get V-ray up(cpu+gpu) and  my GTX570 running CUDA then a Sandy Bridge like yours would be a reasonable upgrade.

[Walgus]

Hi hangsten, had to revert back to using chimera as something weird was happening when booting with revoboot, it gave me 73fps on cine but UI and quicktime were lagging a lot, and the sound would start to crackle, things like that so i deleted that post :)

So, the UI lag is now gone, quicktime videos are playing as expected now.

I believe chimera from 1.4+ has the GraphicsEnabler auto-detection.

The OC is set to 48 in UEFI on the manual max ratio setting with an offset of 0,010v, to make it run @ 1.3v on full load, ran prime95 for 12 hours, no errors/bsods. I'd guess that's the max turbo ratio, prior to setting that multiplier i would only get 3.4ghz (100mhz more) on default settings. Temp wise it gets a bit hot at full load on prolonged times, like 75C but still within safe values i think.

Running SSDT_PR with 6 turbo states and speedstepper with vanilla AICPUPM but only getting 2 p-states (16 and 48) because it doesn't work on lion imac12,2 yet or so i read.

[Hangten]

Updated to 10.7.3 with only the NVDAGF100Hal ID edit and seems to need Open CL edit. Reinstalling 10.7.2 GeForceGLDriver.bundle

Feel free to edit http://sourceforge.n...20.dmg/download GeForceGLDriver.bundle

Info instructions: http://netkas.org/?p=794

OLD 10.7.2 edits





To clarify : Here is the difference of the EDITS below is the 10.7.3 original and with the edit by changing the 02 to 03 theres 2 places.

line# 00016540:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
line# 25D140:



Right click on GeForceGLDriver.bundle Show Package Contents then go over to GeForceGLDriver and drag to Hex Edit



A little boost in score on a clean install of Lion with added combo update 10.7.3 using GeForceGLDriver.bundle 10.7.3

[ocho_cervezas]

What system definition are you using?  3.1, 5.1?  Also, what are your current cinebench scores?

[Hangten]

Its iMac 11.2 doesn't really make a change. Im using ssdt.aml also and thats connected to my iMac model so thats why I use it.
IMO, there was an iMac using an intel gulftown i7 2.66  and thats exactly the CPU currently in the machine so ... figure with the HD4850 its almost a clone. back a year or so.

You can play with:
<key>SMproductname</key>
<string>iMac11,2</string>

<key>SMfamily</key>
<string>iMac</string>

In certain cases you might need to also make changes elsewhere or the adjustment in your smbios.plist will give you kernel panic.
Back up and tinker with caution.

Cinebench score the same, Will play around with Mountain Lion soon just haven't had time.

Edited by Hangten, 27 February 2012 - 05:07 AM.

[newmax07]

Thanks a lot it works great ...
except the audio
can you share AppleHDA.Kext or other Kext thats enable the audio in card

[toleda]

newmax07, on 02 March 2012 - 01:54 PM, said:

except the audio
can you share AppleHDA.Kext or other Kext thats enable the audio in card

Its a DIY project and the result is worth the effort.  Requires dsdt and kext edits.  Both HDMI and DP audio working on my EVGA GTX 570 HD. Info: http://www.tonymacx8...p?f=162&t=31664

[Gringo Vermelho]

Absolutely fantastic work on those guides toleda. Thanks for sharing!

[vjkevlar]

I really appreciated the guide for 570 on Lion 10.7.3.  

IVe done everything you mention in the guide however I get nearly half your FPS in Cinebench.  I have a core i7 990x, Gigabyte x58 UD7 and a Evga Gtx 570 HD with 2560 ram.

I noticed that my NVHAL file doesnt look the same as yours, I did try to use the one in your guide but, I had 1280 resolution afterwards.  I edited my original file and got a very slight increase.  I also added my device ID to Applegraphicspowermanagement too.

I DID install the Nvidia Update drivers but it may have slowed things down?  Also, I have another installation of 10.7.2 that gets around 35fps, all same hard ware.

Please help!

Thanks!

