GeForce 200 series support

[EGOvoruhk]

Hey everyone, check out:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1164771

and

http://netkas.org/?p=105

 

Thanks to netkas for the heads up!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original title: Is GeForce GTX 260/280 support possible?

Original post: I was looking at picking up a new card soon. Before the card came out, I read it was based on G92. I don't know if that was a rumor or not. Does anyone have one, or know what it's based on?

[OMX-Knuckles]

The GTX 260 and 280 are *similar* to G92, but it's a much more advanced design than the 8800GT/9800GTX so i doubt the existing drivers will work.

[sg]

not with 10.5 for now, maybe in a future patch. 10.6 is looking like it will support it tho.

[kontroversy]

Bump...

 

Anyone using one or more 260/280 now? My main concern is multi-mon support.

[pxavierperez]

i too have been searching for a solution to no avail.

[nintenno]

not working in this version

(10.5.6)

[Bucket6]

i take it that there is versa (or vesa??) support but no acceleration??

[nintenno]

i take it that there is versa (or vesa??) support but no acceleration??

 

i believe so

[lastowl]

should work soon the mac pro should ship with it as upgrade option

[Grattier]

I have a gtx260 and I only want to develop app. for iPhone/touch because I have some ideas right now... Is there any way to get it work?

[czpcgk]

i take it that there is versa (or vesa??) support but no acceleration??

Please use Search.

 

Here's the thread that I helped someone with their GTX260 and I know this through experience as I personally own one of these monster cards.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=142999

[casinova]

Snow Leopard has been released to developers ... anyone looked for graphics ktext from that?

[Zarcu]

I hope so cause I have a 260 GTX and I'm having trouble installing.

[Josh D]

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=1000295

 

Here is what I did, this thread got off on a tangent a bit, but the method in the above link works for me and my GTX260@1680x1050 (no QE/CI).

[Grattier]

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=1000295

 

Here is what I did, this thread got off on a tangent a bit, but the method in the above link works for me and my GTX260@1680x1050 (no QE/CI).

 

Thanks a lot! I'll try it

[czpcgk]

I did it exactly the same way that Josh D did it, but I didn't feel like putting it in my Boot.plist because I move my computer around a lot, using my 1920x1200 monitor and a 1280x1024 monitor. If you want to try it out, just type the same thing you would put in the Boot.plist as your boot options at startup.

 

Oh and the string is formatted like this:

"Graphics Mode"="[width]x[height]x[depth]@[Refresh Rate]"

 

EX: For the 1920x1200 resolution I use this as a startup parameter, either at boot time, or in your Boot.plist:

"Graphics Mode"="1920x1200x32@60"

[Xfile2009]

Hello Users of the GTX 260,

 

there are a lot of posts that this card doesn´t work, but you can install the card, it works with a resolution of your choice, for example "1680*1050*32 or 1280*1024*32.

Also Qicktime is displaying movies and you get a sound with a little tool, also the Divxplayer works for me.

 

I tried a lot of drivers before and i always had problems to start the OSX regular with my GTX260.

So i deleted the

 

GeForce.kext

NVDAN40Hal.kext

NVDAN50Hal.kext

NVDAResman.kext

NVKush

 

i also edited the com.apple.boot.plist and defined the resolution

 

"Graphics Mode"="1680*1050*32"

 

The " needs to be typed in, if you don´t find it, it is the "shift" Ä" key on a german keyboard :-)

 

To get sound on the avi movies, i installed "Perian_1.1.3" an easy tool.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

 

If you already tried to install your geforce and the system won´t boot even if you trie the save mode "-X", than you can as mentioned, delete the kext in the singlemode and the system will start again in vesa-mode.

 

So do the following:

 

sbin/mount -uw /

LS /System/Library/Extensions

 

you´ll see the list with your kext

 

delete wrong kext:

 

rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext

rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/NVDAN40Hal.kext

rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/NVDAN50Hal.kext

rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/NVDAResman.kext

 

then type in:

 

reboot

 

now, the system will boot again normally, you can work like before and try some different things.

 

I don´t know how often you read the tip but i searched a while for this informations so i took them in this lillte post.

 

Good luck to you all

[aqua-mac]

Basically, you need Snow Leopard which works with QE & CI fine. Here it is with dual cards in my hack. Note the driver version 1.6 in Open GL Extensions Viewer.

 

 

 

However, I suspect support will be along soon in either 10.5.7 or 10.5.8. Unfortunately, Snow Leopard drivers are not backwards compatible with Leopard, they are just too different.

[netkas]

not in 10.5.7

[aqua-mac]

Thanks for the heads up Netkas.

[Zeblade]

not in 10.5.7

 

Sorry if this has been asked. Think Snow will be out before 10.5.8? I have no clue lol

[docchemistry]

Thanks for the heads up Netkas.

 

So is there no possibility to run QE with a GTX260 at the moment?

I tried so many different things, but i failed.

 

Any idea would be fine...or no chance?

 

Thanks

[Aristo]

Looks like we owners of 200 series must wait until Snow Leopard becomes available.

[aqua-mac]

There is no way to get 260/280 on Leopard at the moment. You must have Snow Leopard. The earliest looks to be possibly 10.5.8.

[CardassianVole]

I have an entirely different problem. I have a GTX 260 and a build of snow Leopard, 10a261. It works, but when the desktop would normally come up, I just get a black screen. Is there anything like nvinject or nvkush that works on these beta builds of snow Leopard?