maxharvard Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Everything installed just fine on my Vostro 1500. It really does work smoothly, minus the shutdown problem that everyone seems to be having, but holding my power button to force shutdown isn't that big of a deal. My issue is about OSX recognizing my graphics card. Issue #1. Under my "About this Mac" you can see all the devices installed. It says that my Gfx card only has 56mg of memory, which it doesn't. I've installed the INject Nvidia drivers for my 256 8600 GT card, but still only recognizes 56mg. Am i missing something? Question #1. I'd like to use my OSX machine as a media player for movies and what not. Is that possible on my machine? And if so, what would you recommend as far as cables and what not to work well on my 50" plasma TV so it doesn't look all craptacular. Any help would be appreciated. Specs of machine: Dell Vostro 1500 1.4 Dual core Intel 256 grfx Nvidia card DVD burner etc... Everything works great, except when i update via internet, so i haven't updated for fear it wouldn't boot like last time. No biggie, it works well now, so i have no issues keeping it where its at. Thanks again! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109822-1-issue-and-one-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Don't worry about what "About this Mac" says, it is reported incorrectly but works 100%, with all your Video Memory. What inputs has your TV got? What outputs does your laptop have? I don't think s-video out is going to work. Ideal is DVI-HDMI converter Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109822-1-issue-and-one-question/#findComment-778297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxharvard Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Ok, thanks for that info... i'll disregard the pseudo "device manager" data. The only reason i asked because i had installed Star Wars Battlefront and it ran about 2 frames/sec. So yea... it was a little peeved. My TV has every type of input you can think of, SVGA, S-Video, HDMI, component, RCA...etc... Explain more about this DVI-HDMI converter? The Vostro has a SVGA out, S-Video out and that appears to be it... unfortunately. Also, is there a method to switching to an external source using OSX, such as the Fn button on the Vostro to display it on an external monitor? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109822-1-issue-and-one-question/#findComment-778311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujal Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Looks like your graphics card is not installed correctly as you are getting 2(!)FPS in games. Look in System Profiler-Graphics Card and see if Core Image and Quartz Extreme are running. If they are not, then you have to first install Leopard Graphics Update which includes drivers for GeForce 8xxx cards. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109822-1-issue-and-one-question/#findComment-779056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxharvard Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Looks like your graphics card is not installed correctly as you are getting 2(!)FPS in games. Look in System Profiler-Graphics Card and see if Core Image and Quartz Extreme are running. If they are not, then you have to first install Leopard Graphics Update which includes drivers for GeForce 8xxx cards. Under the profiler i see this: Core Image: Hardware accelerated Quartz Extreme: Supported. is that what you mean? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/109822-1-issue-and-one-question/#findComment-779531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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