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cwall64
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So the card is a XFX PV-T94G-YALG (definitely not sure if I am going to keep it or not - I like the eVGA 9600GT I have on another machine better), but here is the 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>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1600x1200x32</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>None</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>6c0200000100000001000000600200000d00000002010c00d041030a010000000101060000010
01060000007fff04000e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00730
69007a006500000008000000000000201c0000006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000
50000000f0000004e5644412c506172656e740e0000006e0061006d00650000000b0000006469737
6c617922000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b0000
0646973706c617922000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f0074007900700065000
000b000000646973706c6179100000006d006f00640065006c0000001a0000006e56696469612047
5466f726365203934303020475420000000400031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006
00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e0061006d006500000012
000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4114000000400031002c006e0061006d00650000001200000
4e5644412c446973706c61792d4220000000400030002c0063006f006d0070006100740069006200
c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d6163100000004e0056004300410050000000180000000
000000000001000600000000000000000000001e00000072006f006d002d00720065007600690073
069006f006e0000002e0000006e5669646961204765466f7263652039343030204754204f70656e4
4c20456e67696e65205b4546495d</string>
</dict>
</plist>

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megaprimal
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Hey all.... this is a great guide and relatively easy to follow, but I am still having some issues with my 9800m GTS 1 GB card. It is showing QE: Not supported, and CI: Software. Call me crazy but I'd imagine this card should be capable of running hardware acceleration ;)

 

I installed the 9000 series drivers, then updated the GFX strings following Aquamac's instructions on the other thread, but still no love. I have tried to read through most of both of these threads but there is a ton of info and I am afraid I may have missed something. Any thoughts on how to get QE/CI up and running?

 

When I first install the 9000 series driver, I get all kinds of artifacting (where windows will kind of freeze up when you drag them across the screen, and the contents of the window will remain invisible until another window is dragged in front of it, then removed). Updating the GFXstrings fixes that problem, and the system reboots and automatically updates the screen res to 1920x1200 which is native for my display.

 

I read in one of the many posts that someone had followed these instructions, then installed NVDarwin to get QE/CI working, any thoughts on why I would or would not want to do this? I downloaded 1.2.5.m is this the current version as far as anyone knows?

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Synthology
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Greetings,

 

I am having quite a bit of trouble with my laptop graphics, perhaps someone can help.

 

I have installed aqua-mac's nvidia 9000 series V2 installer and NVdarwin 1.2.5.

 

I have followed the GFX string tutorial on aquamac's site.

 

I modified an existing plist from someone else on this thread (9800M GT 512)

 

After everything is done and installed, the GFX strings turn off my display on boot. It does the same when I install nvinectgo on its own. I can only recover by booting into single user and restoring my com.apple.boot.plist backup.

 

Please advise.

 

Asus G50VT-X1

GeForce 9800M GS 512 (not sure what the difference between a GT and a GS might be)

Boot132 (retail 10.5.4 install, updated to 10.5.6 combined)

DSDT patched (with only 1 warning)

Bios had to be modified for both cores to boot.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Synthology

 

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LIQUIDATOR
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I just made an installer for the NVIDIA 9 Series Drivers taken from the new Macbookpro Update. Download it here:

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/156247292/NVID...ver_v2.zip.html

 

(Latest update- Version 2 - NVIDIA 9700m GTS added 062A-10DE dev id) (For the latest updates always use this link).

 

My 9800 GTX now uses the correct Open GL Engine.

 

seriesdriverinst.jpeg

 

workingcards.jpeg

 

mysetup.jpeg

 

10.5.5 minimum requirement I would think.

:rolleyes:

haloo i'm new one in mac i have hakintosh ideneb 1.3v 10.5.5 and grafic card is 9800gtx can you help me with instalation guide? or it will install automaticaly?

 

 

thank you

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Jakweeze
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Greetings,

 

I have installed aqua-mac's nvidia 9000 series V2 installer and NVdarwin 1.2.5.

