EGOvoruhk Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMX-Knuckles Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 not with 10.5 for now, maybe in a future patch. 10.6 is looking like it will support it tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kontroversy Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Bump... Anyone using one or more 260/280 now? My main concern is multi-mon support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pxavierperez Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 i too have been searching for a solution to no avail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nintenno Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 not working in this version (10.5.6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket6 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 i take it that there is versa (or vesa??) support but no acceleration?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nintenno Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 i take it that there is versa (or vesa??) support but no acceleration?? i believe so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastowl Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 should work soon the mac pro should ship with it as upgrade option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grattier Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czpcgk Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casinova Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Snow Leopard has been released to developers ... anyone looked for graphics ktext from that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarcu Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I hope so cause I have a 260 GTX and I'm having trouble installing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh D Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grattier Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czpcgk Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xfile2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netkas Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 not in 10.5.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Thanks for the heads up Netkas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeblade Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docchemistry Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristo Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Looks like we owners of 200 series must wait until Snow Leopard becomes available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardassianVole Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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