Hi guys,

I'm planning on buying a 8800GT but only if it's OSX86 compatible. Any idea if it already has support or if a driver is being released?

Thx in advance

I don't know if this would have any negative effect on it, but it's interface is PCIE 2.0. So there might be issues with that an Osx86.

nobody knows yet if its gonna work on 10.5.0 but mine will come on novermber 13 so I'll test it and say to everybody if it works or not (most likely it wont work)

Thx for keeping us updated m8.

I wouldn't mind if it only worked for Tiger since Leopard is still in it's early stages but I guess that will be out of the question too.

Hey enb14, how did you go with the GT?

I don't believe anyone has got it working yet. It's a different core to the 8800gts (G92 vs G90). The 8800gts is the only 8-series card that works 100% ATMI don't believe anyone has got it working yet. It's a different core to the 8800gts (G92 vs G90). The 8800gts is the only 8-series card that works 100% ATM

Well, the Ultra and GTX work too.

768MB Ram fully recognised and getting fully used? Apple isnt limited to 512MB?

Thx Azu

The 512MB limit was a Video BIOS bug in 6/7 series cards and doesn't have any bearing on the 8s, which use a different driver. I think all the RAM works with the right Natit, but you'd have to ask somebody who's got one. I was just commenting that they're also known to work.

my 8800GT is not working yet at least not with 10.5.0

Have you gotten it to work with tiger?

my card arrives tomorrow,

I also have the new 8800gt card, bought it as soon as it came out in late october.
thought the mac.nub package would work but no

Do you think we will see support for this card in Leopard later on?

Confirmed not to be working ATM, neither in Tiger nor Leo.

Maybe someday in the future when Apple upgrades its GPU options

is there a way to get higher resolution than 1024x768 without graphics drivers?
I can live without core image / quartz extreme for a while

8800GT seems like a good card to replace the X1900XT on a Mac Pro, let's hope they do so in the next revision of it.

Is it possible to get Mac OS X to use the second graphics card? (I have 2 PCIe slots), if I mount my X1900XT in the other one, can I get Mac OS X to use that instead?

higher resolution is easy to get
but how to live without qe/ci???
it's like to boot in xp without vga drivers
yesterday came my 8800gt twintech and im gonna test
for you higher resolution
in darwin boot write
"Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32"
(when it says press any key to boot or F8 bla bla bla.."
write the line with the [ " ]

yea if you have two pci slots, and you put an old card (say the geforce 7300) in the first, and the 8800gt in the second, could you use the first for mac and the second for windows?

I know, it's horrible, but I really hope this is a temporary problem, and that the 8800GT will get full support in OS X.




I'm gonna try to see if this works, if it does, it almost would be solved, except all the DVI switching between the cards

yeah this would be a huge deal breaker for me on what i was going to buy in terms of video cards for my hackintosh rig. the 8800gts is less powerful but costs more than the 8800gt in most all benchmark comparisons from what i've recently read. i mean, i'd be fine with a gts if i could find one for the same price as a gt, especially since most of you have said it works rather flawlessly. either way, keep us all posted as to your tests to at least get higher res settings with the 8800gt.

as a followup to my previous reply, if anything, is it still possible to get the max resolution of your lcd with this vid card and what exists in leopard, or basically you're stuck at some low res like 1024x768 and you don't get any of the nice effects?

i just can't see spending the extra money for the 8800gts when the 8800gt is as or if not, more powerful and costs less.

if you were in my shoes, which would you do? or just say bump it and get an equally performing and priced ati card?

So how does not having QE/CI affect performance.
I'm not using osx for movies or other animated stuff but only for office and audio.
Does the desktop look different too?
I just want to know if it's still worth it.

Thx

you'll only miss out some effects, exp for the widget,
but that don't really matters

Reaktor, have you tried this yet, running two PCI-E cards on the same system where OSX uses the old card and Windows uses the new 8800GT? Please let me know whether it works if you tested it.

I have a badaxe2 board with two PCI-E 16X slots, so I'd like to buy a 8800GT for windows and keep the old 7600GT for OSX.

Using two cards will only work if you can disable the PCIE slot where you've got the 8800GT installed. Otherwise OS X will always detect and try to use the card.

Just to update,

I just upgraded to a 8800 GTS 640M, and Leopard (BrazilMac's method) booted fine with it. It only sees 256M, but I think I just need to upgrade the natit drivers to latest version so it sees all 640M.

Anyway, I have an extra PCI-E 16X slot so I installed my old card in it, a 7600GT 256M. So now I have a 8800GTS and a 7600GT in the same system. When I booted Leopard, it just freezes. Looking at the error messages, seems to be stuck at loading or starting the natit driver.

So it seems dual nvidia cards is not gonna work. It might help if both video cards are the same but I'm not sure about that.

Did you tried NVinject?

So the 8800GT will work in a 1280x1024 res but without QE/CI and it will be included with the next mac pro?

That's actualy good news cause that would mean it will be supported soon and for now you can still use the OS (specialy for audio etc..)

Thx for the info lads

Woops I've just read that CI/QE is needed for some apps like FrontRow, Imovie, etc....

Any info on this?

Yes you are correct, you won't be able to watch music videos in itunes etc either.

running a mac without qe/ci
is like running a pc without directX
or worst running a pc in safe mode
without the GFX card drivers installed correctly
so it will be "xp drivers"
and worst
everything is emulated

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE ANY NEWS ABOUT 8800GT?????