entropy11 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 So I've been trying for days looking here (what's up with the search never working?) as well as googling like a madman. It seems the general consensus is, the 9800* won't work well in Leopard? By work well I mean being able to change resolutions? I really only want to use this computer for playing videos and listening to music... if I can't do that, there's really no point in putting OSx86 on here. So, if it works well under Tiger (including M-Audio OR AC97 onboard sound), then I have no issues reverting to that! Here's my system, for reference I suppose: Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-L Intel P4 2.8c 1gb RAM Radeon 9800 pro M-Audio Revolution 5.1 (working, but not with all the feature of the card) Linksys WMP54g Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155626-radeon-9800pro-leo-tiger/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 mmm...I don't think that there are any drivers for it in Leopard. So, yeah, you should stick to Tiger for now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155626-radeon-9800pro-leo-tiger/#findComment-1095429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropy11 Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Alrighty. Since I'm not terribly well-versed with the nitty-gritty of kexts... why? If it works in Tiger, why don't the same kexts work in Leopard? I know it's not the case (I found a dmg with all the ATI kexts), but why don't they load properly? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155626-radeon-9800pro-leo-tiger/#findComment-1095482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Here's the problem: since 10.4.4 it has been a PowerPC only kext. There isn't an Intel driver for it under Leopard! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155626-radeon-9800pro-leo-tiger/#findComment-1095691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropy11 Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Hm, interesting. Was it Universal before 10.4.4? I guess I'm asking because now I need to find a Tiger that'll work well for me (JaS 10.4.8 panicked as soon as I booted, but I may have used some bad settings, too) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155626-radeon-9800pro-leo-tiger/#findComment-1095735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropy11 Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Right, so major apologies for double posting... but I've been thinking. If it was PPC in Tiger, and it WORKS in Tiger (using Callisto)... why then doesn't it work in Leopard? It's not as if Leopard dropped PPC support, and clearly I don't have PPC processor even in Tiger So why exactly doesn't just copying over the relevant kexts (ATIRadeon9700*), applying Callisto and rebooting work? Intuitively it should: kexts aren't "built" different between 10.4/10.5, still has PPC support, still loads drivers... so what's up? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155626-radeon-9800pro-leo-tiger/#findComment-1097365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippo choi Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Radeon 9800 pro in Leopard??? Forget it please... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155626-radeon-9800pro-leo-tiger/#findComment-1098012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropy11 Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 No, I know... trying for days didn't get me anywhere, and that seems to be the general consensus I was just wondering why. I don't have very intimate knowledge of kexts and such, so I'm just curious how and why it doesn't work (for knowledge's sake!) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155626-radeon-9800pro-leo-tiger/#findComment-1098739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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