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holy fu**!!!

 

I will test it in 30 mins!!!

 

 

Tricky stuff: "The NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac requires Mac OS X v10.6.5 to run, however because OS X v10.6.5 does not have native support for the Quadro 4000 for Mac, users must install this driver before installing the hardware."

 

 

We already know what they meant in "Day you will never forget":(

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IMHO this only applies to a clean install. Since OSX does not have native Fermi support you wouldn't be able to install OSX. If you already have a working system (however badly it's working) this will not be an issue.

 

The 4000, however, has a different hardware configuration than the 470. So it'll probably wreck my box, but hey, trying has it's own rewards !

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IMHO this only applies to a clean install. Since OSX does not have native Fermi support you wouldn't be able to install OSX. If you already have a working system (however badly it's working) this will not be an issue.

 

The 4000, however, has a different hardware configuration than the 470. So it'll probably wreck my box, but hey, trying has it's own rewards !

 

NVGF100HAL.kext's info.plist has device-id mask entry for GTX480 for sure. I don't understand the logic how this mask is apllying but... It could be support for GTX470/480 out of the box.

 

Can't test it because I am at work now.

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QUADRO MAC OS X DRIVER RELEASE 256 include NVDAGF100Hal.kext.

 

device id that NVDAGF100Hal.kext support is blow. GeForce GTX 580(GF110) is supported!!

 

0x06c010de // GeForce GTX 480

0x0dc010de

0x0e2010de

0x0ee010de

0x0f0010de

0x104010de

0x108010de // GeForce GTX 580

YES! YES! YES! GTX460 works! with quartz!

 

Yes guys, GTX460 is supported too!

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YES! YES! YES! GTX460 works! with quartz!

 

Yes, this does this trick! I installed with a GTX 260, updated to 10.6.5, applied new package, swapped out 260 for 480 and everything is working. No Vsync issues during video!

 

I was seriously hours away from trading my 480 for a 5870.

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I have updated to 10.6.5 and restarted. My mac is running normaly and now im

Installing nvidianupdate.

 

 

its working!!!

 

If i would like to make a clean install i would have to do all the steps from first post or can i skip it somehow?

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Had a working 10.6.4 + 480 (with the known issues),

Swapped to 4870, installed 10.6.5 (everything ok).

 

Tried to install the official drivers, but when I reach the "Destination select" step, it shows a warning sign and says "You cannot install NVIDIA Drivers in this location. The NVIDIA Drivers installer does not allow this software to be installed here.". So I opened the package with Pacifist and installed it manually.

 

Swapped to 480. 1024x768 only, no QE/CI,...

 

Any idea?

 

Thanks,

Rodrigo Silvestri.

 

EDIT: (Any previous file that I should delete or any step that I should "undo"? Like use the standard Chameleon bootloader instead of the one posted in this thread?)

 

 

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SOLVED. Needed to copy the kexts manually. The Install button from Pacifist didn't actually install anything.

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FWIW, I was only getting ~8 FPS on cinebench after applying this new package. I applied dOOd's fix aka changed AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext/Contents/Info.plist's MacPro4,1 section from Vendor10deDevice05e2 to Vendor10deDevice06c0 and I'm back to ~33 FPS.

 

 

Post #1003 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...771&st=1000

 

Its in the above post as well, but the list for other IDs can be found here. http://pastebin.com/ZR5RHRxU

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M8, please explain, will it give me some more performance on my gtx470?

 

Of course. If you don't make this change your card and every card will be running in level 0 low power mode, since 10.6.4 After making this change, your card runs in level 2 high power mode and temps will be lower. No offense, but did you even read the post? This has been common knowledge for over two months.

 

 

Post #1003 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...771&st=1000

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