user2 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Found one on eBay for 25.00 bucks so I went for it. I realize there is a kernel dependency but for that price I couldn't resist. I installed it in my Hack and did a fresh install of 10.4.6 then updated to 10.4.8. As expected it only works in vesa 3 but I would like to experiment with it. Does anyone know what files the MacPro Uses with this card? So far I have the OpenGL.frameworks and the kexts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 You have to wait for 10.4.7 or 10.4.8 kernel, even with mac pro or 10.4.8 update you won't be able to use it on a hackintosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Will be interesting to see how you get on with this... Rumor has it a 10.4.7 kernel is near... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Does anyone know what files the MacPro Uses with this card? So far I have the OpenGL.frameworks and the kexts. I would look at kexts whose names start with "NV" and "GeForce". But as discovered in the EFI X-Lab effort, EFI passes parameters to the video card to initialize it. Without EFI to do this, you may not be able to use the drivers to their fullest, if at all. Video cards on a Hackintosh work half way decently because we are using cards with PC oriented firmware that doesn't require initialization from BIOS on the PC. The Apple card most probably has Mac oriented firmware that expects initialization from EFI on the Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 You have to wait for 10.4.7 or 10.4.8 kernel, even with mac pro or 10.4.8 update you won't be able to use it on a hackintosh. Right, that's why I mentioned the kernel dependency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Well it works fine in Windows. I did a fresh install of XP with Nvidia's reference drivers and it's perfect. So I guess it's not EFI dependant on the Windows side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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