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I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.2 with 8800GT as the graphics card. I've already installed the nvinject.kext and other video drivers that came along with the it. I'm trying to run the newly released Aperture 3. But when I start it, I get an error message saying that my graphics card doesn't meet the minimum requirement. Please Help. I think 8800GT is quite a powerful graphics card do this job.

 

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I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.2 with 8800GT as the graphics card. I've already installed the nvinject.kext and other video drivers that came along with the it. I'm trying to run the newly released Aperture 3. But when I start it, I get an error message saying that my graphics card doesn't meet the minimum requirement. Please Help. I think 8800GT is quite a powerful graphics card do this job.

 

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I have also the 88600 GT installed with the 3 nvidia kext and its running very cool with aperture 3. Do you have the last update of aperture?

 

Best regards

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I have also the 88600 GT installed with the 3 nvidia kext and its running very cool with aperture 3. Do you have the last update of aperture?

 

Best regards

Yeah I just updated it today but still i get the same error. :(

Can you please tell me which update was it?

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BiTRiP
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But why extra drivers for this card? It just work fine with stock kexts from Apple and the graphicsenabler in com.apple.Boot.plist. (as long as you use Chameleon or Chameleon based bootloader)

 

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>

<string>y</string>

 

Be sure you remove all 'non vanilla video kexts' if you use this string.

I have this card too and it just works fine.

 

BiTRiP

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But why extra drivers for this card? It just work fine with stock kexts from Apple and the graphicsenabler in com.apple.Boot.plist. (as long as you use Chameleon or Chameleon based bootloader)

 

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>

<string>y</string>

 

Be sure you remove all 'non vanilla video kexts' if you use this string.

I have this card too and it just works fine.

 

BiTRiP

 

What do you mean by extra drivers? I just installed the NVinject.kext and NVEnabler64.kext, nothing more.

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mitch_de
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I think also QE/CI isnt working with your setting !

Or if QE/CI works, the VRAM is reported wrong - must be 256MB for my knowledge to run Aperture.

So check your VRAM injection (by those .kext) with systemprofiler Grafik VRAM if you must setup the vram (in .plist) .

 

 

IF you already have an dsdt in running, i would add the 8800GT injection there. You dont need any .kext anymore = much less problems!

 

Here my dsdt part:

 

    Device (GFX0)
               {
                   Name (_ADR, Zero)
                   Name (_SUN, One)
                   Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
                   {
                       Store (Package (0x16)
                           {
                               "@0,compatible", 
                               Buffer (0x0B)
                               {
                                   "NVDA,NVMac"
                               }, 

                               "@0,device_type", 
                               Buffer (0x08)
                               {
                                   "display"
                               }, 

                               "@0,name", 
                               Buffer (0x0F)
                               {
                                   "NVDA,Display-A"
                               }, 

                               "@1,compatible", 
                               Buffer (0x0B)
                               {
                                   "NVDA,NVMac"
                               }, 

                               "@1,device_type", 
                               Buffer (0x08)
                               {
                                   "display"
                               }, 

                               "@1,name", 
                               Buffer (0x0F)
                               {
                                   "NVDA,Display-B"
                               }, 

                               "NVCAP", 
                               Buffer (0x18)
                               {
                                   /* 0000 */    0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 
                                   /* 0008 */    0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 
                                   /* 0010 */    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
                               }, 

                               "VRAM,totalsize", 
                               Buffer (0x04)
                               {
                                   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x30  // 0x30=768 MB, 0x20=512 MB
                               }, 

                               "device_type", 
                               Buffer (0x0D)
                               {
                                   "NVDA,GeForce"
                               }, 

                               "model", 
                               Buffer (0x18)  // (0x17)
                               {
                                   "nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX" // "nVidia GeForce 8800 GT"
                               }, 

                               "rom-revision", 
                               Buffer (0x25)
                               {
                                   "nVidia GeForce 8800 GT OpenGL Engine"
                               }
                           }, Local0)
                            DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                       Return (Local0)
                   }

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BiTRiP
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What do you mean by extra drivers? I just installed the NVinject.kext and NVEnabler64.kext, nothing more.

 

Well, those you mentioned are extra non vanilla drivers right? (not standard in system)

To get the 8800GT working you don't need any driver installed.

I assume you use Chameleon RC3 or RC4, then all you have to do is add those line I pasted earlier in com.apple.Boot.plist and remove all injectors or drivers like NVinject and NVEnabler64 etc...

