aqua-mac Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 Well, I certainly think it is, depending on whether you game or not. If you want games like Quake and Doom to play fluidly on a hackintosh at full settings. Shame there are not a few more games out there to give this card a decent workout. Of course I would think gamers will be dual booting XP or (arggh) vista and will have the benefit of not having to swap out cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexlyc Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Just sold my g92 8800gts, installing aqua-mac's 9800 kext rite now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexlyc Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I installed the 9800 kext you provided with kext helper and did a repair disk permission using disk utlilty. I got the menu working, but my dash board animation is really sluggish, QE is not supported in system profile too. What gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I'll have one in a couple of days, just have to find a buyer for my gts 640 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Alex, Are you using GFX Strings or NVInject. I suggest you use GFX strings. The Instructions are here: Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexlyc Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I am using NVInject (NVinstaller .41), I am trying your suggestion but I am stuck @ "./gfxutil -i xml -o hex ./in.plist ./out.hex", the error said "./gfxutil: invalid property list xml inputfile './in.plist'!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Did you replace the PCI ROOT address with the one you have made for your motherboard. Did you rename the file - in.plist? before running that GFX command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexlyc Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 My bad, I misname the plist file... Now I edited the com.apple.boot.plist file. I know it has taken effect because my grey apple loading screen is now at 1920x1200 resolution, but my QE is still not supported in system profiler and my dash board is still no good. Please tell me what I did wrong: 1. edited com.apple.boot.plist with the generated hex string 2. delete the old kexts 3. installed all the kexts and NVInject.kext from 1st page 4. repair disk permission command 5. delete Extensions.mkext 6. reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petethepanda Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Are you using GFX Strings or NVInject. I suggest you use GFX strings. The Instructions are here:Click Here I'm having the same problem as Alex (QE reading as not supported and sluggish dash)... I'm also hilariously new at this. I tried the GFX strings thing and it didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 Alex, If you use GFX Strings you NEED TO DELETE NVINJECT or Natit! You cannot use both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRKRONNIN Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Has anyone been able to get the 9800 GT to work? I wanted to know because If not I'm going to RMA mine while i still have the chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexlyc Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I deleted NVInject.kext in the extensions folder but still no effect. Is there anything else I need to delete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbrush Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 remove kext cache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 Check also to see if you have Natit, if you do delete that. As macbrush says go to your system/liobrary folder and delete Extensions.mkext, then wait 15 secs for it to rebuild and reboot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theory Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Thank you aqua-mac for making this work! (The GFX strings method worked best on my Leadtek PX9800GTX.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 Hi Theory, Glad it worked for you and thanks for letting me know it worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJConvict Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Thank you Aqua-mac. I followed your instructions for GFX Strings and right now am running at full resolution (including grey Apple loading screen) and QE enabled. Unfortunately I am having issues with white menus. This is a fresh OS install, without Natit or Nvinject. I ran /movevideodrivers command for ATI and IntelGMA (Geforce drivers are untouched). I have also tried deleting Extensions.mkext and repairing permissions, but so far nothing has proved effective. My system specs: Asus P5B-E Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6850 (running at stock speed) 8 GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-6400 BGF Nvidia Geforce 9800GTX OC 320GB Western Digital SATA Kalyway 10.5.2, running Vanilla System Profiler: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX DDL: Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX DDL Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0612 Revision ID: 0x00a2 ROM Revision: 0x0981 Displays: FPD2275W: Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported Display Connector: Status: No display connected Do you any ideas to what could be wrong? Again, I appreciate your help with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 Download and replace your nvidia kexts from the first post or use the link below and your white menus will be cured. http://rapidshare.com/files/106584355/aquamac.zip.html%22%22 Don't forget to repair your permissions, use this (double click it and enter your password) and let it run for some time - ignore the spurious warning and just leave it. Then reboot. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=25290 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJConvict Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 It worked flawlessly! I knew there was something I forgot to do. BTW That was the quickest reply I have ever seen. Thank you for helping me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 No worries, glad it worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 any way to mod this for a 9600GT? i had to kill a previous triple boot setup with Ubuntu/OS X/XPx64, but i didn't delete the OS X partition in the hopes there would be a way to fix it so i could just boot into it. i still have my old graphics card. what would happen if i booted with both cards installed (old and new)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I'm making an installer for this, anyone interested in beta testing? I don't have a 9800GTX so I have no way to test it but I'll do my best EDIT: As promised, here is the installer: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=104282 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 If you used the search function, you would know there is no way to make 9600GT work. It uses a G94 chip which isn't supported in Apple drivers for now. 10.5.3 doesn't either. 10.5.4 maybe ? It will be a long wait ! any way to mod this for a 9600GT? i had to kill a previous triple boot setup with Ubuntu/OS X/XPx64, but i didn't delete the OS X partition in the hopes there would be a way to fix it so i could just boot into it. i still have my old graphics card. what would happen if i booted with both cards installed (old and new)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 i know the 9600GT uses a G94 core. i didn't know the 9800GTX didn't. i guess my stupidity made me think that the 9xxx series would have all used the same core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexlyc Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Check also to see if you have Natit, if you do delete that. As macbrush says go to your system/liobrary folder and delete Extensions.mkext, then wait 15 secs for it to rebuild and reboot! There's no natit I am sure, I deleted extensions.mkext and waited for it to rebuid, but QE still not supported. Any more suggestions? I'm making an installer for this, anyone interested in beta testing? I don't have a 9800GTX so I have no way to test it but I'll do my best EDIT: As promised, here is the installer: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=104282 Tried but not working for me, maybe I need to reinstall my os and start from fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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