technolion Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Hi, is there an ATI Graphics Card that I can buy that works perfectly out of the box without patching without leaving mouse trails that can be put into the PCI-Express slot that supports both 2d and 3d acceleration ? Thanks a lot! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Short answer: Nope. Longer answer: But you can get pretty close. Check out omni's work at http://omni.starchaser.org. For my money, the X1600 or X1800 is a good bet, as they're very close to what is being used in real intel macs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/#findComment-113715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPDM Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Hi, is there an ATI Graphics Card that I can buy that works perfectly out of the box without patching without leaving mouse trails that can be put into the PCI-Express slot that supports both 2d and 3d acceleration ? Thanks a lot! As Munky already wrote. I think none of the available cards work 100% but that's due to some items missing or incomplete in OS X86. The only snags you will encounter with a Core Image and Quartz Extreme enabled card is mouse tearing (when using the scoll wheel) and broken pointer when returning to the desktop from a full screen OpenGl game. I don't know if users with NVidia cards and the MacVidia drivers encounter the same problems. I currently use an STLabs X600pro card and this works out o/t box with both 10.4.3 and 10.4.5. My other PC has an AIW 9800SE and that too works with 10.4.5 (never tried 10.4.3 on that system). Of course the AIW parts don't work but QE and CI are enabled. Oddly enough the system with X600 feels much faster in desktop usage then the AGP 9800(SE) though both systems are similar. Although in Windows the system with 9800SE feels faster... weird. I also tried a Connect 3D X800 and had to use the Koverg-patch. After that CI and QE where enabled (with the affordmentioned mouse tearing but snappy desktop). Unfortunatly that card didn't feel significantly faster in OSX86 (unlike in Windows) so I put my X600pro back in. to summarize without patching Radeon 9800SE and 9800 work (AGP) X600 and X600pro (PCI-e) with Koverg patch X800 (PCI-e) Regards, EPDM Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/#findComment-114266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
technolion Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 Thanks alot for the information! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/#findComment-114272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimms Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The GMA950 and GMA900 are the only graphics cards that work 100%, with dual display, frame buffer etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/#findComment-114279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomnic Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 With Borisbadenov's trick x1600 and x1800 family cards work perfectly: QE, CI, OGL, Resolution Change, Display Rotation, video overlay, no tearing... check it out!!! Just do a search... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/#findComment-117516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 yes, i can confirm its working really well on my X1800XL PCI-E Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/#findComment-117520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokra128 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 x1600 xt - works perfect - still no ideea if tv-out is working Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/#findComment-117528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanschien Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 x1600 xt - works perfect - still no ideea if tv-out is working No DVI and sleep... yet... Edit: System sleeps and resumes, but the monitor stays off. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/#findComment-117705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberracus Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 mine monitor sleeps pefectly and resumes perfectly too Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17599-ati-graphics-card-that-works-perfectly/#findComment-122159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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