GeForce 200 series support

[zim2dive]

Doing a system upgrade on another machine, I had a spare GT220 to play with: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127455

 

by most reviews (http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php), its supposed to be better than the 9500GT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127419) I am currently using. (460 vs 361 on the passmark site) (FWIW, in case anyone wants to use this card, I plugged in the 220 and it came right up.)

 

But when I ran Xbench, I see (green is the 9500GT, red is the GT220)

 

Quartz 268.95 -> 191.70

OpenGL 187.51-> 151.08

 

any idea why the GT220 seems to be under-performing (vs. the 9500GT) with 10.6.3?

[Mac Man 50]

Hi All,

 

I'm a newbie to this forum and I'm in the middle of choosing a best notebook that runs SL fast. I searched the forum for several days and couldn't find information that I'm specifically looking for. The following are the notebooks I'm interested in:

 

Standard Specs:

 

CPU: Intel Core i7 820 (4 cores, 8 threads)

GPU: Nvidia GT330M, Nvidia GT 285M, Nvidia Quadro FX 880

1920x1080 or 19020x1200 Full HD

 

I'm not a gamer at all but will be using this notebook for HD editing and playing in the notebook itself or use the HDMI output to connect to my Panasonic T42S1 Plasma. I'm also planning to buy Panasonic TM700 1080/60p HD camcorder and edit the HD videos on the notebook. I also researched into the newly refreshed Mac Book Pros and they seem to be very expensive and does not have an option for a Blu-Ray drive.

 

The following are the specs:

 

Sager NP8760 (Built on Clevo W870CU) Custom Gaming Laptop (xoticpc.com)

 

- 17.3" FHD LED Backlit 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Screen (1920x1080)

- Standard Dead Pixel Policy

- Intel® Core™ i7-820QM, 1.73-3.06GHz, (45nm, 8MB L3 cache)

- - IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU

- nVidia GeForce GTX 285M 1,024MB PCI-Express GDDR3 DX10 (User Upgradeable)

- No External Graphics Card

- No Video Adapter

- ~ 8,192MB DDR3 1333 MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) (Requires 64-Bit to utilize 4GB+)

- Standard Finish

- ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares

- ~ 320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache)-

- Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo/SD/Mini-SD/MMC/RS)

- Internal Bluetooth + EDR

- Built-in 802.11 Wireless A/B/G/N - Stock Wireless Card

- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera

- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included

- Basic Black Business Case - Included

- 11.1V Smart Li-Polymer battery pack 3800mAh, 42.18Wh

 

Sony VAIO F1190X

 

Intel® Core™ i7-820QM processor (1.73GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.06GHz

Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit

320GB Hard Disk Drive (7200rpm)

8GB (4GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1333

Blu-ray Disc™ player

16.4" VAIO Premium Display (1920x1080) with NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M GPU (1GB VRAM)

Fresh Start

 

HP notebooks

 

Any latest and greatest HP notebook (dv6t, dv7t etc). I read that the BIOS on the HP notebook is restricted and doesn't allow lot of changes. Will this impact in converting to a hackintosh?

 

Lenovo W510

 

Intel Core i7-820QM Processor (8M Cache, 1.73 GHz)

Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64

15.6" HD+ Anti-Glare Display with LED Backlight and WWAN Antenna

NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M Graphics with 1GB DDR3 memory

4 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)

128 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA

Multi Recorder Optical Drive (12.7mm)

9 cell 2.8Ah Li-Ion Battery - Dual Mode

Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (3x3 AGN)

Integrated Mobile Broadband - Upgradable

 

 

Please help me in my buying decisions. Looking forward for replies.

 

Thanks.

 

macman50

[sasebanana]

Hello, got anybody hdmi working on a gts 250 1gig? if yes please report

 

best regards, nik

[Valmar]

Hello,

 

I just wanted to ask if anybody managed to get dual screen support running. I am using the Hazard SL release and everything works fine with 10.6.3. I have QE enabled ootb and I can also use 2 Screens but only in extended view. As soon as I try to go into the clone modus then I can only see on 1 screen the actual image. The other one is blue, showing me the mouse and the movement but it doesnt respond to any mouse click and so on.

 

Btw. I am using a Dual DVI 260 GTX.

 

Kind regards,

 

Valmar

[sasebanana]

Hello,

 

I just wanted to ask if anybody managed to get dual screen support running. I am using the Hazard SL release and everything works fine with 10.6.3. I have QE enabled ootb and I can also use 2 Screens but only in extended view. As soon as I try to go into the clone modus then I can only see on 1 screen the actual image. The other one is blue, showing me the mouse and the movement but it doesnt respond to any mouse click and so on.

 

Btw. I am using a Dual DVI 260 GTX.

