Xtro Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I got an ATI 5850 and it works but without acceleration, I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.0 haven't updated to 10.6.2 . It is running without kext so in VESA 3.0 mode, you can change resolution up to 1920x1200 but you will get underscan in all resolutions. For having full hardware support we need Apple ships the newer Mac Pros with a 58xx card. Maybe we have to wait 2 months or so. This card is fantastic, on Windows and Linux works very well in every res with detail to the max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4ciek Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I got an ATI 5850 and it works but without acceleration, I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.0 haven't updated to 10.6.2 . It is running without kext so in VESA 3.0 mode, you can change resolution up to 1920x1200 but you will get underscan in all resolutions. For having full hardware support we need Apple ships the newer Mac Pros with a 58xx card. Maybe we have to wait 2 months or so. This card is fantastic, on Windows and Linux works very well in every res with detail to the max. Maybe sb should try with 10.6.2 - I hear there are new gpu supported... Im looking for full supported (not only vesa) gpu for graphic / video edit and sometimes games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtro Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Maybe sb should try with 10.6.2 - I hear there are new gpu supported... Im looking for full supported (not only vesa) gpu for graphic / video edit and sometimes games New supported cards are the ones on the new iMacs I think. Most probably we'll see a 10.6.3 update when the new Mac Pros are out with support for the new cards (58xx the most likely) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akhenamenra Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 cant wait for this to be updated currently running 9400gt (yeah i know) hops off to make purchase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hisoka Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I hope to receive my 9600GT this week and try to get everything working. Butr eventually I hope that my HD5850 will be supported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellair Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 To have a fully functional card with great gaming performance, what can I take now? I have a 4870 but not with 2x DVI so it's a pain to install it. I want a 4870 2x DVI or maybe look for something newer or Nvidia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samox Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 I've installed snow retail on my P5Q PRO and updated to 10.6.2. The 5870 obviously work only in 1024x768 without QE. I'll wait ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andro6600 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 To have a fully functional card with great gaming performance, what can I take now? I have a 4870 but not with 2x DVI so it's a pain to install it. I want a 4870 2x DVI or maybe look for something newer or Nvidia? The best cards that can run Snow Leopard for now is GTX285 & GTX295. Obviously they are no match for current Ati HD58xx generation, but i'm sure that everything will run just fine on them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Hi everybody Any news about the driver for radeon 5850 ? I'm still in 1024... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellair Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 The best cards that can run Snow Leopard for now is GTX285 & GTX295. Obviously they are no match for current Ati HD58xx generation, but i'm sure that everything will run just fine on them! And don't forget the GTX 260... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 YEP ! I would also recommend to buy Nvidia cards for hackintoshs. Even the working (48xx) ATI cards make much mork and are NOT!! save to "overlife" an later ATI driver Update. The nvidia Apple drivers seems to be complete different (much less driver parts as ATI) and can be make working much, much easier (DSDT, EFI ) than ATI (pain, pain + patching drivers + pain). I had an ATI 3870 (good card but a PAIN in Leo /SL) . Then an NV 9600 GT and now an 8800GTX - both working without any patch of the drivers ! Last but not least : ATI GPUs 48xx have major problems to use/run SL OpenCL - ATI OpenCL part is buggy !!! With Nvidia you can run OpenCL with much less problems and of course use CUDA (=does same as OpenCL) in Leopard 10.5 !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Anyway I'm very happy with my ATI 5850 and want to use it on my hackintosh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cairo_sc Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I have a XFX 5850 too, and it's a shame 'cause i only have 1024x768, hope someday release it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don Jao Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Just received Sapphire HD 5850. Well, it did not work on my Mac Pro early 2008 in Snow Leopard. I was using GeForece 8800 GT for running SL, but having 2 different manufacturers on Windows 7 made none of them usable. So, I had to switch 8800 GT with Radeon HD 2600 Mac edition, to make it work. Lesseons i've learned: 1) Do NOT mixt nVidia card with ATI, none of them will work under windows. 2) Unsupported HD 5850 sounds VERY loud in SL as it's cooler running at full speed and you cannot control it unless removed from MB. 3) If you use Apple Cinema Display, prepare to swap DVI on your cards every time you boot for play. If you have a monitor with multiple DVI inputs - you should be ok. 4) If you leave HD 5850 alone in your Mac Pro - you won't see anything, not even a boot screen. 5) No chance to soft-disable the HD 5850 from Snow Leopard Hope it helps. Edit: Ah, just noted that his is Hackintosh forums. Ignore this one please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBY Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 HD 5870 installs fine. without kext. OS version 10.6.2.Fan speed is somewhere in the middle. MainBoard is ex58-ud5 Processor clocked to 4 ghz Good to hear, but the same question goes here, Full supported or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netkas Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Good to hear, but the same question goes here, Full supported or not? lol, Dont have a card, but I can answer for sure - no full support in osx That's because I dont believe in magic, only facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunun Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 patiently waiting for 5870 support, wont be buying the card till then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyni Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Has no one had a whip round to buy Netkas a 5000 series yet? Dude we need you on the case Whats really annoying me is I can't even get the 1920x1200 everyone else is boasting so far, I get up to 1600x1200 max using boot flags (which then gets stretched on my monitors native 1920x1200)... But even crippled without CL, this card is so much smoother on screen compared to my last 4800... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 No 5850 driver for Christmas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyni Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 No 5850 driver for Christmas ? It's all gone quiet... probably not going to see any movement on this until February when 10.6.3 comes out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 It's all gone quiet... probably not going to see any movement on this until February when 10.6.3 comes out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunun Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 sweet jesus, February ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 sweet jesus, February ? I give warranty : Until February 2011 we will have 58xx Mac OS X support ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyni Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I give warranty : Until February 2011 we will have 58xx Mac OS X support ! The February release date is a fictional date based on the release timeline of 10.5 updates... 10.5.3 was a major overhaul, and was only released a month after beta testing... 10.6.3 alpha builds were only supposed to go out during the first week of december and have been delayed... Basically all us ATI owners will most likely be shafted again... Apple is so in bed with Intel, who practically control nVidia through SLI licensing sales, that neither will be busting a gut to support ATI... why do you think 'premium' apple products such as 24" imacs ship with low end '9400' (thats 9300 for all us PC users) graphics, helping a limping nVidia shift unwanted, underpowered stock at a premium price... *ahem* rant over... listen to me getting all moral when we're nothing but hackers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezardon Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Still any news ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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