nefilim Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 does the latest 10.6.7 beta kernel have sandy bridge support? how about the MBP2011 install disk? would be great if someone with a sandy bridge mbp could upload their kernel... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ^Andy^ Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 does the latest 10.6.7 beta kernel have sandy bridge support? how about the MBP2011 install disk? would be great if someone with a sandy bridge mbp could upload their kernel... I have already posted the sandy bridge kernel - I posted it along with the ATI kexts on page 3 of this thread but to answer your questions in order no, yes and see above! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpa Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I have already posted the sandy bridge kernel - I posted it along with the ATI kexts on page 3 of this thread but to answer your questions in order no, yes and see above! woow 37 in mac fps wooow, ilike link your card in newegg.com please Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ^Andy^ Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 woow 37 in mac fps wooow, ilike link your card in newegg.com please I can't link it because I have 2 6870's in crossfire - kind of explained this already. One is just a bog standard reference Sapphire 6870 card and the other is an OEM card that I bought from ebay. I have flashed both cards with the same slightly overclocked bios although both cards look identical and are both reference cards. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpa Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I can't link it because I have 2 6870's in crossfire - kind of explained this already. On is just a bog standard reference Sapphire 6870 card and the other is an OEM card that I bought from ebay. I have flashed both cards with the same slightly overclocked bios. thanks [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] used? upload in mediafire... recomend card for buy now... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102909 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814161349 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150507 thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ^Andy^ Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 thanks [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] used? upload in mediafire... recomend card for buy now... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102909 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814161349 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150507 thanks Which bootloader you use is fairly irrelevant as you are not going to use any form of graphics enabler. So unless you are using a sandy bridge processor then I would go for Chameleon RC5 and remember to not use the GraphicsEnabler option. All of those 6870's look like reference cards, I have the 1st one on your list I believe the Sapphire however I flashed it to a slightly overclocked XFX bios but in short any of those 3 cards should work just fine so just buy the cheapest one! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpa Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 thanks for this Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ^Andy^ Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 thanks for this No problem, we are all here to help each other Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexidecimal Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Cinebench - CPU 4.65 OpenGL 29.01. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
radov4n Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 ~30 on opengl Cinebench is kind of a meh result, for this card, imo? I am getting 25 on 9800 GTX+, and that's what, 3 years old? As for 6970, still no luck, just solid blue upon boot. I ordered XFX 6870, so hopefully that will work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
czo3mvzoxfx Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 24 fps in OpenGL is a shi**y result, compared to the 50 I have in Windows, but honestly who cares? Not many people are going to play on Mac OS so this result is irrelevant for me. The power of a graphic card is based not only on the raw power but also on the optimization of the drivers, and clearly non-Apple VGA's aren't optimized. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexidecimal Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Yeah probably a crappy result. I agree though who cares? The only game I play anymore is Minecraft and that runs fine. If I want to do any serious gaming I'm going to boot into windows anyways. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpa Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Yeah probably a crappy result. I agree though who cares? The only game I play anymore is Minecraft and that runs fine. If I want to do any serious gaming I'm going to boot into windows anyways. hi bad fps, change mac version mac 3.1 not 4.1 smbios.plis or folder extra Mac pro 3.1 results is better in 3.1 or Macpro5.1 test --> Customization -> System Definitions -> Mac Pro -> MacPro 3,1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexidecimal Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Mine's already set to MacPro 3.1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpa Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 mmmm 37 fps andy... andy, you use one card? o two card in sli?? thnaks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlain Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 The cinebench openGL test isn't the best test of GPU performance. If you have a fast GPU, you'll notice that during this test, one CPU will be used at 100% approx, meaning the test is CPU-bound (and doesn't use multithreaded openGL that was introduced years ago in OS X). You'd better use openGL extension viewer, single rotating cube fullscreen with AA and AF (multiple cube is CPU-bound too). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ^Andy^ Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 mmmm 37 fps andy... andy, you use one card? o two card in sli?? thnaks I have 2 6870's in crossfire but os x doesn't support crossfire so it will only be using one card anyway. As you can see from the cinebench results that I posted earlier; Windows gives a much higher score (almost 90fps). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1655980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
choory Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I have 2 6870's in crossfire but os x doesn't support crossfire so it will only be using one card anyway. As you can see from the cinebench results that I posted earlier; Windows gives a much higher score (almost 90fps). to andy! how about think low price sell 6870 to me? plz! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1656032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ^Andy^ Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 to andy! how about think low price sell 6870 to me? plz! lol no chance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1656033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
czo3mvzoxfx Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 The cinebench openGL test isn't the best test of GPU performance. If you have a fast GPU, you'll notice that during this test, one CPU will be used at 100% approx, meaning the test is CPU-bound (and doesn't use multithreaded openGL that was introduced years ago in OS X). You'd better use openGL extension viewer, single rotating cube fullscreen with AA and AF (multiple cube is CPU-bound too). How do you use this benchmark in Windows? On Mac I had ~2300/2400 fps for OpenGL 1.1-2.1, but doesn't SL support up to OpenGL 3.0? In Windows I tried to run without Forward Context (so that, if I understood correctly, lets you run OpenGL 1.1-2.1 tests so that I could compare the results with Mac) and I got the results attached. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1656040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
choory Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 i'm sad. only 6870 reference working? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1656044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpa Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 people... the card for andy is SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102909 - OpenGL Support 3.2 buy now! xD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1656060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlain Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 How do you use this benchmark in Windows? On Mac I had ~2300/2400 fps for OpenGL 1.1-2.1, but doesn't SL support up to OpenGL 3.0?In Windows I tried to run without Forward Context (so that, if I understood correctly, lets you run OpenGL 1.1-2.1 tests so that I could compare the results with Mac) and I got the results attached. Yes that would be the procedure. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1656072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinchou Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 6950 ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1656088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
czo3mvzoxfx Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 i'm sad. only 6870 reference working? what card do you have? people... the card for andy is SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102909 - OpenGL Support 3.2 buy now! xD Every 6870 reference works with this procedure, not just the Sapphire (HIS, PowerColor, XFX, Gigabyte,...) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250804-ati-radeon-6xxx-working-qeci/page/4/#findComment-1656179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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