lordofthedread Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 The thing that makes me wonder is why only few radeon chips works out of the box with Mac when they DO use 4670 in iMac and 4850 in MacPro (correct me if i'm wrong on the series too lazy to go check wether its 4870 or 4850 ...). My HIS 4670 is not working properly with 10.6 ... Almost every nVidia i tried work out of the box (sometimes using a kest or two) ..... It's really bad since for gaming and windows i find ATI cards better / less expensive for similar power. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1376460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo the Two Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 im in a similar boat as you guys. i had an evga 8600gts (nvidia card) installed and working beautifully, but then i decided my gaming performance was just too damn pathetic, and i went out and bought a sapphire 5770. so i pop it in, enjoy a few days of orgasmic crysis gaming, then head over to my osx leopard install. the display still worked just fine with my nvidia kexts, (surprisingly) albeit with a slightly crippled aspect ratio. (1080 by w/e, neways it was 4:3. seems to be what people are talking about here.) my first question was should i delete my nvidia kexts before i install ati kexts? i was just going to use my hackintosh install disc to do an update-install. but now i see there are more problems than just this. it seems the big problems are with the 58xx series however. has anyone gotten a nice 16:10 ratio with their 57xx cards? any special tricks? thanks all Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1376956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 im in a similar boat as you guys It's not a boat, this is the Titanic... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1377735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Deluxe Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 10.6.3's been seeded to developers. Keep your fingers crossed for new ATI drivers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1378395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 http://x86osx.textcube.com/462?expandComment=1 Nothing :thumbsdown_anim:mentioned in the seed note...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1378750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylonflinn Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Netkas seemed to indicate in a reply to a comment on his site that ATI HD 5XXX was "not supported yet" in 10.6.3 beta. :-( http://netkas.org/?p=362#comments Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1382992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo the Two Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 gosh dangit bobby! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1383428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason2009 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Netkas seemed to indicate in a reply to a comment on his site that ATI HD 5XXX was "not supported yet" in 10.6.3 beta. :-( http://netkas.org/?p=362#comments Dang... I guess I will have to stuck with windows for awhile... Thanks for the info though.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1383681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
taney Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 subscribed! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1386520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 The February release date is a fictional date based on the release timeline of 10.5 updates... You missed my written YEAR, i written that at Feb 2011 not 2010 sure we will have 58xx drivers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1386527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 I thought that Netkas was stronger than that and able to write a nice 5850 driver for us ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1387384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCMeister Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 One more in the 5770 Boat, My system won't even boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1387830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastExile Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 for all that awaits 58xx support it wont be far away nor is it close just wait till either amd or apple says a 5870 is coming to mac pro or in a beta version of say 10.6.x latest news @ netkas.org kthx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1388008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Sure, there is no other way. But we are eager that a young genius in IT adapt for us the still existing PC driver for mac ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1388361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun2312 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 5770 here, awaiting patiently for support soon Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1389537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 10.6.3, radeon 5850 compatible ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1394554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetsandman Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I'm gonna wait till after support for the 5000 series is brought in, then make my purchase based on which GPU is most compatible. I'm betting on the 5770 or the 5850, but I'm playing it safe till then. Unless Apple wants to screw us over and go with nVidia's next-gen cards Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1396007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
piczu Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Does GraphicsEnabler work for you? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1398064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 No ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1398193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritz Carltn Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 There is still no driver for 5xxxx. http://j.mp/cx2WtN No ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1409909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fissm Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Do you think 10.6.3 will bring support for ATI mobility radeon HD 5650?? What would happen if you installed osx86 on a laptop with the mobility 5650, lets say 10.6.2 doesn't support it, are you still able to see the installer (will it use a low-res generic driver)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1411163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Thank you for the info; That's really a pity that my 5850 sleeps in a box since 6 months... Anyone to buy it ? There is still no driver for 5xxxx.http://x86osx.textcube.com/483 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1411770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samox Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Thank you for the info;That's really a pity that my 5850 sleeps in a box since 6 months... Anyone to buy it ? Yes. Half of my pc is working (win) and the other one not. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1411865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mymlan Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I'm using my Sapphire HD 5970 with the generic driver. Works great except that it's resolution caps out at 1400x1050. : / Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1413753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatfieldta Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I'm using my Sapphire HD 5970 with the generic driver. Works great except that it's resolution caps out at 1400x1050. : / What generic driver? QE/QC working? Multiple resolution switchable (max 1400x1050) or fixed res? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189646-radeon-hd-5870-hd-5850/page/3/#findComment-1413782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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