 

Kind regards,

 

Valmar

A couple of days ago I read something similar, try searching for EDID, maybe this helps,

 

regards,

nik

[jilingshu]

hi,all

I have made my GeForce GTS 250 512M driven by nvenabler. But in System Information, it shown as Unknown Nvidia Card. So I wanna use EFI String to drive it. But I ran into a strange problem.

My EFI plist file is listed below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>PciRoot(0x1)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>

<dict>

<key>@0,compatible</key>

<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>

<key>@0,device_type</key>

<string>display</string>

<key>@0,name</key>

<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>

<key>@1,compatible</key>

<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>

<key>@1,device_type</key>

<string>display</string>

<key>@1,name</key>

<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>

<key>NVCAP</key>

<data>BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=</data>

<key>NVPM</key>

<data>AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==</data>

<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>

<data>AAAAIA==</data>

<key>device_type</key>

<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>

<key>model</key>

<string>NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250</string>

<key>name</key>

<string>NVDA,Parent</string>

<key>rom-revision</key>

<string>3172a</string>

</dict>

</dict>

</plist>

 

If I use nvenabler, everything works well. I can enjoy playing all games and effects. But when I remove nvenabler and use EFI string instead, the problem appeared. I can see my video card mode in System Information. I still can run my game (like Warcraft III) and I also can see the effect while adding a new widget into Dashboard. But everything become slow. And all fonts became thinner that usual. I think the QE/CI is not enabled, but in fact I CAN run games which need OpenGL... Is there anyone who can help me to solve this problem? thx very much!!

[LukyMac]

I'm a neubie and i have a problem installing it on a asus p6t se

 

i used this link

 

http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?act...&thread=509

 

my 3 questions are

 

1) is that enought or i have to install any kekst or other thing?

2)This guide says

you should now have a new file called out.hex on your desktop. Open this file with whatever editor you like it and it will have your new graphics string. Copy it and open finder and head to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration and open up your com.apple.boot.plist. Under the last string, which is usually the......

 

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>Yes</string>

 

 

mine is different

is

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string></string>

 

is there any error?

 

3) how can understand if qe/ci is installed and working?

 

thx in advance

[Alessandro17]

LukyMac, can you read? New topics must be approved, and not posted 5 times.

Next time you get an official warning.

[LukyMac]

LukyMac, can you read? New topics must be approved, and not posted 5 times.

Next time you get an official warning.

 

Sorry...i did a mistake....just a question...how can i find a new topic i write if it is merged with other topics? do i receive an e-mail?

thx in advance....

[Alessandro17]

Sorry...i did a mistake....just a question...how can i find a new topic i write if it is merged with other topics? do i receive an e-mail?

thx in advance....

 

You can:

 

1)Click on "My Assistant" on top. That will show your last 10 post (among other options).

2)Click on your nick in your profile or every message you have posted. You'll see: "Find Member's Posts".

That shows all your posts in chronological order.

[lule]

I have a problem with my GTX 280 with snow leopard 10.6.3 i used this http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/ guide for instaling snow leopard. My System components are: Motherboard: Asus P5K

CPU: Intel Core2Duo E6600@3.29MHz

Graphic card: Asus GTX 280

RAM: DDR2 2x2GB @ 1097MHz

HDD: WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM

 

Major problem is when I use first DVI port all work fine except games when I star game for example Worms Blast Demo a have sound but no Picture. When I plug Display to second DVI port I have Sound and Picture for game but Mouse is Laging HEAVY.

 

I also have problems recognizing my components properly.

Here are some print screens.

 

 

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

 

 

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

 

 

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

 

Please help me solve this problems.

 

Sorry for my bad English.

[zeigerpuppy]

I hope this thread will be of use to those having some trouble with CUDA because of failed driver injection...

I know the solution must be simple but searches of the threads have revealed little.

 

I just updated to a more recent Chameleon bootloader for Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 board using this excellent guide

http://www.efixusers.com/showthread.php?t=605

 

The main reason is that I am trying to get CUDA working with my EVGA GTX 285

 

The problem is that I can't get the Chameleon boot loader to inject the NVIDIA.ROM properly.

System profiler shows the rom version as:

 

ROM Revision: xx.xx.xx - internal

 

I have been trying to get chamelon to inject the EVGA rom (156k) with the following com.apple.Boot.plist

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>arch=x86_64</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>1</string>

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>VideoROM</key>

<string>/NVIDIA.ROM</string>

<key>VBIOS</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Default Partition</key>

<string>hd(0,1)</string>

</dict>

</plist>

 

 

Any tips on how to get the rom properly injected?

[ogr]

Short Story:I have an Acer Aspire 5739G with a Nvidia GT240M 1GB Ram,it worked on Leo but now On Snow Leopard it dont ,ive used a NVEnabler but i dont have the proper String to add the right Model with Efi Studio.Any Ideas ?

