dcuellar Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I can see the ripple effect when adding a widget. I can move chess pieces in the chess game. Front Row works. Does that mean I have QE/CI? My About this Mac does not say I have it. What other ways can I test it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
samm5506 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I think the OSx86 tool in your applications folder has a button to enable them, I may be wrong though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1382970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcuellar Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 That's no what I was asking. I think I have it running, except it's not showing in the About this Mac info. If it's running I don't care about what that says, but if it is indeed NOT running I want to go about getting it. From my knowledge those tests I did in my first posts are indications that I do have it set. I want to know if there is another way to do that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1383036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amw_drizz Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Go to "about this mac", then click on More Info. System Profiler will open up. Click on Graphics/Displays. You are going to look for a line Called, Core Image, IT will say Software or Hardware Accelerated, Or Not Available/something similar. Then look for Quartz Extreme, It will be either Supported or not. If you have Hardware & Supported for both then you have full QE/CI Support. If not then you can force enable it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1383052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcuellar Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Go to "about this mac", then click on More Info. System Profiler will open up. Click on Graphics/Displays. You are going to look for a line Called, Core Image, IT will say Software or Hardware Accelerated, Or Not Available/something similar. Then look for Quartz Extreme, It will be either Supported or not. If you have Hardware & Supported for both then you have full QE/CI Support. If not then you can force enable it. As I said before, I know it is not saying it is active/available through the System Profiler. I was wondering what I could do to prove that I do indeed have it enabled and working. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1383055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 You have QE/CI, the 9800GTX/GTX+ is supported by the drivers that ship with 10.6.x. All you need is an Enabler/Injector/DSDT Patch. If you'd like analog TV-Out to work I recommend NVEnabler, otherwise use anything as long as it's recent. Run OpenGL Extensions Viewer (google it) or install the Tomb Raider Anniversary/Quake 4/Doom III demo if you really want to make sure. Presumably all Macs that can run Snow Leopard support QE/CI so Apple decided to not show this information in System Profiler. I think the OSx86 tool in your applications folder has a button to enable them, I may be wrong though. That is a common misconception. OSX86Tools (may it rest in peace) had a button to enable 'QuartzGL' which is not the same as Quartz Extreme/Core Image. Forcing QuartzGL on for everything was, and still is meaningless. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1383701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcuellar Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 You have QE/CI, the 9800GTX/GTX+ is supported by the drivers that ship with 10.6.x. All you need is an Enabler/Injector/DSDT Patch. If you'd like analog TV-Out to work I recommend NVEnabler, otherwise use anything as long as it's recent. Run OpenGL Extensions Viewer (google it) or install the Tomb Raider Anniversary/Quake 4/Doom III demo if you really want to make sure. Presumably all Macs that can run Snow Leopard support QE/CI so Apple decided to not show this information in System Profiler. That is a common misconception. OSX86Tools (may it rest in peace) had a button to enable 'QuartzGL' which is not the same as Quartz Extreme/Core Image. Forcing QuartzGL on for everything was, and still is meaningless. Thanks for that! I'll look that up on google now. For a minute there I thought I wrote my earlier posts in a different language...lol EDIT I ran that tool you suggested and it passed all of the tests except for 3.0. What does that mean? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1383835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audit13 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I've heard that playing a dvd will tell you if you have QE/CI since these are needed by dvd player. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1383958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Simplest way I used to test was hit the expose button, if it's nice and smooth, you have QE/CI Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1383972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 For a minute there I thought I wrote my earlier posts in a different language...lol Oh man, tell me about it. I ran that tool you suggested and it passed all of the tests except for 3.0. What does that mean? It means that 10.6.x does not support OpenGL 3.0 yet. It's coming in a future update. http://netkas.org/?p=362 What were your scores like? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1384002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 That worked like that in 10.5, in 10.6. no QuartzExtreme/Coreimage is displayed anymore, only rotation is displayed. if you have NO QE/CI 1. you move an open window over the screen, it shutters over the surface 2. if you scroll a window up and down, same shutter and unreadable Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1384126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 AFAIK, if you get the ripple effect on widgets and see the 'spacey' graphics in TMachine then you've got it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1384239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
comrad Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 The way I prefer to test QE/CI System Preferences -> Desktop & Screen Savers click the "Screen Saver" tab use under "Apple" the "Flurry" screen saver click on the "Test" button If the Flurry animation is running smooth - than you have QE/CI if the animation goes somewhat stepwise - than you have probably no QE/CI In Snow Leopard's "About This Mac" -> More Info... -> Graphics/Displays the QE/CI information is no more present... (not in my Hackintosh) ...and of course: Not in my Imac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1384241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcuellar Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 Oh man, tell me about it. It means that 10.6.x does not support OpenGL 3.0 yet. It's coming in a future update. http://netkas.org/?p=362 What were your scores like? I don't remember off the top of my head. I'm not home right now though, I'll rerun it sometime tonight and let you know. All signs point towards my system having QE/CI! Thanks for your help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1384671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix789 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 If you have transparent menubar, you have QE! Try to play a DVD is a good way to test it also as it has been said before. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1384697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcuellar Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Cool. I also read that screenflow will only work with QE. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1386504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 I don't remember off the top of my head. I'm not home right now though, I'll rerun it sometime tonight and let you know. I'm interested because we have the same video card (yours has more RAM though). Mine are in the low 3000's for everything but OpenGL 2.1 which nets around 150. OpenGL 3.0 fails of course. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1387265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcuellar Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 I'm interested because we have the same video card (yours has more RAM though). Mine are in the low 3000's for everything but OpenGL 2.1 which nets around 150. OpenGL 3.0 fails of course. I think this is what you want to see, right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1387608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Yes, thanks. Your scores are about the same as mine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1388083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmomoman Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Man my graphics drivers must suck. I can't get more than 17fps for the OpenGL test. I have an Nvidia Quadro FX3700M. Been having a hard time trying to get anything to really take to it. I ran the Xbench and got a 202 score. Not sure if that is good but I can't get past 17fps with the OpenGL test. You show avg. of 3K. I am really off! Any suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1388186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcuellar Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Man my graphics drivers must suck. I can't get more than 17fps for the OpenGL test. I have an Nvidia Quadro FX3700M. Been having a hard time trying to get anything to really take to it. I ran the Xbench and got a 202 score. Not sure if that is good but I can't get past 17fps with the OpenGL test. You show avg. of 3K. I am really off! Any suggestions? Considered buying a new card? I don't know what to tell ya... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/206900-do-i-have-qeci/#findComment-1388665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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