 

I have followed the GFX string tutorial on aquamac's site.

 

I modified an existing plist from someone else on this thread (9800M GT 512)

 

After everything is done and installed, the GFX strings turn off my display on boot. It does the same when I install nvinectgo on its own. I can only recover by booting into single user and restoring my com.apple.boot.plist backup.

 

Please advise.

 

Asus G50VT-X1

GeForce 9800M GS 512 (not sure what the difference between a GT and a GS might be)

Boot132 (retail 10.5.4 install, updated to 10.5.6 combined)

DSDT patched (with only 1 warning)

Bios had to be modified for both cores to boot.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Synthology

 

post-55428-1234390633_thumb.png

 

 

the GS is essentially an underclocked GT, but I have the same laptop but the X-2 version, any luck finding anything out ? I'd love to have QE enabled so I can use dang iMovie >.<!!!

 

Furthermore in windows what exact screen do I look at to find my dang device ID? no where do I find them in the Details tab of my 9800m GS that are in the form of 0x000000 or whatever

 

If you could tell me which drop down menu it's under that'd be fantastic!

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megaprimal
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Jakweeze XP or Vista? In Vista go to device manager, right click the device choose properties, then the details tab. There will be a property drop down box, select Hardware Ids. It will be listed as "PCI\VEN_xxxx&DEV_xxxx" with a bunch of stuff after it. The Ven number is the manufacturer, and the DEV number is the device.

 

There are whole guides written on this if you need more info, there is a sticky in the OSX10.5 installation forums "absolute beginners guide" or something like that which will give you more info.

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SweetHome
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hi to all - been following this topic a long time and I must say - what a great community!

:)

 

I recently changed my graphic card to

a Palit Geforce 9800GT 512 mb (as I thought everything would go fluently).

But as so often - nogo.

 

my system:

Asrock 775dual-vsta (Via PT880 Chipset9)

Intel Core2Duo

2 GB Ram DDR2 667

Palit Geforce 9800GT 512 mb

Netgear GA311

500GB HDD (2 Partitions 1. 482 (maininstall) 2. 12 GB (Backup-Install))

iPC v1.0 final

(Vodoo-Kernel + seatbelt, Via, ACx880 Audio, PS2-Keyboard fix, USB2.0fix, VodooPower.kext + tools)

 

-> System boots fine in 1024x768 (but nothing else possible)

 

What I tried so far:

1. Fresh install - NVIDIA 9 Series v2 + GFX string (by aqua-tutorial)->everything boots fine until it come to switching to gui - you can hear the heatsink rpm go down (as if driver were activated or something) but nothing more - sometimes screen goes black then.

2. Fresh install - NVIDIA 9 Series v2 + NVkush + GFX string - disk0s1: data underrum

3. Fresh install - NVIDIA 9 Series v2 + NVDarwin 512 + GFX string - some other stop shortly before entering gui.

4. all combinations of 1.-3. with a GFX string of 8800GT 512mb - same

5. all combinations of 1.-3. with a GFX string of 9800GTS 512 - same

 

:(:hysterical::(:D

 

// edit:

Vendor: 0x10de

Device ID: 0x0614

Revision ID: 0x00a2

 

As I see from aquamac's post #22 9800 GT is supported - actually twice

{ 0x0605, "GeForce 9800 GT " }

{ 0x0614, "GeForce 9800 GT " }

 

Is the GFX-Strings of 9800 GT from here made for 0x0605 or 0x0614 ?

 

would appreciate help!

 

// edit2:

most time the last code is:

ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::start - waitForService(resourceMatching(AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement) timed out

 

 

// edit3:

I always recognize NVDANV50HAL correctly recognized and loaded.

Methode 1 (drivers + gfx string) results now every time in a black screen.