I allso Tryed on Kexts.com the 240M Enabler but it didnt work :/

 

 

Regards Oliver

[a.sacchi011]

So what i have done is installed Enabler (Enabler_for_Nvidia_and_multiple_ATI_cards.pkg)

And with efi studio i have generated hex for GTX260, and instaled it with osx86tools.

 

The system is recognizing card (about this mac)

 

nVidia GeForce GTX 260:

 

Chipset Model: nVidia GeForce GTX 260

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 896 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x05e2

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: nVidia GeForce GTX 260 OpenGL Engine [EFI]

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

 

but in display dialog i only see one resolution 1280x1024.

 

and i have a problem with dual monitor. it's not working...

can you help?

[moskalyk]

Maybe someone can help me i'm so desperate... I have installed snow 10.6 on my ps and i have evga nvidia geforce gtx 285 video card. i tried to run the osx and after apple logo my display is going to sleep, and i hear that osx starts, can hear music like u have on newly installed software. I tried everything nvenabler, natit, nkush, nvinjact does not work!!! Please help anyone! Thanks...

[InToGraphics]

Hi,

 

I'm currently using Chameleon-2.0-RC4-r684 (AsereBLN) with Snow Leopard 10.6.2. Dual booting with Windows 7.

I didn't bother upgrading to 10.6.3 because I need to replace my ATI Radeon HD 3870 which has become obsolete in Macland, because it cannot support OpenCL in hardware.

It could support QE/CI, but apparently these 2 somehow do not work on the PC version (they do on the Mac version of the card).

I narrowed down my selection to NVidia GTX 260, 275, and 285.

(I also checked in the ati.c and nvidia.c source files to see which card models were supported.)

I also looked at GTS 250 cards, which should be fine for my purposes, but GTS 250 is not listed in nvidia.c (the NVidia injector), so GraphicsEnabler will not work. And they also seem to come (predominantly) with 1 DVI-I port, and 1 D-Sub port.

 

Speedwise the HD 3870 is still OK for what I'm using it for, so all 3 GPU types will do me good.

I therefore have a preference for the GTX 260, but of the bunch these are the hardest to get, even second-hand.

 

What is important to me is that the card should :

• work OOTB with "GraphicsEnabler=Yes"
  
• have 2 fully working DVI-I ports (dual 30" monitor support or my old analogues; also see below)
  
• support QE
  
• support CI
  
• support OpenCL
  
• have reasonable future proof driver support in OS X
  

Basically provide a super snappy desktop experience without graphics glitches

 

A fully working DVI-I port to me means :

Dual-link DVI upto 2560x1600, and analogue upto 2048x1536. So both the digital and analogue signals should work. And on both ports at the same time.

 

I'm mainly programming, browsing, emailing, digitally drawing, digitally colouring and painting. I do not play games on the desktop.

The usual stuff.

 

I'm just not sure about the dual monitor support working (port and signal) in Snow Leopard.

So, do the Apple/NVidia drivers support 2 fully working DVI-I ports (as described above) on any of these 3 GPUs ?

 

I hope someone has a dual monitor setup with either of these cards, and can make a redcommendation.

Or, tell me which of these 3 cards will not support something on my shortlist.

 

Thanks

[luki1979]

Well spank my ass and call me Sally!

 

Posting earlier got me motivated again to make this card (GeForce 210) work. Sure enough Once I dumped my own BIOS, ran NVCAP, created an EFI string using generic 512 setting and then remembered to disable Graphics Enabler by removing it from the com.apple.Boot.plist completely, the card is working perfect.

 

Helps to have a test/dev environment installed separate that is a mirror of my production drive so I could keep playing with it.

I also got 210, great to see that is working for you. Could you do little guide for newbie like me.

 

I had PC all my life, I don't know how to dump BIOS, run NVCAP and create an EFI string.

This is last thing I'm missing.

 

Thank you

 

 

Edit Nevermind I got it working after 10.6.3 update

[yonyz]

Hi,

 

I'm looking for a guide to installing GTS 250 on Leopard/Snow Leopard and getting it to work with QE and CI.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Júlio César]

Hi,

 

I'm looking for a guide to installing GTS 250 on Leopard/Snow Leopard and getting it to work with QE and CI.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

i'm looking for kext for GTS 250 1GB, i tried nvinject, nvenabler, nait and anothers more, now i'm with one to gts 250 (attach) but can't change my resolution i'm stuck in 1024x768 and the finder bar are not transparent, but in the about mac (More info) say my correct graphics card.

 

 

Somebody can give me a working gts 250 1gb kext for snow leopard?

