agentofkaos Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 I've built a couple of Hackintoshes but haven't been able to find an answer to this one. When building my new rig I figured that the best compatibility would be if I got a 1gb Radeon HD4870 and flashed it to Mac specs. My ideal result would be not to have to add any 3rd party kexts etc. It didn't work- the machine won't start up without aty.kext installed. Can anyone post a link or a short explanation about why this is faulty logic? Would buying a real Apple video card achieve this aim? thanks Kaos Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207532-mac-flashed-hd4870-in-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushishi Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Slafh away but you will still need to use a injector because you still miss what all real macs have.. The Apple EFI to understand the gfx... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207532-mac-flashed-hd4870-in-hackintosh/#findComment-1386619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentofkaos Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 ahhh, that makes a lot of sense Thank You! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207532-mac-flashed-hd4870-in-hackintosh/#findComment-1386662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushishi Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 you are welcome... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207532-mac-flashed-hd4870-in-hackintosh/#findComment-1386675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbeepp Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I've built a couple of Hackintoshes but haven't been able to find an answer to this one. When building my new rig I figured that the best compatibility would be if I got a 1gb Radeon HD4870 and flashed it to Mac specs. My ideal result would be not to have to add any 3rd party kexts etc. It didn't work- the machine won't start up without aty.kext installed. ... You could try latest Chameleon RC4 with "GraphicEnabler" set to "Yes" in "/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207532-mac-flashed-hd4870-in-hackintosh/#findComment-1390037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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