pino72 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 If you processor is fast enough, her's is a Q6600, I really don't notice much difference from QE and CI being on in regular desktop usage. 1920x1200 looks great. Aehmmm...sorry but i don't think it's running at 1920x1200....I only manage 1600x1200 because it's a vesa resolution, as far as I know no 16:10 res. is working with just Vesa modes. My 24" screen stretches those 1600x1200 up to 1920x1200 which looks quite distorted...so I will wait for real drivers. "IF" you manageed to get 1920x1200 pls tell me how, thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Should I make a 9f23 release? I personally havent tried it with the 4850. I have it ready, I can make it in a matter of minutes (I've prepared it)... but the entire 9f23 release is in 'the green demon'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene mauricio Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 What could it hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuietRiot Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 My HD4870 works with VESA drivers, you honestly don't lose that much if you've got a fast CPU It does work quite nicely. The only problem, however, it seems that my card's fan is running at full speed all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keypox Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 It does work quite nicely. The only problem, however, it seems that my card's fan is running at full speed all the time. so wait a sec you have 1920x1200 working? I need to try this but i forked up my install so i will need to reinstall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhsa Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 don't bother. i think the op mistakenly thought 1600x1200 was 1900x1200. that's why he hasn't responded. tried 1900 and it displays at 1600. oh well, maybe i'll go to plan B and buy a cheapie supported graphics card until the 48xx drivers emerge. so wait a sec you have 1920x1200 working? I need to try this but i forked up my install so i will need to reinstall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuietRiot Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 so wait a sec you have 1920x1200 working? I need to try this but i forked up my install so i will need to reinstall Ah, no, apologies. I was thinking about just getting the video card working. No, I did not try with 1920x1200. Sorry, I mistook the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga.ubuntu Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 So absolutely no way to get my 4850 running with 10.5.X ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baji Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 at this point, it seems as though the 4850 will run, but just at a minimal level. Hopefully the rumors and speculation will soon be proven true, and there will be support for these cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keypox Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Ok cool i didnt think 1920 x 1200 was working, yeah i should have kept my 8800gt could go with a cheapo card but that wouldnt do for a gaming machine... hopefully 10.5.5 fixes this issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh D Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I am running my nvidia GTX260 in VESA mode at 1680x1050 at my LCD's native resolution no problem. I had to go into a file and manually specify it though. There are different ways of forcing it depending on which VESA type is supported (2 or 3). It sucks that I can't run Aperture with my GTX260, it forces me to do my photo stuff on my MacBook with it's intel graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detre Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Can anyone help me to set gfx-strings for the HD 4850, I've already downloaded the 9f23 drivers. Just don't know how to setup the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene mauricio Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I had to go into a file and manually specify it though. There are different ways of forcing it depending on which VESA type is supported (2 or 3) How did you manage that? For that matter, how does one find out which version of VESA drivers are being used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogi Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Now that 10.5.5 has been officially released, has anyone been able to test whether the 4850 is supported? I'm looking to buy a new video card and would like to know. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene mauricio Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I am thinking that the lack of response since 10.5.5, that no - no working 4800 support. Here is hoping that Snow Leopard brings us better news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detre Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I really don' know what is going on, but I really want to test with my system, but I still couldn't get any answers, I really don't knoe how to set up the strings for the 4850, and nobody came with any injectos yet, well, we must wait a little longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeXeDOSOK Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Aehmmm...sorry but i don't think it's running at 1920x1200....I only manage 1600x1200 because it's a vesa resolution, as far as I know no 16:10 res. is working with just Vesa modes. My 24" screen stretches those 1600x1200 up to 1920x1200 which looks quite distorted...so I will wait for real drivers. "IF" you manageed to get 1920x1200 pls tell me how, thx. Sorry to burst your bubble but 1900x1200 is definitely the resolution it is running. I don't know about you but it is plainly obvious when a desktop is being stretched from 1600x1200 (4:3) to 1920x1200 (16:10). The