Alexander Karlsson Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 At the moment I have not seen any support for this card XFX 8800gs. I am trying to install on an AMD X2 3800+ system with A8N-E MoBo with nForce4. I have no luck with it. My install DVD release is Leo4All-10.5.2 Universal AMD/INTEL. When I install with try to install the existing kext the 8800gs shows higher frequences and resolutions, but I believe I have the QE/CI problem, because when I am supposed to enter Name, Country etc I see just a grey screen. Does anyne know how I could get this card working on Leo or Tiger?? I have also tried the NVInstallerV.41.pkg but nu luck there either, and there is no option for 384MB. Woul'd be gratefull for any help! /AlexThunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaim Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 i have the same problem with my 8500 GT it is 1gb but i dont see a option to choose 1gb cards:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Karlsson Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 1 whole GB, what are U going to do with IT, not playing games I hope, since you can never use more than 512. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=104131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaim Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 i using it to play games is there anyway to like Downgrade it to 512mb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Karlsson Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 Don't know, Im actually a noob on MAC. I intalld it first time at New year and later my card broke, so I got a 8800gs because It was that price I could afford. AND IT DOESN WORK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaim Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 i'll swap ya xD i noticed after installing nvinstaller v4.1 (i installed 512mb nvinject)that when the apple logo and that thing spins the thing freezes i see a flash of gray but when i boot with -v i see a vram error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Karlsson Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 IF U use intel, the Vanilla 256 on the nvINject it could work. Only 256MB i readed thogh, ,but thats enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Karlsson Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Any one out there, I need som help hetting this car to work on mac. Name NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0606&SUBSYS_23351682&REV_A2\4&243D7BD0&0&0070 Adapter Type GeForce 8800 GS, NVIDIA compatible Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Adapter RAM 384,00 MB (402 653 184 bytes) Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll Driver Version 6.14.11.6932 INF File oem0.inf (nv4_NV3x section) Color Planes 1 Color Table Entries 4294967296 Resolution 1680 x 1050 x 60 hertz Bits/Pixel 32 Memory Address 0xA2000000-0xA2FFFFFF Memory Address 0x80000000-0xFEBFFFFF Memory Address 0xA0000000-0xA3FFFFFF I/O Port 0x00009000-0x00009FFF IRQ Channel IRQ 18 I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF What should I assing vRAM to, I cant find the right value since I have 384MB VRam, and no oteher cards have this ammount. HELP Plz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeRaoul Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 The 8800GS (384MB G92) does work, with full CI/QE acceleration and with 3D games. 3 ways I know of that work: NVInstaller v.33 - choose either vanilla/256 or 320 MB option (this installer uses NVInject 0.2.1) Natit with 10.5.2 kexts for GeForce and NVDAN etc GFX-EFI strings with neither of Natit or NVInject These methods are all for Leopard 10.5.1 or 10.5.2 - haven't seen it work with Tiger at all. Success with GFX-EFI strings using this guide: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=91755 However, it may be necessary to put your 8800GS 's device ID into the GeForce drivers! The 8800GS is dev id 0606, and vendor id 10de. Inside 3 kexts you will see the IOPCIMatch IDs 061110de - here you should change 0611 to 0606. The 3 kexts are GeForce.kext, NVDANV50Hal.kext, and NVDAResman.kext Then repair permissions via Terminal sudo chown and chmod on the kexts you changed. I haven't figured out how to get VRAM size fixed yet, but it's set in the .plist used for making the GFX string. The number for 384MB would probably be 00000018 or 00000014, but I'm not sure. BUT, there was just released a new iMac with the 8800GS in it! But this one is 512MB, I think. The good news is that the G92 8800GS is explicitly supported by native drivers for sure now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Hey I'm having issues with the same card. XFX 8800GS 384mb. From what I've seen, the choices in NVinject are just for cosmetic purposes in "About this Mac." If you install the Apple Graphics Update it just pulls the appropriate driver from that. My problem is that I'm using NVinject and the Apple Drivers and I can't get to the desktop. It hangs right at the end of the boot sequence in verbose mode (using Leo4all). I have no idea why. How can i get in and try these methods when i can't boot with this card installed? I wonder if i tried installing and left out the graphics drivers if it would boot with the generic driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I tried my idea (installing Leopard with NO graphics drivers) and it let me boot to the registration screen. I filled everything in and got to the desktop. Then i repaired my permissions, downloaded NVInstaller .41, installed the vanilla 256 driver, repaired permissions again and restarted with my fingers crossed and BOOYAH! It booted up no problem. I checked in System Profiler and I have full CI/QE and it's even showing the correct VRAM size of 384 MB! SUHWEET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmed bu50 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Hi all, I have also the same card 8800 gs, I am facing problem with qe support and resolution change my system is AMD I have installed IPC . Do you sugest to go for Leo4all? And is there any special thing for installing 8800 gs in AMD system? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Hi all, I have also the same card 8800 gs, I am facing problem with qe support and resolution change my system is AMD I have installed IPC . Do you sugest to go for Leo4all? And is there any special thing for installing 8800 gs in AMD system? Regards I've moved on from injectors to using graphics strings. As far as I know you can use them on AMD. Download PCWiz's Universal Installer tool and install the graphic string for the 8800gs (and remember to choose your startup volume to install to). My hack has full QE/CI using that. If you have a working iPC install I wouldn't go to Leo4All. I think it topped out at 10.5.5. iPC is 10.5.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmed bu50 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hi try to download PCwiz. it makes 8800 gs works with applying the EFI string. Don't forget to chose the mac hard drive. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodecowboy Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Anyone got this working on 10.5.7? I used NVInstaller and EFI Studio. I've also tried removing all kexts and using the PCWiz GFX string installer. Also tried the latest NVInject. The card works but I have no QE with any of these methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I was using iPC 10.5.6 with graphics strings from UInstaller and it worked fine upgrading to 10.5.7 through Software Update. I'm doing a reinstall now. I'll let you know how it goes. Yep. Reinstalled with no graphics driver. Once installed, used UInstaller to add the 8800GS graphics string, enabling full support. Updated to 10.5.7 and everything is enabled. You should make sure you don't have other drivers installed if you're using a graphics string. They may be conflicting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddogmark100 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 any one know if there is kext for this card 880gs for 10.6.2 thank a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 any one know if there is kext for this card 880gs for 10.6.2 thank a lot Using chameleon's graphics enable=y it worked right at boot up for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eshiku Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Have a XFX 8800GS 512MB here, tried doing GraphicEnabler=yes but it's not working? Anyone else have success installation with this card? Thank you very much for helping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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