Actually I think that the system fully loads (hdd is hearable) and when I move my mouse around clicking I can hear hdd loading. - only black screen :(

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megaprimal
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sweethome... I am a complete newb when it comes to OSX, so take any advice I give lightly. From all the reading I have been doing trying to get my 9800m working it sounds like you could possibly have a problem with the NVCap value? If the system is indeed booting, but the screen is going black following the drivers and EFI strings loading, I would think there is a possiblitly that the video output is just not being sent to the monitor properly...

 

Does the card have multiple outputs (dual monitor)? One thing you could try real quick is switching which output you have the monitor connected to. Also you could try a VGA to DVI (or vice versa) Adapter just to try to narrow things down. If that does in fact correct your issue chances are it is that NVCap setting, which I would have no idea how to fix, but I would start by trying to hunt down an NVCap value that works correctly, add it to the in.plist supplied for your card, before compiling the hex for the GFXString.

 

Do some trial and error, and let us know if nothing else it could give you a starting point....

 

Another thing I thought of in reply to your question about which card the GFX String is made for... If you look in your system profilier > Graphics and Hardware, the device id listed there is the one that the hex string is giving the system and may not be the same as your actual card. If you can get it booted using a gfx string, you can check there and see if it matches the device id that is showing up in another os.

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megaprimal
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Thanks to Onj88 for finding this solution....

 

Finally got QE/CI working ...here`s the steps...

 

1) delete efi string from your com.apple.boot.plist

 

2) download nvinstaller v.52 from http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20

 

3) install nvinstaller and during installation choose 512mb ram option do not choose go/mobile option, it gives black screen.

 

4) Reboot using -v -f flags and

 

The nvidia 9series v2 drivers are still required in 10.5.5, but qe/ci is working and I am getting 55 fps in openGL 2.1 so I am pretty content :)

 

Downloading quake 3 demo now to give it a test run.

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chop5t1ck
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Hey guys,

 

I just found another way to get QE/CI working on the 9800m GTS. Firstly do note that I have only tried this on iDeneb v1.4 10.5.6 and iPC OSX86 10.5.6 Universal PPF5 Final and BOTH work. After a clean install:

 

1. Install aquamacs 9000 v2 drivers. Restart computer.

 

2. Install NVDarwin 1.2.5 with 1024mb VRAM selected. Restart again.

 

3. Go to /system/library/extensions and input the correct device id of the 9800m GTS in all of these files:

NVDANV50HAL.kext

NVDARESMAN.kext

NVDARESMANPPC.kext

NVDARWIN.kext

 

4. What I have done is just insert the device id in the info.plist of all the above files. To get to the info.plist just right click and select show package contents.

Now the above part you can do manually or just download the files I have attached and use kexthelperb7 to install these 4 files.

 

5. Then, use OSX86tools and repair permissions and clear the cache. Restart and voila working QE/CI. Don't forget to enable Quarts GL in OSX86Tools as well. Only thing is that it doesn't show the name of the video card in the about this mac... option. But other than that it is working wonderfully. Figured this out just by playing around here and there and it just worked. Don't know whether it yields better FPS than the method onj88 mentioned. Try it.

 

6. Oh, you do not need to edit the com.apple.boot.plist file at all. Just delete the efi string if you did edit it. Just a note to backup your original files just in case it does not workout for you.

 

Here's the link: modified kext

 

P.S. You can try this method with other NVIDIA 9000 series cards if you still can't get QE/CI but don't use my kexts instead just edit and input the device id inside. No guarantees about this though because I only tried it with my 9800m GTS 1024MB version.

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Thanks to aquamac's drivers, I'm now running with the GeForce 9800 GT OpenGL Engine with full QE/CI support in a vanilla BOOT-132/Chameleon configuration.

 

I was having problems using the drivers from the Leopard Graphics Update with the card overheating and either just going to a black screen or graphic distortion after using it for a while in WoW or other games. This driver gives me better frame rates, but my fan is still spinning the same speed idle at the desktop as it is running WoW or Call of Duty 4. It's not over heating and crashing out, but I'm worried that this may eventually damage the GPU. I don't know the exact temp, but it is hot to the touch... and the fan is spinning sooooo slowly. Has anyone flashed this card with the Apple firmware? Did this fix the fan speed?

