jdazzle34 Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Recently got a new MSI 512mb 9800GT gpu and have installed it and used Aquamac's gfx string + driver installer. Everything showed up recognized and i had full QE/CI, so i figured i was good to go. Got curious today and ran Cinebench r10 and noticed that my OpenGL score was significantly worse than when i ran it in XP. I'm guessing something's wrong with the way my card is using OpenGL and wondered if anyone knew what this was or had suggestions. On a more thorough look at my profiler, i noticed my 9800 is showing up as being on a pcie x1 lane, when it's definitely an x16 card in an x16 port. Not sure if that affects/means anything, but just for disclosure's sake. Also, my boot times into leopard have been significantly slower than when i had my 8600GT installed, and i'm thinking this semi-recognized 9800GT might be the cause. I'd appreciate any help or advice you all may have. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169483-slow-opengl-performance-9800gt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdazzle34 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Recently got a new MSI 512mb 9800GT gpu and have installed it and used Aquamac's gfx string + driver installer. Everything showed up recognized and i had full QE/CI, so i figured i was good to go. Got curious today and ran Cinebench r10 and noticed that my OpenGL score was significantly worse than when i ran it in XP. I'm guessing something's wrong with the way my card is using OpenGL and wondered if anyone knew what this was or had suggestions. On a more thorough look at my profiler, i noticed my 9800 is showing up as being on a pcie x1 lane, when it's definitely an x16 card in an x16 port. Not sure if that affects/means anything, but just for disclosure's sake. Also, my boot times into leopard have been significantly slower than when i had my 8600GT installed, and i'm thinking this semi-recognized 9800GT might be the cause. I'd appreciate any help or advice you all may have. Thanks! Well, solved my own problem. turns out it was as simple as turning on QuartzGL in OSX86Tools. Cinebench'd better than it did in windows. Anyway, maybe that'll help someone else out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169483-slow-opengl-performance-9800gt/#findComment-1173809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitmac Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Thanx... I have a XFX 9800gt with the same issue...... This is good to know. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169483-slow-opengl-performance-9800gt/#findComment-1176436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsfx84 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Thanx... I have a XFX 9800gt with the same issue...... This is good to know. Guys, i have a 9800GT as well and i am running a genuine leopard dvd 10.5.7 (updated) purchased from apple. I just installed and the only thing not working propery now is the 9800GT. It is detecting 1280 x 900 or something. So i think the card is not being detected. What did you guys do to get it working??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169483-slow-opengl-performance-9800gt/#findComment-1176702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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