stretching is unbearable to me. there is definitely a level of sharpness and clarity when running 1920x1200 if it is your native resolution. It looks identicle to the desktop when I was running the 6800GT in her computer. Even though it (6800gt) did not have QE or CI enabled, it definitely was able to handle 1920x1200 because it had kexts for it. And one last thing. My girlfriend uses the Adobe Professional and Illustrator at work on a mac and comes home to do work on her hackintosh.. so if ANYONE was able to tell if things were being stretched it would be her.... and I would receive a royal bitching if it wasn't working. The way I did it was follow what I said in my last post. I dunno what to tell ya. When I am at her place next and it is booted up I can look at the boot options to see exactly how I worded it, but aside from that, it really wasn;t that hard. I had some problem at first with capital letters, etc..etc.. but after a few failed boots and back into safe mode to change things, I was able to get it working with no probl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keypox Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Sorry to burst your bubble but 1900x1200 is definitely the resolution it is running. I don't know about you but it is plainly obvious when a desktop is being stretched from 1600x1200 (4:3) to 1920x1200 (16:10). The stretching is unbearable to me. there is definitely a level of sharpness and clarity when running 1920x1200 if it is your native resolution. It looks identicle to the desktop when I was running the 6800GT in her computer. Even though it (6800gt) did not have QE or CI enabled, it definitely was able to handle 1920x1200 because it had kexts for it. And one last thing. My girlfriend uses the Adobe Professional and Illustrator at work on a mac and comes home to do work on her hackintosh.. so if ANYONE was able to tell if things were being stretched it would be her.... and I would receive a royal bitching if it wasn't working. The way I did it was follow what I said in my last post. I dunno what to tell ya. When I am at her place next and it is booted up I can look at the boot options to see exactly how I worded it, but aside from that, it really wasn;t that hard. I had some problem at first with capital letters, etc..etc.. but after a few failed boots and back into safe mode to change things, I was able to get it working with no probl Yeah i booted with 1600x1200 but didnt try 1920 x 1200 my native on my 24". Anyways heres to hoping when the beta of 10.5.6 comes out it will contain the driver for our cards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetos123 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 So did anyone find anything in snow leopard? Just built my friend a computer, this is the only part not working in OSX. He's content on XP but really wants an estimate when he can use the thing without going through VESA. Will a 4870 ever be supported? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintom Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 One day it will be supported. But that day has yet to come... Maybe in 10.5.6, which should bring the blue-ray support too. Don't count on Snow Leopard ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach1576 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 ATI is releasing the HD 4850 and 4870 for Mac Pros "soon" so I assume that there will be drivers for them when they come out. I'm hoping that it's in the next month or so because I'm looking to build a new system and I want an HD 4870. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ueberschall Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hey Guys I guess prozach1576 is quite right. My suggestion also was that the new drivers will be available if Apple updates there produc line of MacBooks and iMacs sometimes in october/november. I don't think that Apple is that stupid to wait about 1/2 a year till they provide these types of cards and drivers for them (technical evolution never stops). I planned to buy a 4870 very soon, but when I read that there is no support yet, I realised that I might stick with my oldy-but-goldy 7900GT (with can't handle Sacred 2 in medium details@1280x1024, what a shame...). I hope that I can switch to the Radeon very soon. I'll cross my fingers for a graphics-update in october/november. Cheers Ueberschall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keypox Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hey Guys I guess prozach1576 is quite right. My suggestion also was that the new drivers will be available if Apple updates there produc line of MacBooks and iMacs sometimes in october/november. I don't think that Apple is that stupid to wait about 1/2 a year till they provide these types of cards and drivers for them (technical evolution never stops). I planned to buy a 4870 very soon, but when I read that there is no support yet, I realised that I might stick with my oldy-but-goldy 7900GT (with can't handle Sacred 2 in medium details@1280x1024, what a shame...). I hope that I can switch to the Radeon very soon. I'll cross my fingers for a graphics-update in october/november. Cheers Ueberschall is that game even out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene mauricio Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Still nothing hu? Why is it a few people on this forum are saying that we will not know if the 4800 series (amongst other things) will be supported until October 14th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintom Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Because new products will be released on the 14th, good chance for a 10.5.6 with blueray support, so why not the drivers for RV700. But that's just pure speculation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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