enoice Viliam Kopecky Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 hi everybody, i want to try OS X on my pc, but i dont know if it will work well... Once i tried to install 10.4.3, and it gave me resolution only 1024x768. I have dual-display (1280*1024)*2, and i want mac to be able to use it. I hope my graphic card isnt the worst... ATI RADEON SAPPHIRE X1650 PRO - 256MB Please, can you help me? Shall i download some patches, i know almost nothing about osx86 working Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47723-ati-radeon-sapphire-x1650-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lister Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 I have this card and it works out of the box with JaS 10.4.8 AMD/Intel with PPF1 & PPF2 (it's ATI Radeon x1x00 PCIe support drivers). I do get some artifcats with those drivers though (my system is a MSI K9N SLi motherboard with a AMD Ahtlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0ghz cpu and 2gigs of ram). Quartz Extreme and Core Image support working with it anyway. Haven't tested the Natit Universal drivers yet though, gonna give them a try later today when I have the time to fiddle with it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47723-ati-radeon-sapphire-x1650-pro/#findComment-356817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lister Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Installed the Natit Universal drivers now, seems to be pretty similar: I still get some artifacts here and there in osx randomly on the screen, still bugged polygons in both Halo and GooBall (see attached files for images from Halo). The drivers sure is a good start, but nothing more than that. Quartz Extreme and Core Image works anyway, and I can access all resolutions my monitor supports (all the way up to 2048x1536 where Windows XP/Vista only allowed me to use at most 1600x1200) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47723-ati-radeon-sapphire-x1650-pro/#findComment-356955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouchyn Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Have you done any upgrades to the chipset cooling on your motherboard? I have the same motherboard and saw the same types of symptoms under linux as well as osx86. I also saw them on both an nvidia and an ati PCI-e card. culprit: chipset too hot. I replaced the factory passive chipset heatsink with a heatsink/fan combo and now the video is fast, clear, and perfect. Even when returning from power save mode, things look right. Google around for info on that motherboard regarding chipset temperatures. Among other known-defects of this model, inadequate factory cooling is one of the biggest. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47723-ati-radeon-sapphire-x1650-pro/#findComment-358995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lister Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Nope, haven't changed to another cooling for the chipset. Even though it wouldn't solve my main problem, the lack of drivers for the graphicscard I normally use in that comp (a ASUS GeForce EN8800GTX with 768MB of vram). The current card I have in the comp is my old graphiscard that I was planning on selling (it really performs poorly and was only a temporary solution until I could afford a better one for this comp that was firstly meant to be a gaming-pc only). Will see if I can replace the cooling for the chipset somehow... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47723-ati-radeon-sapphire-x1650-pro/#findComment-359475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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