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netkas
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Netkas told me to set my Graphics to PEG2, I cannot find where that is in my bios. Does the 2nd GPU have to be in 2nd PCI slot or can i leave it in 3rd?

 

 

then its peg3, not peg2, inital graphics port option

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AppleIIGuy
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then its peg3, not peg2, inital graphics port option

 

Some bioses have Initalize Graphics option it can be internal or pcie1/peg1 and pcie2/peg2 ie peg1 is first pci-e 16 port and peg2 is the second

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Try plugging your display in to your other output.

 

I'm not sure if that suggestion was directed at me, but that worked for the resolution changing issue. Also fixed a problem that I didn't noticed until today where I couldn't adjust the color (was too washed out).

 

I think the reboot problem went away on its own. Don't know what fixed it since I didn't do anything except install steermouse and rebooted.

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Crawlgsx
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Got dual monitor on GTX260 working tonight with the GFX string. Thanks so much for your help sorandomitworks, greatly appreciated as well as all the other people who contributed to this thread and of course aquamac and netkas.

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Leo Getz
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Got GTX280 fully working... with amazing performance.

Hardware Overview:

 

Model Name: Mac

Model Identifier: Maximus Formula

Processor Speed: 3.22 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 4Graphics/Displays:

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280:

 

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Type: Display

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 1024 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x05e1

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: netkas.org

Displays:

SyncMaster:

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 L2 Cache: 12 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Bus Speed: 1.61 GHz

Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08

Serial Number: CK034KMHK5B

 

 

netkas.org patch/rom rocks!!! thanks!

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Kasakka
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Got dual monitor on GTX260 working tonight with the GFX string. Thanks so much for your help sorandomitworks, greatly appreciated as well as all the other people who contributed to this thread and of course aquamac and netkas.

 

Please post your EFI string, maybe it'll work for others too. If it's possible to post the plist for creating it that would be great too. Thanks

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kamal022
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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?

 

Hi, any new updates on the GTX 295 card with QE support?

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asfastas63
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Regarding EFI Strings and multiple monitor support,

 

Following aquamac's guide worked to perfection, though I did make a stupid user error mistake that had me deleting the com.apple.Boot.plist changes in single user mode and trying again. These were the values that worked for me for both the in.plist and out.hex. Sorry for the exceedingly long post, if there is a better way to put it up then someone let me know and I'll edit it. Also take note that I don't take credit for any of this, all I did was follow aquamacs great instructions.

 

For XFX GTX 280

 

in.plist

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>PciRoot(0x1)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>

<dict>

<key>@0,compatible</key>

<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>

<key>@0,device_type</key>

<string>display</string>

<key>@0,name</key>

<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>

<key>@1,compatible</key>

<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>

<key>@1,device_type</key>

<string>display</string>

<key>@1,name</key>

<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>

<key>@2,#adress-cells</key>

<string>0x01000000</string>

<key>@2,#size-cells</key>

<string>0x00000000</string>

<key>@2,compatible</key>

<string>NVDA,sensor-parent</string>

<key>@2,device_type</key>

<string>NVDA,gpu-diode</string>

<key>@2,hwctrl-params-version</key>

<string>0x02000000</string>

<key>@2,hwsensor-params-version</key>

<string>0x02000000</string>

<key>@2,name</key>

<string>sensor-parent</string>

<key>@2,reg</key>

<string>0x02000000</string>

<key>NVCAP</key>

<data>

BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=

</data>

<key>NVPM</key>

<data>

AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==

</data>

<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>

<data>

AAAAQA==

</data>

<key>device_type</key>

<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>

<key>model</key>

<string>NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280</string>

<key>name</key>

<string>NVDA,Parent</string>

<key>rom-revision</key>

<string>Hack Pro</string>

</dict>

</dict>

</plist>

 

out.hex

 

dc0300000100000001000000d00300001500000002010c00d041030a010000000101060000030101

60000000101060000000101060000007fff040014000000400032002c006e0061006d00650000001

00000073656e736f722d706172656e74220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00

30069007a0065000000080000000000004036000000400032002c00680077006300740072006c002

0070006100720061006d0073002d00760065007200730069006f006e00000008000000000000021c

000006400650076006900630065005f0074007900700065000000100000004e5644412c4765466f7

63650e0000006e0061006d00650000000f0000004e5644412c506172656e7422000000400030002c

06400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c6179100000006

006f00640065006c0000001a0000004e5649444941204765466f7263652047545820323830220000

0400031002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c6

7912000000400032002c007200650067000000080000000000000222000000400032002c00640065

076006900630065005f0074007900700065000000120000004e5644412c6770752d64696f6465200

0000400032002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c0065000000160000004e5644412c73

56e736f722d706172656e7422000000400032002c002300730069007a0065002d00630065006c006

0073000000080000000000000020000000400031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c

0650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e0061006d0065000000120

00004e5644412c446973706c61792d413a000000400032002c0068007700730065006e0073006f00

2002d0070006100720061006d0073002d00760065007200730069006f006e0000000800000000000

0226000000400032002c0023006100640072006500730073002d00630065006c006c007300000008

000000000000114000000400031002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706

61792d4220000000400030002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e000000

e5644412c4e564d61631e00000072006f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e0000000

0000004861636b2050726f100000004e00560043004100500000001800000004000000000003000c

0000000000007000000000e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000000000000

00000000000000000000000000000000

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Kasakka
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Thanks for the plist and hex asfastas63. Unfortunately it didn't work for me, even after I changed the PCIRoot part to match what gfxutil gives me. Same result as when I tried doing my own plist. Maybe because my card doesn't seem to be the standard design (it's a Gainward GTX260 Golden Sample model with a different PCB and heatsink to other GTX260s I've seen) it doesn't want to budge.