Kevlar

[Lilkitt1424]

Can you post a modern guide? I've been trying to get my GTX570 HD working on a fresh install of 10.7.3. I tried stock 10.7.3 drivers with latest CUDA and Mul+1B3ast combo enabler. I have seen some post results in Luxmark as high as 7000, I can't get anything over 800. Someone recommended a DSDT edit for my card, but I'm not sure if that's still a decent method and I have no experience with DSDT editing. Like most, the death of the auto-patcher was a sad day for me v.v

[Hangten]

OK, Im trying to understand at what point are you stuck at?  If you have a fresh install that means you were able to install 10.7.3 but can't reach the desktop upon reboot?  You can edit the kext using Windows with Macdrive, or an Apple computer via USB/Hard disk adapter.

The stock 10.7.3 NVDA'GF100 kext won't work, must edit.

[La Pistola]

Reading this makes me feel dumb! I know its me not you, but I am getting lost trying to do this....

I am running 10.7.3
3.39 Ghz Core i7 with 16GB ram.
Mobo is Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Here is where I am at.

Quote

1) Chimera 1.5.4.pkg or newer Found @

#############

I got that part. I downloaded and installed it.

Quote

boot.zip

123.15K

53 downloads

replace Chameleon boot in the root (its hidden)

I downloaded that and copied it over the one I had. I hope there was not anything else I was supposed to do.

Quote

2) GeForceGLDriver.bundle hex edit. 100%Open CL GPU Fermi 4xx 5xx

osx86.net

You can edit your own 10.7.3 using Hex utility found further down thread. Do to the size can't post it here so I gave more detail. Its fairly simple using

Hex Edit.

I am confused on this point. I downloaded "

GeForceGLDriver.bundle" from osx86, but I don't know what to do with it. I know I have to use kext wizard to install it, but do I need to modify it first or anything?

Quote

3)ID inserted 1086

Lion 10.7.3 NVDAGF100Hal *from 10.7.2 please use http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484 do not reboot when finished replace considering you will have no graphics without the ID edit!

updated 10.7.3

NVDAGF100Hal.kext.zip

4.2MB

93 downloads

I am totally confused about this. Do I just install with kext wizard?

Quote

4)

AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext_GTX_580_or_570.zip

69.81K

[left]333 downloads

I assume I just install with kext wizard?


Thanks!

[La Pistola]

Anyone?

[robertx]

La Pistola, on 07 May 2012 - 03:52 PM, said:

Reading this makes me feel dumb! I know its me not you, but I am getting lost trying to do this....

I am running 10.7.3
3.39 Ghz Core i7 with 16GB ram.
Mobo is Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Here is where I am at.

I got that part. I downloaded and installed it.

I downloaded that and copied it over the one I had. I hope there was not anything else I was supposed to do.

I am confused on this point. I downloaded "[left]GeForceGLDriver.bundle" from osx86, but I don't know what to do with it. I know I have to use kext wizard to install it, but do I need to modify it first or anything?

I am totally confused about this. Do I just install with kext wizard?

I assume I just install with kext wizard?


Thanks!

  ...I'd suggest...do the installs with kext wizard...using the option to backup anything existing that it may over-write...a folder named Kext Backups will be created on your desktop...restart using -v and see what your mac thinks about the changes ...=*

4

[jsl]

inovice, on 21 November 2011 - 08:08 PM, said:

3)ID inserted 1086

Please use 1080 (the 0 actually means it will accept any value from 0 - 9)
Also, make sure that you do not leave unnecessary spaces in between.
Use tab and enter key when editing the file.

By doing so, my friend manages to get the apple loo correctly at the boot screen. Please try...I have a 550Ti and it also works fine.

Hi, inovice
Can you confirm that miniHDMI & 2 DVI ports of your GTX 550 Ti card all working now ?
Which bootloader are you using ? How many kexts did you patch ?
Looking forward to your reply as soon as possible. Thanks.

[tjc808]

@jsl

jsl, on 31 May 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

Hi, inovice
Can you confirm that miniHDMI & 2 DVI ports of your GTX 550 Ti card all working now ?
Which bootloader are you using ? How many kexts did you patch ?
Looking forward to your reply as soon as possible. Thanks.

read / im working on my gtx 550 ti right now as well. make sure you have lion 10.7.3 or greater / download the driver (Fermii) of nividias site / from the following link info + driver links

http://www.insanelym...1

post #314 confirms.