li21 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Hi all Ive ben trying to work out what QE and CI are? Can't find any info in th glosary of FAQ. Can anyone tell me what these terms mean and why they are important? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 QE = Quartz Extreme -> Info - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quartzextreme/ CI = Core Image -> Info. - http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/coreimage/ also another you'll run into is Q2DE = Quartz 2D extreme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li21 Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 thanks for that. So if QE and CI dont work on PCs with osx installed, would the whole mac experience be severly hampered? Eg that cool minimize effect where the window looks like its sucked down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandiztxu Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Yes it will work, but forget games and movies, is terrible... Even Genesis emulator worked slow on big images, and flash quality is terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li21 Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 OMG... poor quality movies? and flash movies? I guess that dedeats the purpose of installing it in the first place? How bad quality is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchance Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 wait a second since when does QE and CI not work on pc? I thought it was only if you didnt have SSE3...that it wouldnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualeviathan Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Just clearing up a couple things. 1. The minimize effect will still work without QE/CI. 2. Flash movies should be fine if you update flash to the newest version 3. Games won't really work, but movies should be decent with the correct build of VLC or MPlayer (can be found here by searching). 4. QE/CI have basically nothing to do with SSE3 and everything to do with your video card. Currently, Nvidia cards and a few ATI aren't supported, though the recent Mac Pro release should add some Nvidia support. Check the Wiki to see if your card is supported. I recommend installling even if you don't have QE/CI, since you will find OSX is plenty usable even without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li21 Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 Just clearing up a couple things. 1. The minimize effect will still work without QE/CI. 2. Flash movies should be fine if you update flash to the newest version 3. Games won't really work, but movies should be decent with the correct build of VLC or MPlayer (can be found here by searching). 4. QE/CI have basically nothing to do with SSE3 and everything to do with your video card. Currently, Nvidia cards and a few ATI aren't supported, though the recent Mac Pro release should add some Nvidia support. Check the Wiki to see if your card is supported. I recommend installling even if you don't have QE/CI, since you will find OSX is plenty usable even without them. thanks for clearing that up:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdriven Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 movies, is terrible.. BS. I ran the Cars 1080p trailer on my Hackintosh that lacks QE/CI (NV 6600GT - Vesa 3.0) and it ran great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonymonkey Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 How can I test to see if QE/CI is working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Run System Profiler and click on Graphics/Displays click to enlarge: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurcooL` Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 macgirl, how come when I click on your attached image, I get this error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popple2000 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 macgirl, how come when I click on your attached image, I get this error? I am currently having the same issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggi Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onisajo Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 me too +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtleraj Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 The file is probably missing. Does the same apply to newer versions of OSX? Will no QE/CI drastically affect the experience in, say 10.6, or will flash, movies, and the minimizing effect still work, just no games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samyg Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 I dunno abt dat.. but i guess i want a fully working hackintosh.. so.. can sum1 tell me if the Intel HD graphics is supported, or there are kexts 4 it for enabling QE/CI? i plan to install on a toshiba satellite c650-i5011.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaDellMac Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Should say something like this in system profile under Graphics/Display: iMac: Resolution: 1440 x 900 Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Built-In: Yes Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Yes, that's what MacGirl's image shows, in a post from 2007. The screenshot is from OS X Tiger (blue Apple, old style Dock). System Profiler does not show that information on Snow Leopard, whether you have QE/CI working or not. If the Finder menu-bar is transparent, if a water ripple effect appears when you add a desktop widget and if you can zoom in/out on the desktop by holding ctrl while moving the mouse wheel then you have QE/CI. Someone asked earlier about Intel HD and hardware accelerated graphics. If you want specific information you need to be more specific, there are various models, some work, some don't. All of you could also consider using the forum search or google and quickly find this information for yourselves instead of digging up threads from 2006 with outdated and obsolete information that evidently only serves to make you more confused. Snow Leopard is barely usable without hardware accelerated graphics. Many apps will not work, or will show a blank space in the places where they use hardware acceleration to draw something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dothacker Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 macgirl, how come when I click on your attached image, I get this error? Way to revive a 3 year old post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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