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majaprinz
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I think there is something wrong with the new drivers: My GTX 260 has 192 cores and at the open GL test I get scores around 3800 and 4000, my GTX 470 has 448 cores and I get scores about 4800 and 5000.

Premiere CS5 can´t show even one Canon 5dMkII Video without juddering (is this the right word, sorry for my english), on PC´s you should get 4 videos at the same time including color correction!

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GL test I get scores around 3800 and 4000, my GTX 470 has 448 cores and I get scores about 4800 and 5000.

In that OpenGL Test the power of the compute cores didnt get real measured.

You may get much more diff if you enable Multisampling*8 and do the Cubes / Kings (multi Cube or multiKing).

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I don´t care of the tests, premiere CS5 should work right.

 

In that OpenGL Test the power of the compute cores didnt get real measured.

You may get much more diff if you enable Multisampling*8 and do the Cubes / Kings (multi Cube or multiKing).

Multi cube and Multisample*8:

GTX 260: 138/255/252/266/283/153/156 FPS

GTX 470: 127/236/224/260/278/138/147 FPS

 

Has anybody 2 cards to do the tests?

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Installation guide. If you do not have another video card.

1. Install 10.6.5 update http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1324, do not reboot.

2. Install Chameleon 2 RC5 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=231075

3. Download driver:

http://www.mediafire.com/?5sq55pw31055ra1

4. Copy all kexts to /System/Library/Extensions (replace old ones)

5. Add this to your boot plist if you haven't done so already:

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	<string>Yes</string>

6. Clear caches, repair permissions and reboot.

 

Thanks for that! The reason to not reboot in this instance is if you are only running a card that is not by default working with osx? I have already patched to 10.6.5 and currently only have my 8800GT in the box. I would like to add the gtx460 and be able to boot into OSX without having to run in low graphics mode. Would I before adding the card, do step 2-6, shot down, add card and start up?

 

My other card (Gtx460) will not be connected to any monitor - it is purely for computing in Octane Render on Windows7 - I just want to avoid having to remove it everytime I boot into OSX...)

 

Thanks again!!

/Christian

 

MacPro 2008 8 core | 14 GB Ram | nVidia 8800GT & nVidia GTX 460 (2GB) | Windows 7 (64) & OsX 10.6.5

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Thanks for that! The reason to not reboot in this instance is if you are only running a card that is not by default working with osx? I have already patched to 10.6.5 and currently only have my 8800GT in the box. I would like to add the gtx460 and be able to boot into OSX without having to run in low graphics mode. Would I before adding the card, do step 2-6, shot down, add card and start up?

 

My other card (Gtx460) will not be connected to any monitor - it is purely for computing in Octane Render on Windows7 - I just want to avoid having to remove it everytime I boot into OSX...)

 

Thanks again!!

/Christian

 

MacPro 2008 8 core | 14 GB Ram | nVidia 8800GT & nVidia GTX 460 (2GB) | Windows 7 (64) & OsX 10.6.5

 

Seems like a waste to me but if that is going to be a secondary card in a secondary slot (ie. in BIOS the 8800gt is set as primary boot card in the first PCI-e slot) not connected to a display then OS X should be ignoring it, have you actually tried it setup this way I would be surprised if it did not just boot without problems. And if you don't want this 460 to be used by OS X then you need not do any of these steps talked about here after all you are not going to be using it why bother having it recognized and not used it makes no sense to do otherwise..

 

Edit: Just took notice of the signature is this a real MacPro we are talking about? If so then the same idea should apply with the 8800 in the primary slot in it then that should be your boot card with OS X having no driver installed for the 460 it should not be used at all.

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Crashy crashy

 

Install went fine. Everything works great but...

 

When I run QuicktimeX on the second monitor after a few minutes the system locks up. It's not a KP just a lock up. My system has never crashed in over a year, otherwise.

 

Anybody else?

 

System is:

OSX-10.6.5 - GTX-470

does this always happen? i had some video related crashes/freezes on my mbp with misc 10.6.5 betas.

so possibly a general video decoding problem?

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Seems like a waste to me but if that is going to be a secondary card in a secondary slot (ie. in BIOS the 8800gt is set as primary boot card in the first PCI-e slot) not connected to a display then OS X should be ignoring it, have you actually tried it setup this way I would be surprised if it did not just boot without problems. And if you don't want this 460 to be used by OS X then you need not do any of these steps talked about here after all you are not going to be using it why bother having it recognized and not used it makes no sense to do otherwise..

 

Edit: Just took notice of the signature is this a real MacPro we are talking about? If so then the same idea should apply with the 8800 in the primary slot in it then that should be your boot card with OS X having no driver installed for the 460 it should not be used at all.

 

Yea, it's a real MacPro, and I had hoped that OSX would just ignore it, but no such luck. Under 10.6.3 and 10.6.4 it would not let me get passed the blue screen. When removing it, it works fine. At one point I moved a .kext file so that it would let me boot in but I only had 1 monitor and low resolution. I later opted to pull the card in and out of the box :( whenever I went into OSX, but it's a pain.

 

Thanks,

/Christian

 

MacPro 2008 8 core | 14 GB Ram | nVidia 8800GT & nVidia GTX 460 (2GB) | Windows 7 (64) & OsX 10.6.5

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demiangreenday
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So.... if you have a macpro 3,1 your gpu is allways at 100%? that`s a dangerous thing right?

 

there are any risks? i don´t wanna fry my video card.

 

 

I´ve tried using [url=&quot;http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/&quot;]#####[/url] to update to macpro 4,1 but the system freezes when booting.

 

I´ve have a 3,1 macpro and i got 5000 fps in opengl.

