cybland Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Oh, that package lets me change the resolution . I'm glad that you have at least one problem fixed. What about mouse freeze in Safari 4? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1098387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I'm glad that you have at least one problem fixed. What about mouse freeze in Safari 4? Nope, not yet. The only thing I could think of that could be causing it is a slight overheating problem. I'm still afraid to flash the card...maybe someone will be willing to connect to my computer to do it for me (through TeamViewer)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1098392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Just an update - I've tried sleep. I have my power settings set to S3 in the BIOS. Going in to sleep is not a problem - but when waking up I am presented with my desktop with lots of display errors (lots of pixels are messed/jumbled up). Also - putting the display to sleep (under the Energy Saver settings): when waking it up I get a "Out of range" error on my monitor and then I'm forced to restart... Nope, not yet. The only thing I could think of that could be causing it is a slight overheating problem. I'm still afraid to flash the card...maybe someone will be willing to connect to my computer to do it for me (through TeamViewer)? lol... Which way do you want to flash your card? Through RBE under Windows XP or using atiflash and a bootable DOS prompt (RBE is easier). There's adequate documentation for each if you are stuck... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1098475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottylans Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 So there will be 4870 official support from apple soon, does this mean dual -dvi monitors will work with sleep mode in the upcoming months? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1098590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybland Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Nope, not yet. The only thing I could think of that could be causing it is a slight overheating problem. I'm still afraid to flash the card...maybe someone will be willing to connect to my computer to do it for me (through TeamViewer)? Just an update - I've tried sleep. I have my power settings set to S3 in the BIOS. Going in to sleep is not a problem - but when waking up I am presented with my desktop with lots of display errors (lots of pixels are messed/jumbled up). Also - putting the display to sleep (under the Energy Saver settings): when waking it up I get a "Out of range" error on my monitor and then I'm forced to restart...lol... Which way do you want to flash your card? Through RBE under Windows XP or using atiflash and a bootable DOS prompt (RBE is easier). There's adequate documentation for each if you are stuck... Drumthrasher if you are really set on flashing your VGA bios you should do it locally, it's safer that way. Just try RBE - Radeon BIOS Editor as Sabr suggested. You can consult RBE's forum here if you have any doubts. On other hand, if I'm not mistaken, Natit.kext with HD4850 BIOS already gives you same thing as flashed card and Natit.kext without bios image. Does anyone know where I could find some info/guide on converting and inserting VGA BIOS image into info.plist? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1098650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I played around with that the other day and I wasn't sure what to change. I don't think it's an overheating issue anymore. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1098669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keypox Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 So there will be 4870 official support from apple soon, does this mean dual -dvi monitors will work with sleep mode in the upcoming months? hopefully. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1098677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybland Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I played around with that the other day and I wasn't sure what to change. I don't think it's an overheating issue anymore. If you don't have it already maybe you should create additional partition on one of your drives and do a fresh install just to check if your problem is caused by hardware/drivers. You can even keep this additional Leo install for some maintenance/repair jobs on your main Leo install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1098680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 If you don't have it already maybe you should create additional partition on one of your drives and do a fresh install just to check if your problem is caused by hardware/drivers. You can even keep this additional Leo install for some maintenance/repair jobs on your main Leo install. I told myself that my current install will be my last install (until Snow Leo or until something big changes), since this one has everything perfectly working. I'll install Firefox and see what happens. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1098708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Firefox doesn't do it, so I guess it's just the way Safari 4 beta works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1099070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Firefox doesn't do it, so I guess it's just the way Safari 4 beta works. Safari 4 works fine here. What package are you using? Have you tried the one with the BIOS included in Natit? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1099164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybland Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Does anyone know where I could find some info/guide on converting and inserting VGA BIOS image into info.plist? Since there is no reply let me clarify my question. Should I convert VGA bios image to Base64 string and insert this string in info.plist inside Natit.kext? I want to experiment with some settings/edits of BIOS image taken from my VGA card. My card is factory OC to 680MHz core and 1050MHz memory, but I suspect that with bios image supplied with Natit.kext my card is running on ATI referenced 625MHz core and 993MHz memory clocks. Also, does anyone know of good monitoring app for VGA cards? I've tried atMonitor but it doesn't read GPU and VRAM usage. It just gives me fps info. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1099610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I think it may be a driver or some other issue. When I'm running some apps, like LiveType, the mouse will get very choppy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1099612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Could somebody post a Lightsmark benchmark made with PTS? http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/ How good is this Radeon driver compared to Radeon fglrx for Linux ubuntu? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1100236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Does anyone know a fix for my mouse issue? In Safari, my mouse likes to freeze for half a second when I'm loading a page with lot's of images (which is virtually all of them, except for Google). It also does that in LiveType and Final Cut Express. All my other apps seem to work fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1100317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Does anyone know a fix for my mouse issue? In Safari, my mouse likes to freeze for half a second when I'm loading a page with lot's of images (which is virtually all of them, except for Google). It also does that in LiveType and Final Cut Express. All my other apps seem to work fine. When I got constant mouse freezing (every 2 seconds it would pause) I just swapped the ports around, so I now have my DVI cable and VGA adapter in the other port, and everything was fine... Also - have you tried Safari 3.2.1? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1100445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I'll try switching them around and see what happens. Yes, I have tried Safari 3 (on both Windows and Mac) and it sucked so hard. The mouse junk doesn't just happen in Safari, but other apps too. I'll install Guitar Hero 3 real quick and see what happens. EDIT: Haha, cool! It works just fine! Thanks . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1100459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Great - I would've mentioned it earlier but I figured you'd probably already tried it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1100470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
netkas Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 How to make reschange if it doesnt work for u. Discovered by Biciolino and other guys. it works with dvi2vga adapter, on 4870 (on first port). on dvi port it freesez when u change res to the one which have freq higher than 60 if it has only 60 hz - u can change to this res just fine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1101023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastExile Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 there is a new framebuffer out for 4850 or 4870 or both which ever from 9J27 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1101368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumthrasher109 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 there is a new framebuffer out for 4850 or 4870 or both which ever from 9J27 And what's the difference in the new one? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1101376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastExile Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 And what's the difference in the new one? no one is around to test it lol ! waiting for people to get on Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1101383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
netkas Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 quail fail hard for 46xx and 48xx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1101417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 quail fail hard for 46xx and 48xx What exactly is that supposed to mean? lol... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1102050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastExile Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 What exactly is that supposed to mean? lol... black screen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112228-what-about-the-new-ati-hd4850/page/33/#findComment-1102115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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