philmrmac Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Running Snow Leopard 10.6.2 on EVGA x58 SLI. TR version I believe. Can someone explain to me why my GTX260 works correctly? I DO have GraphicsEnabler set to Yes in Boot.plist. I've done nothing with Nvidia or kexts or anything else. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207944-why-does-my-gtx260-work-without-efi-string/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I DO have GraphicsEnabler set to Yes in Boot.plist. Well duh, that's why it works. If you set GraphicsEnabler to No, it will stop working. Not everybody has to edit kexts to get their video card working, including me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207944-why-does-my-gtx260-work-without-efi-string/#findComment-1389142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
philmrmac Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Well duh, that's why it works. If you set GraphicsEnabler to No, it will stop working. Not everybody has to edit kexts to get their video card working, including me. OK I figured that. Am I actually using an Nvidia driver then that's built into OSx? Or is it OSx's version that happens to work on Nvidia cards? The reason for asking is that both Linux and Windows have an Nvidia Control Panel that allows all sorts of tweaking options and settings. Either no such thing exists in OSx, I haven't been able to find it, or I need to install it somehow. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207944-why-does-my-gtx260-work-without-efi-string/#findComment-1389909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Yes, you're using unmodified, Apple-shipped Nvidia drivers, congratulations. Cool isn't it. I bought my 9800GTX+ for this very reason. Some people have the same luck with LAN, sound, drive controllers and other devices. There is no control panel for your video card on OS X, other than the Display preference pane. As far as I'm concerned, this is not a drawback and one of the many reasons to like OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207944-why-does-my-gtx260-work-without-efi-string/#findComment-1391047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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