FabricioGS Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Finaly did it! Wow, now I really fell like I am with a real Mac Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrockml13 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Does this installer and method of getting the 8800gts 640mb to work with qe/ci change anything on the card itself? for example, does it flash the card with a new bios/flash? or does it simply install a kext for the card in the osX system and then tricks the system into using the card? I'd like to get a clear answer as to whether or not this installer modifies my card in any way, or if it just changes my osX installation to be able to use the card as it is. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokra128 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 well, the thread started to be a little confusing - I am in process of changing my videocard , It is still necessary to unplug the videocard , the rezolution changing it is working ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkPink Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Don't forget about 8600gt(DDR3 256m) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egarim Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I also have a geforce 8600Gt 256 ddr3, but is there a way to help you ? If you need something to get info about that hardware ( login ssh or other appleremote ) to test just ask! Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.nub Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 hankbaskett - Some cards seem to show the wrong values in system profiler for some reason, what does OpenGl Extensions Viewer for VRAM, sometimes only the correct amount is displayed in that? bigosx86noob - If you have a DVI Monitor, DVI Card, and DVI cable, you will not need to hotplug, simply plug the cable into the DVI slot on the card nearest the motherboard! tokra128 - If you have a VGA monitor and/or are using a DVI to VGA adapter, then yes. If you have a DVI monitor, and plug the DVI cable into the DVI slot on your card nearest the motherboard, then no, you do not need to unplug. Currently the only way to change the resolution is by using DVI, not having to hotplug, and by using the method shown here (read my reply to ampersAnd), you can not change it as you would normally via System Preferences. PinkPink & egarim - I believe gotoh is/will be working on these cards, I am not part of the active development of the kexts/drivers, what I have done is packaged them for easy installation and modified a few files so they work on AMD Systems, and nForce motherboards. Check his thread for updates/questions about your card, when/if he gets your cards working, they will be added to the easy-installer. ~mac.nub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Burton Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i have a little problem , i´m using osx86 in version 10.4.9 with speedstep , 10.4.10 and leopard . on leo and 10.4.10 all is working with the latest installer without hotplug , but my 10.4.9 always ends in blue screen . i have deleted all kext´s from nvidia and reinstall (because i´m not sure if i have edit kexts before) but the unedited kexts give no better result .... i want to use the 10.4.9 because i want speedstep ^^ ..... my hardware is : CPU : Intel c2d E6600 MB: Abit AW9D (intel x975i) GK : NV GF8 8800GTS Sparkle SPPX88GTS/320M Monitor: HANNS.G HU196D on DVI nearest to motherboard some tips ??? regards Jean Jaques Burton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogre1 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 is there any hope for 8400GT to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuntz Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 hi, i had a notebook dell xps1330 with 8400mGS 128Mb.. can i try with this installer or is not good for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsubakiSama Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Works perfect for me here with my 8800GTS 320mb though my computer screen is VGA only so need to wait for a resolution fix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacak333 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 @Mac.Nub wwoooww...man it works great with my "XFX 8800GTS 640MB" and TFT Dell 2005FPW DVI - QE/CI enabled - 1680x1050 resolution and i even can change in every resolution my display suporrts - dont need to hotplug - dvi support what can i say....im sooo happy that you made it the way i did it: 1. downloaded the driver "G80_installer" -> 1.0.1, NVinject version: 0.0.10c 2. opened the zip and double clicked on the installer 3. in the installer had to chosse "AMD/Nforce Fix" + "8800GTS 640MB" 4. Reboot 5. all worked fine....didnt had to change anything i have the 10.4.9 version with 8.8.1 kernel....before choosing the "AMD/Nforce Fix" i had kernel panic with "NVDAResman.kext" !!! without the fix i had to remove every time "NVDAResman.kext" with -s -v that i can boot! so i want to thanks Mac.Nub and his Co. for investing time to make the driver work.....THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH...YOU ARE THE BEST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.nub Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 mogre1 - No, this driver will not be of any use to you yet, your card is currently unsupported. Check out gotoh's thread regularly to see if there are any updates for your card... His thread is here kuntz - No, unfortunately, and I know of no driver that will work for you, sorry. TsubakiSama - Glad it works, if/when a resolution fix is released, i'll be sure to update the installer to include it cacak333 - No problem, glad it all worked out for you in the end! ~mac.nub PS. Just to re-itterate the point... Please do not ask questions about if any 8x00 cards apart from the 8800 Series work, simply the answer is no... if/when they do, I will be sure to update my post, and the easy-installer with the required files! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrtMrt Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Thanks... System: Uphuck 1.3 DVD, Gigabyte DS3P (ICH8R), MSI 640MB 8800GTS OC Ed., E6420, 2*1GB DDRII 800MHz, SATAII Samsung HD080IJ, / IDE: Nec DVDRW, Asus CD-RW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.nub Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 MrtMrt - No problem, nice to see it working on most systems now! - I also noticed it was your first post on the forums, welcome to InsanelyMac! ~mac.nub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigosx86noob Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i have now installed the driver and would like to thanks everyone who worked on it. you guys did a great job! im having a problem though. i cant change my resolution evan when i add that line in the terminal. also my dock is slighty off the bottom of the screen but i think that has to do with the resolution. would this change if i used a dvi cable? any ideas of what i should do? thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhood Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 bigosx86noob, are you using a CRT? maybe your horizontal/vertical settings are way off? either that or autoscroll/some kind of bizarre forced resolution is taking place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsubakiSama Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i have now installed the driver and would like to thanks everyone who worked on it. you guys did a great job!im having a problem though. i cant change my resolution evan when i add that line in the terminal. also my dock is slighty off the bottom of the screen but i think that has to do with the resolution. would this change if i used a dvi cable? any ideas of what i should do? thanks in advance This problems happens to people who have a VGA monitor or got their monitor hooked up via VGA, resolution change works perfectly with DVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigosx86noob Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i just got a dvi cable and it all works now. thanks for the help everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhood Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 i just got a dvi cable and it all works now. thanks for the help everyone. you should have been using it in the first place really.. VGA is old skool man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealRemnant Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Some of us are using VGA because that's all their monitor supports... I don't really see a dire need to spend cash on a new monitor when this one works great with everything but this driver. This little 17" LCD is all I need... so yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntloser Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 It was working great. For whatever reason, with one monitor in the primary DVI connector, accessing the display properties would appear to freeze the system. As mentioned above, adding a 2nd display fixes that. After adding a 2nd display, i went into the display properties and right away it popped up on the 2nd screen. I had to calibrate cause I gotta have the TV gamma setting. Calibrating only affected one monitor. i rebooted for whatever reason and I the 2nd monitor did not initialize after booting into OSX. And the primar monitor just got to a blue back ground screen. So close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsubakiSama Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Some of us are using VGA because that's all their monitor supports... I don't really see a dire need to spend cash on a new monitor when this one works great with everything but this driver. This little 17" LCD is all I need... so yeah. I like my 20" VGA only monitor as well though I might get forced to get a new one now since it's a pain in the ass to run OSX in 1360x768 only when it's supposed to be in 1680x1050 also I can't run any games or any applications that changes resolutions so I had to setup World of Warcraft to run in windowed mode otherwise it wouldn't have worked EDIT : Can't even play C&C 3 now damn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhood Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Some of us are using VGA because that's all their monitor supports... I don't really see a dire need to spend cash on a new monitor when this one works great with everything but this driver. This little 17" LCD is all I need... so yeah. I was primarily talking about CRT monitors users, in-case you didn't catch the jist of my response Though, in regards to LCD users with VGA, 19/21" LCD monitors with DVI over in the UK cost as little as £129 nowadays, which is about $200 or so. There are a few really good makes that include DVI, such has HANNS-G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkariGend Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 IkariGend - Are you sure you selected the correct memory amount from the installer? - Someone else mentioned that they also had the wrong amount shown in the profiler after install... what does it say when you run OpenGl Extensions Viewer for VRAM, sometimes only the correct ammount is displayed in that? ~mac.nub Thanks windows-setup for messing up my MBR. So I had to do a new clean 10.4.10 install. I checked 3 times (just to be sure) if i had selected 320MB and installed it. Again everything worked fine. Only the System-Profiler says 256MB. So i checked OpenGL Extensions Viewer which reports 320MB. I think I can live with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pags Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Will an osx86 release of 10.5 Leopard (after Leopard comes out OFFICIALLY) have better support for the 8800 series/will it be easier to get drivers installed for the 8800 series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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