Ok, so I have been reading these forums for quite some time now and have my Laptop working nice, but now I am building a desktop. I've got my MoBo, DVD Drive, RAM, Network and sound all sorted out but just have not decided on what vid card to get. I would like some advice on what video cards are the most worry free or just work out of box.
Here is what I think (after reading the HCL wiki and thousands of posts on this forum) will work best, all are PCI-E:
ATI: 2600 PRO, 2600 XT, 3850 and 3870
Nvidia: 7300 GS/GT, 7600 GT, 8500 GT, 8800 GT
I have pretty much all the distros and updates to fiddle around with and I have ASUS 8500 GT but I cant get QE/CI enabled (dont know why).
Any advice on which card to get will be appreciated.
Slim
Full Version: Video Card Advice
That 8500 card you have is one of the best. Are you using nvinject? There are about a dozen different versions of nvinject, try to find the nvinject thread and get the latest version, as the older versions won't work with 10.5.4/10.5.5
I would suggest the 8500GT or the 8800GT, best card there and nVidia works better on os x then ATI
For drivers i suggest installing OSX86 Tools and using the "Add EFI strings/Boot Flag"
Here is what that does according to there website.
Pm-me for any questions
PS: EFI strings are more stable and work better than injectors.
For drivers i suggest installing OSX86 Tools and using the "Add EFI strings/Boot Flag"
Here is what that does according to there website.
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Add EFI Strings/Boot Flags
This Boot Editor allows you to modify your com.apple.Boot.plist file to add boot flags, timeout, quietboot, graphics mode, and EFI strings (Requires PC_EFI v8 or Chameleon). Then you get a dialog box with a bunch of fields where you can modify the values in com.apple.Boot.plist and quite a few options to generate and manipulate EFI strings (device properties) in the toolbar. Warning: Make sure you know what you are doing when using this. It may render your computer unbootable.
This Boot Editor allows you to modify your com.apple.Boot.plist file to add boot flags, timeout, quietboot, graphics mode, and EFI strings (Requires PC_EFI v8 or Chameleon). Then you get a dialog box with a bunch of fields where you can modify the values in com.apple.Boot.plist and quite a few options to generate and manipulate EFI strings (device properties) in the toolbar. Warning: Make sure you know what you are doing when using this. It may render your computer unbootable.
Pm-me for any questions
PS: EFI strings are more stable and work better than injectors.
QUOTE(MGJulius @ Oct 2 2008, 01:05 PM) 
I would suggest the 8500GT or the 8800GT, best card there and nVidia works better on os x then ATI
The 8800GT all the way. Its got amazing performance and ITS DIRT CHEAP! Check this out: Newegg 8800GT.
Only $110! I bought mine for $250 a while back.
Thanks for the replys. I will look more into the 8500GT no QE/CI issue and read more about NVinject. I'll post back my results.
Slim
Slim
Retried my 8500 GT with NVDarwin and all works perfect now.
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