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want_a_mac
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Could Nvidia owners with working cards please write in their details such as for example;

 

Asus nVidia GeForce 6600 128MB AGP, costs around $90-100

Working fine with NVDriverPackagev0[1].1.pkg installation

 

 

So that we could have a "buyers guide" for all those interested in (like me :( )buying a new card

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bigboss
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my geforce 2 go (32mb) works fine with beta 2, beta 3 doesnt work for me and i have not tried beta 4.

 

+ i dont know if its worth buying an nvidia card over an ati card right now since it has acceleration (or you can just use the onboard solution). and if you do end up buying an nvidia card, i would not reco the 6600 as its had the most problems running macvidia drivers. it probably stick with a 6800 as its the line np_ uses as well as the most compattible card so far (imho)..

 

 

secondly, there are macvidia beta forums where people post their working cards/non-working cards.. also, consider using the nice search button (hint: youll also find one at the bottom of a topic... try checking for your card there... ;) ) were not lazy and please consider reading the forum throughly before making a mean-spirited comment like that. it just makes people less inclined to help.. you might not have meant it like that but... :graduated:

KanadaKid
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My Geforce FX 5700 Go (128 mb) works swimmingly with np_'s beta driver, but it's an integrated card, which you can't really buy.

 

And to go along with bigboss, it's rare that yelling at a forum of strangers gets you any answers. Plus you opened the thread what 13 hours ago? Never expect a forum outcry for a basic question, especially when most of us know this info is already available.

 

I've found this forum is amazingly tollerant with threads like these, most other places you'd get 2 or 3 responses of just "Try using the search"

PanterA
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Works fine here ... using NVDriverBeta1Build2GA.zip on 10.4.3

 

Pentium 4 1.6ghz

512mb RAM

nVidia GeForce 4 Ti4200 8X AGP

OSX86 Tiger 10.4.3

 

Followed one of the tutorials, worked first go, can now choose any resolution etc, thanks guys !

 

PanterA

 

PS. Now just need a working ATI Radeon 9800 driver for my faster PC, sucks being stuck at 1024x768x60 ....

anacron
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amm could you also post the version of your osx86 and the patches you have used for your system as well with the card which works?

 

since i've got osx 10.4.3 with Wesley's patch and Geforce 6600 GT pci-e and it doesn't work with macvidia drives, so im quessing it has something to do with the version of osx im using. :construction:

want_a_mac
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Thank you all for your replies.

I got to make somethings clear; I know that there is a lot of information within these forums but i opened up this thread coz after searching & reading almost without sleeping for 5 days now i felt that the information out there was not properly ordered and wanted to have just a neat thread with just this information. "Working Nvidia Card's their price range and the drivers"

 

Oh and About ATI cards i have an ATI 9200 and Omni told me that i can not get it work with the ati9700 kext coz the chip on it is old. I also first thought that i should buy an ATI card but again with his suggestions i decided on NVIDIA coz there is an open source driver for nvidia written by our community members and doesn't matter what precautions or security measures regarding the drivers apple take it won't affect nvidia cards. there will always be a working and hopefully a better driver for them....

 

Once again thanks to you all

TopazBar
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Right now there is no FULLY working driver for NVidia graphics cards. np_'s driver basically extends the VESA driver's frame buffer so that u can get native resolution that ur monitor supports.

 

Things that are lacking from np_ driver:

 

1) no HW acceleration

2) no sleep/wake

3) no smooth transition from boot to gui mode

 

It is usable. However, u must keep in mind that it is in development stage.

U may want to wait until #1 is done before u commit any new money into it.

np_
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Right now there is no FULLY working driver for NVidia graphics cards. np_'s driver basically extends the VESA driver's frame buffer so that u can get native resolution that ur monitor supports.

 

Things that are lacking from np_ driver:

 

1) no HW acceleration

2) no sleep/wake

3) no smooth transition from boot to gui mode

 

It is usable. However, u must keep in mind that it is in development stage.

U may want to wait until #1 is done before u commit any new money into it.

 

TOTALY FALSE !

 

NVDriver is FULLY working driver , do not "extend" anythink but do add full functionality

 

there is no "VESA" drivers also in whole osx , but there is VGA driver = IONDRVSupport.kext ( you can delete IONDRVSupport.kext when nvdriver installed)

 

framebuffer himself is not "driver" but simple "Graphical output device"

 

1: acceleration is not part of ANY video card driver - is apart

2: nvdriver have fully power management support , other think is osx do have power management broken on anythink is not "MAC"

3: nvdriver do set on boot default SAFE resolution for any LCD/CRT by well know reasons :pirate2:

Digital Dark Age
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Howdy want_a_mac,

 

I think the reason you recieved so few replies was due to the fact that there are no 100% "working" nvidia cards right now. I have a 6800 pcie that kinda worked with np_'s beta4 and up. By kinda work I mean I can watch dvd's(only through mplayer or vlc though), iTunes, and most other iLife applications work(although things like iDVD are slow slow slow). Now for the things I can't do: Watch DVD's with the Apple DVD player, play any OpenGL game or use any OpenGL application(for example google earth) and also can't use any of the screen savers. I gave up on waiting for "full support" and went out yesterday and bought a x300se for about $90. I have to say this card is great it "works" in that I can watch dvds, play games, use iDVD & get all the eyecandy. If you have a choice on what to buy right now; I'd highly suggest the ATI x300se. There is some artifacting with the mose(little bits of images left behind) but I'm trying to work that out right now. Of course the second there is full support for nvidia I will be pulling this card out and putting the 6800 back in. Hope this helps!

magnifica
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I installed v1.5 from macvidia, and I can now change resolutions and my card is recognized, however my full screen video is really choppy along with any video over 240x380. Now that I got my ethernet working I would make the switch from windoze and just use OSX86 if I could get full video support. btw Cheers to everyone that is making all of this possible. Thanks for all your hard work! :(

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BigMacAttack
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Just dropped a GeForce FX 5200 in my Hakntosh (JaS 10.4.7) and I can now change resolution and refresh (could not with ATI rage 128 pos).

 

However, there is NO performance factor in this. Runs like a slug dragging a cinder block in the dead of winter. Screen savers suck as does just about anything else. Performance on a scale of 1 to 10 is about -30....

 

Also the auto installer did NOT work for the Macvidia drivers, had to do everything by hand the long tedious way. Very much un-fun activity, hope I don't have to do that again anytime soon..

 

I hope that in the not to distant future they will unleash the Nvidia drivers and let them run properly. I know it's asking a lot though. I won't hold my breath or cross my fingers.

At least I got higher res and refresh now.. It was horrible before..

 

:) Arrrrrr matey!!

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