 

Then 8800GT is working fine with all its options.

 

BiTRiP

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Well, those you mentioned are extra non vanilla drivers right? (not standard in system)

To get the 8800GT working you don't need any driver installed.

I assume you use Chameleon RC3 or RC4, then all you have to do is add those line I pasted earlier in com.apple.Boot.plist and remove all injectors or drivers like NVinject and NVEnabler64 etc...

 

Then 8800GT is working fine with all its options.

 

BiTRiP

Is that the same for the 8800gts 640mb by any chance?

 

 

I've tried almost everything and can't get it to reigster on my snow leopard at all :P

 

All I get is;

 

Display:

 

Type: GPU

Bus: PCI

VRAM (Total): 128 MB

Device ID: 0x0405

Revision ID: 0x0000

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1680 x 1050

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Vendor ID: 0x15ad

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Is that the same for the 8800gts 640mb by any chance?

 

 

I've tried almost everything and can't get it to reigster on my snow leopard at all :)

 

All I get is;

 

Yes, it should work for your card too.

But there is a bug in some DSDT's of some motherboards.

you can check using gfxutil:

 

gfxutil -f display

 

It should start with “PciRoot(0×0)”, if it’s “PciRoot(0×1)” then it can be fixed with a DSDT edit by changing the _UID of the PCI0 (this is the common name for it) device from 1 to 0:

Device (PCI0) { … Name (_UID, Zero) … }

 

BiTRiP

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Hi, I have a problem similar to yours... When I try to install Aperture 3 it gives your error, why? I have a Sapphire 1650 pro installed and this is what gives in my system information about my graphic card:

 

Radeon X1600 Pro:

 

Modello Chipset: Radeon X1600 Pro

Tipo: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

Larghezza Lane PCIe: x16

VRAM (totale): 256 MB

Fornitore: ATI (0x1002)

ID dispositivo: 0x71c6

ID revisione: 0x0000

Revisione ROM: 113-B7710C-176

Versione driver EFI: 01.00.068

Monitor:

SDM-HS95:

Risoluzione: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz

Profondità pixel: Colore 32 bit (ARGB8888)

Monitor principale: S“

Mirror: Spento

Online: S“

Mostra connettore:

Stato: Nessun monitor collegato

 

I also noticed that Front row and Preview don't function.... do you know why? thanks for your support.

 

**edit** I just modified the model of my graphic card in ATIinject.kext with terminal and all worked!!!!!!!

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Simon Bouchard
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But why extra drivers for this card? It just work fine with stock kexts from Apple and the graphicsenabler in com.apple.Boot.plist. (as long as you use Chameleon or Chameleon based bootloader)

 

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>

<string>y</string>

 

Be sure you remove all 'non vanilla video kexts' if you use this string.

I have this card too and it just works fine.

 

BiTRiP

 

I confirm what BiTRiP said ; just installed Snow Leopard 10.6.2 on P5Q with 8800GTS(640MB) and adding the following in com.apple.Boot.plist fixed everything. No need of nvinject or third party drivers :

 

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	   <string>y</string>

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multigl
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I can use aperture 3 here as well (gtx260, GraphicsEnabler=Yes method).

 

However the UI is very sluggish, especially when compared to my late 2008 macbook pro.

 

I did some testing, with quartz debug + aperture 3 on both machines:

 

osx86 (i5 750, 8GB, gtx260) ~50FPS

macbookpro ~ 40FPS

 

What's even more bizarre is that Aperture does run nearly 3x as fast for doing big batch imports/exports on my osx86 than real apple hardware. maybe something's wrong with my ui in general :wacko:

 

woops, turns out my monitor was plugged into DVI port2, and I {censored} you not UI is 100x faster when plugged into DVI Port1.

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I have the same problem with Geforce 9600 GT.

When i try to open Aperture 3, i receive a windows msg like the graphic card does not meet the minimum requirements.

 

This is my Graphic Card:

 

Model Chipset: GeForce 9600 GT

Tipo: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Larghezza Lane PCIe: x16

VRAM (totale): 512 MB

Fornitore: NVIDIA (0x10de)

ID dispositivo: 0x0622

ID revisione: 0x00a1

Revisione ROM: NVinject 0.2.2

Monitor:

SyncMaster:

Risoluzione: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz

 

Any ideas to solve my problem?

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