 

And i'm using the right EFI Device-properties string for my graphics card

 

my com.apple.Boot.plist:

 

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Default Partition</key>
<string>hd(0,4)</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1600x900x32</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>cpus=4 arch=i386</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>PciRoot</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>SMBIOSdefaults</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>VBIOS</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>cd0300000100000001000000c10300001500000002010c00d041030a0100000001010600000e
0101060000007fff04003a000000400032002c0068007700730065006e0073006f0072002d0070006
100720061006d0073002d00760065007200730069006f006e00000008000000000000022200000040
0032002c006400650076006900630065005f0074007900700065000000120000004e5644412c67707
52d64696f64650e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000001e00000072006f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e000
000090000003331373261100000004e00560043004100500000001800000004000000000003000c00
0000000000070000000022000000400032002c002300730069007a0065002d00630065006c006c007
3000000080000000000000022000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f007400790070
00650000000b000000646973706c6179100000006d006f00640065006c0000001a0000004e5649444
941204765466f726365204754532032353014000000400030002c006e0061006d0065000000120000
004e5644412c446973706c61792d4120000000400032002c0063006f006d007000610074006900620
06c0065000000160000004e5644412c73656e736f722d706172656e7414000000400031002c006e00
61006d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4212000000400032002c00720065006
700000008000000000000021c0000006400650076006900630065005f007400790070006500000010
0000004e5644412c4765466f72636520000000400031002c0063006f006d007000610074006900620
06c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616326000000400032002c0023006100640072006500
730073002d00630065006c006c007300000008000000000000010e0000006e0061006d00650000000
f0000004e5644412c506172656e7422000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f007400
79007000650000000b000000646973706c617920000000400030002c0063006f006d0070006100740
0690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d6163220000005600520041004d002c007400
6f00740061006c00730069007a0065000000080000000000004036000000400032002c00680077006
300740072006c002d0070006100720061006d0073002d00760065007200730069006f006e00000008
0000000000000214000000400032002c006e0061006d00650000001100000073656e736f722d70617
2656e74</string>
</dict>
</plist>

GeForce_GTS_250.dmg

[mg100796]

Ok, I have finally got both cards to work with QE/QI enabled on a single EFI-String, but the problem is is that they can't both be running at the same time otherwise I get kernal panic...Any ideas?

 

Here's my Plist I compiled the string from:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
	<key>@0,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@0,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@0,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
	<key>@1,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@1,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@1,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
	<key>NVCAP</key>
	<data>
	BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=
	</data>
	<key>NVPM</key>
	<data>
	AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==
	</data>
	<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
	<string>0x40000000</string>
	<key>device_type</key>
	<string>NVDA,Parent</string>
	<key>model</key>
	<string>nVidia PNY GeForce GTS 250</string>
	<key>name</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>rom-revision</key>
	<string>nVidia PNY GeForce GTS 250 OpenGL Engine [EFI]</string>
</dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x7,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
	<key>@0,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@0,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@0,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
	<key>@1,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@1,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@1,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
	<key>NVCAP</key>
	<data>
	BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=
	</data>
	<key>NVPM</key>
	<data>
	AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==
	</data>
	<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
	<string>0x40000000</string>
	<key>device_type</key>
	<string>NVDA,Parent</string>
	<key>model</key>
	<string>nVidia GeForce GTS 250</string>
	<key>name</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>rom-revision</key>
	<string>nVidia GeForce GTS 250 OpenGL Engine [EFI]</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

[ogr]

HI Guys,having problems getting my gt240m (Mobile) to work,becouse i cant find a working compatible string .Im Using NVenabler but without QE,CL etc.Anyone willing to help and provide a working GFX String?

Ive been trying tons of Nvidia String bo non is similar to my gt240M.

 

Having a Acer Aspire 5739g with Snow Leopard Retail 10.6.3

 

 

Regards Oliver

[Pill kapolli]

Hello ...all ,

I have Intel DG33TL with Built in -Video >my mac version Ideneb 10.5.8 everything work good except my resolution stuck with 1024x768 ..OK ..when I upgrade my video card to ..260 Gtx core 192 I can't even boot ..always stuck with the power request page ... ... ... I'm really need to get my mac work under this card ..if anyone can help ..really appreciated ..

Btw: If I'm able to change the 260 gtx can anyone suggestion a compatible card with mac .. I think HD 4870 is the better option here >?? what do you think ?? plz advice thanxxxx

[X-Fire]

Hello,

 

I've got a GTX295 video card but I can't change the resolution from 1024x768... please help me installing it

[macgaga]

Hi guys,

 

when I install SL with [url=&quot;http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/&quot;]#####[/url] and [url=&quot;http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/&quot;]#####[/url] I have a running system with the GTS 250 natively running ! When I update straight from 10.6 to 10.6.3 I get a black screen ?!

 

can anone help ?

[InToGraphics]

See post #541 above.

 

Is no one using 2 monitors plugged into one GTX 2xx card ?