 

I read some other forum entries about putting another fan on the card, but I'd still like to try and speed the fan up on the card. Has anyone had success in doing this? There's got to be a way to control it with a kernel extension.

 

I'm also having another problem with frame rates. Looking straight ahead in a game, I can get anywhere from 30-170fps in World of Warcraft or Call of Duty 4. However if I turn the camera, I get a lag spike where it kinda freezes, drops to about 12-15fps, then if I stop turning it goes back up to the normal frame rate. Is anyone else having a similar problem? My GeForce 7600 GT does not have this problem, so I'm guessing it has something to do with the driver. It also happened using the Leopard Graphics Update. It is better with aquamac's driver, but is still happening and is very distracting... the 7600 had lower frame rates, but overall felt much smoother because it didn't have this camera lag.

 

I also had the problem with QuickTime 7.6 and mouse lag, but I fixed this by renaming the AppleUpsteamUserClient.kext. iTunes and QuickTime no longer have the mouse lag.

 

I'm using Mac OS X 10.5.6, BOOT-132, Chameleon, and EFI String for my graphics card.

 

My hardware is:

Gigabyte EP35-DS3L

BFG Tech GeForce 9800 GT OC 512mb

 

I am using the vanilla 10.5.6 Apple kernel.

 

Thanks!

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Gringo Vermelho
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I'm running iPC OSx86 10.5.6, I didn't pick anything in the video section when I installed because I wanted to see if my card would work with stock kexts - and so it does - via Device Properties string in com.apple.boot.plist.

 

The device string was generated with PCWiz' OSX86Tools, I just picked the 9800GTX 512MB at the bottom of the list.

 

My card is a 512MB Leadtek 9800GTX+, device ID is 0612.

 

So for me, the installer by Aquamac was not needed.

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Ramalxlama
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Does this driver works with "9300M GS"?

 

Here are some Information:

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Bus: PCIe

VRAM (Total): 32 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x06e5

Revision ID: 0x00a1

---------------------------------

 

I have 256MB Video Ram, dunno why it dont sees them...

And it's a laptop, Vaio Z90 or Z590 (But my is z90 japan edition)

 

Thanks very much for Help!

Cheers :-)

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x986123
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Can you please attempt at creating a driver from 10.6 for the GTX 260? even an alpha or beta!

 

Device ID: 0x05e2

Revision ID: 0x00a1

898mb vram

 

Please I do not want to switch to my 8800gt laying around because i game on windows too.

I will help any way i can!

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I'm running iPC OSx86 10.5.6, I didn't pick anything in the video section when I installed because I wanted to see if my card would work with stock kexts - and so it does - via Device Properties string in com.apple.boot.plist.

 

Do you get full QE/CI with your 9800+? I'm also using iPC 10.5.6 but I didn't try just using the default kexts and a GFX string (never occured to me that it would work). I'm having no luck with the Aquamac drivers and GFX strings so I may try a fresh install if you can confirm your 9800GTX+ is working with full QE/CI and no artifacts (I have an EVGA not a leadtek, but the device id is the same).

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I installed the driver(fresh iatkos 5i, graphics update, efi strings, qe/ci ok) for a 9800gt 512 and the results I got with xbench were worse than a 7900gs 256 I have... what could it be?

to give you an idea:

7900 9800

quartz graphics test: 258.12 152.17

OpenGL Graphics test 224.23 175.38

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ok so i tryed to install this driver to see if i could change the Resolution on my GTX 260. All i needed is to change resolution after installin it during boot up i get the gray sceen it tellls me to restart. I cant go in to OS X 10.5.5 anymore. Is there a comand for me to boot and uninstall drivers? I installed it yesterday so i dont have any experience with it. i used iatkos 5 installer.

Hardware

EVGA 780i Motherboard

q 6600 proc NOt overclocked

4gb ram

EVGA gtx 260

IDE HD and DVD rom

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