 

In any case, I went to netkas.org and downloaded his updated ATY_Init enabler and now both my displays work just fine! Both work with QE/CI too. So thanks again to netkas for his great work!

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CooSee
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finally i can use my second Monitor :thumbsup_anim: !

 

Thank you Netkas !!!

 

but the Problem with System Profiler still exist:

 

nVidia GeForce 8600 GT:

 

Chipsatz-Modell: nVidia GeForce 8600 GT

Typ: Monitor

Bus: PCIe

PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16

VRAM (gesamt): 512 MB

Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Geräte-ID: 0x05e2

Versions-ID: 0x00a1

ROM-Version: nVidia GeForce 8600 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI]

Monitore:

AT1099DA-1:

Auflösung: 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz

Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe

Core Image: Hardware-unterstützt

Hauptmonitor: Ja

Synchronisierung: Aus

Eingeschaltet: Ja

Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt

Rotation: Unterstützt

CPD-E230:

Auflösung: 1280 x 768 @ 60 Hz

Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe

Core Image: Hardware-unterstützt

Synchronisierung: Aus

Eingeschaltet: Ja

Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt

Rotation: Unterstützt

 

it's strange,... using " GTX 260 Extreme+ " on 10.5.7 !!!

 

OpenGL Extensions Viewer shows me the correct GTX 260 ???

 

Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OpenGL Engine
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Memory: 896 MB
Version: 2.0 NVIDIA-1.5.44
Shading language version: 1.20
Max number of light sources: 8
Max viewport size: 8192 x 8192
Max texture size: 8192 x 8192
Max anisotropy: 16
Max samples: 0
Max draw buffers: 8
Max texture coordinates: 8
Max vertex texture image units: 16

 

what's wrong here ???

 

CooSee ' Ya

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netkas
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finally i can use my second Monitor :( !

 

Thank you Netkas !!!

 

but the Problem with System Profiler still exist:

 

 

 

it's strange,... using " GTX 260 Extreme+ " on 10.5.7 !!!

 

OpenGL Extensions Viewer shows me the correct GTX 260 ???

 

Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OpenGL Engine
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Memory: 896 MB
Version: 2.0 NVIDIA-1.5.44
Shading language version: 1.20
Max number of light sources: 8
Max viewport size: 8192 x 8192
Max texture size: 8192 x 8192
Max anisotropy: 16
Max samples: 0
Max draw buffers: 8
Max texture coordinates: 8
Max vertex texture image units: 16

 

what's wrong here ???

 

CooSee ' Ya

 

u still has gfx strings installed, so aty_init doesnt bother touching ur card at all

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Sorry, but can someone make a step by step guide of how to get this to work with a GTX285 - I'm looking to upgrade my GPU from my EVGA 9800GTX+ to an EVGA GTX285, I saw the GTX285 mac edition gpu but it's hella expensive and I'm ever interested on a non-mac edition card for alot cheaper, will a PC edition card work with this or does it have to be a mac edition card? If I do end up getting a 285 what would be the required steps on getting it to work? Will the drivers that EGOvoruhk posted (thanks btw) work seamlessly? My specs are in my sig and I'm using DIGITAL_DREAMER'S retail core i7 installment of OSX 10.5.7 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=149505

 

thanks in advance for any help

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CooSee
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u still has gfx strings installed, so aty_init doesnt bother touching ur card at all

 

THX for reply!

 

how can i fix this ?

 

i forgot so many things :censored2: !

 

can i change the gfx strings with " OSX86Tools " ?

 

CooSee ' Ya

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Sorry, but can someone make a step by step guide of how to get this to work with a GTX285 - I'm looking to upgrade my GPU from my EVGA 9800GTX+ to an EVGA GTX285, I saw the GTX285 mac edition gpu but it's hella expensive and I'm ever interested on a non-mac edition card for alot cheaper, will a PC edition card work with this or does it have to be a mac edition card? If I do end up getting a 285 what would be the required steps on getting it to work? Will the drivers that EGOvoruhk posted (thanks btw) work seamlessly? My specs are in my sig and I'm using DIGITAL_DREAMER'S retail core i7 installment of OSX 10.5.7 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=149505

 

thanks in advance for any help

 

You can use a windows card(cheaper by a mile(GTX260 for about 120ish) look at netkas.org for the drivers you need. As for the guide it's also on his website.

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CooSee
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THX for reply!

 

how can i fix this ?

 

i forgot so many things :rolleyes: !

 

can i change the gfx strings with " OSX86Tools " ?

 

CooSee ' Ya

 

o.k. got it, but can't change resolution, only " 1024x768 " !

 

got this old SystemProfiler Problem, too :censored2: !

 

did i miss something ?

 

EDIT:

 

removed all NV* and it's booting fine with " 1280x1024x32@75Hz ", but only the

 

primary Monitor :thumbsdown_anim: !

 

and after that reinstalled only the " gt200_drivers_pkg.pkg ", also booted fine but can't

 

change the resolution, only " 1024x768x32@75Hz " on both Monitors, noooooooo :thumbsdown_anim: !

 

CooSee ' Ya

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CooSee
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CooSee, you need to install the Enabler from netkas.org.

 

i'am confused :compress: !

 

but the Enabler told me this:

 

kernel ATY_Init: The 5e2 card already has keys set

 

where are this keys already set?

 

can't change resolution above " 1024x768 " :censored2: !

 

THX for reply!

 

CooSee ' Ya

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