 

are any other method to see the gpu temp?

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Has anyone tried playing Starcraft II after installing this nVidia driver ?

 

My Zotac GTX 460 1GB works great with everything but when I tried to launch Starcraft II, it goes into blank screen but the game is still running as I can hear the audio from the movie and later from the login menu.

 

Command-M doesn't bring it to windows mode either.

 

Force Quit manages to quit the game but the screen remains blank.

 

Only option is to cold start the rig.

 

*** I'm not sure if this is because Starcraft II detected the gfx card as a Quadro 4000 (Quadro is listed as not compatible with the game) or if my monitor (Dell 2311H connected via DisplayPort) isn't able to display at the default resolution of the game (whatever it is).

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Yea, it's a real MacPro, and I had hoped that OSX would just ignore it, but no such luck. Under 10.6.3 and 10.6.4 it would not let me get passed the blue screen. When removing it, it works fine. At one point I moved a .kext file so that it would let me boot in but I only had 1 monitor and low resolution. I later opted to pull the card in and out of the box ;) whenever I went into OSX, but it's a pain.

 

Thanks,

/Christian

 

MacPro 2008 8 core | 14 GB Ram | nVidia 8800GT & nVidia GTX 460 (2GB) | Windows 7 (64) & OsX 10.6.5

 

Damn that sucks I don't have any experience with a MP I know how it should work in a PC but obviously it is not the same in a MP. Only thing I can think of is trying on macrumors.com almost all of them are running real Macs so if anyone has run across this problem it would be someone there. You could keep trying this method here but I don't think it will work as you will not have any efi in the rom chip it being a PC version ah there is an idea perhaps, namely netkas.org he is always figuring out how to combine the efi into PC cards so they will boot in a real Mac maybe someone on there has solution for you.

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Dreamwatcher
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GT430 works with offical driver + DSDT.

 

i don't use GraphicsEnabler, only DSDT inject on Chameleon 2.0RC4-r684. and not modiy NVDAGF100Hal.kext

 

GT430_Cinebench.png

 

DSDT inject

			Device (PEGP)
		{
			Name (_ADR, 0x00030000)
			Method (_PRW, 0, NotSerialized)
			{
				Return (GPRW (0x09, 0x04))
			}

			Device (GFX0)
			{
				Name (_ADR, Zero)
				Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
				{
					Store (Package (0x18)
						{
							"@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, 0x40
							}, 

							"device_type", 
							Buffer (0x0C)
							{
								"NVDA,Parent"
							}, 

							"model", 
							Buffer (0x16)
							{
								"NVIDIA GeForce GT 430"
							}, 

							"rom-revision", 
							Buffer (0x0F)
							{
								"70.08.29.00.01"
							}, 

							"hda-gfx", 
							Buffer (0x0A)
							{
								"onboard-1"
							}
						}, Local0)
					DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
					Return (Local0)
				}
			}

			Device (HDAU)
			{
				Name (_ADR, One)
				Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
				{
					Store (Package (0x02)
						{
							"hda-gfx", 
							Buffer (0x0A)
							{
								"onboard-1"
							}
						}, Local0)
					DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
					Return (Local0)
				}
			}
		}

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Dreamwatcher
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another method.

 

i patched Chameleon 2.0RC5-r635 (trunk 630) for GrapchicsEnabler GT 430 and GTX 580,

add GT430 and GTX580 video size setteing code to mem_detect().

 

Chamelen 2.0RC5-r635 patched GeForce GT430 and GTX580

 

1. install nVIDIA official driver (QUADRO MAC OS X DRIVER RELEASE 256).

 

2. extract boot file, and install boot to /

 

3. edit com.apple.Boot.plist

 

example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>GraphicsEnabler=yes VBIOS=yes arch=x86_64</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

Chameleon-2.0RC5-GT430.jpg

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So.... if you have a macpro 3,1 your gpu is allways at 100%? that`s a dangerous thing right?

 

there are any risks? i don´t wanna fry my video card.

 

 

I´ve tried using [url=&quot;http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/&quot;]#####[/url] to update to macpro 4,1 but the system freezes when booting.

 

I´ve have a 3,1 macpro and i got 5000 fps in opengl.

 

are any other method to see the gpu temp?

 

MacPro 3,1 get better scores in CUDA / OpenGL than 4,1, I can't explain why but that's true and verified !

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This is driving me nuts, hope someone can help me. I am running the following setup:

Asus P5N-E SLI Mainboard

C2D E6600 @ 2.4 (stock)

4 gigs ram

Palit GFX 460 1GB

 

Now I got this to run with iAtkos S3 V2 using guide on this blog, using the options provided there.

 

Now it boots fine into OSX, and I can install update 10.6.5 and it still runs, but I cannot, for the life of me get this GFX card to work in any other mode than 1024*768 (VESA I suppose). Now I a big noob with all this, and I tried all the different methods here to install drivers for this card, but I'm just too stupid to work it out I suppose. Is there anyone willing to give a step by step in laymen's terms to get this thing to work properly? Much appreciated.

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This is driving me nuts, hope someone can help me. I am running the following setup:

Asus P5N-E SLI Mainboard

C2D E6600 @ 2.4 (stock)

4 gigs ram

Palit GFX 460 1GB

 

Now I got this to run with iAtkos S3 V2 using guide on this blog, using the options provided there.

 

Now it boots fine into OSX, and I can install update 10.6.5 and it still runs, but I cannot, for the life of me get this GFX card to work in any other mode than 1024*768 (VESA I suppose). Now I a big noob with all this, and I tried all the different methods here to install drivers for this card, but I'm just too stupid to work it out I suppose. Is there anyone willing to give a step by step in laymen's terms to get this thing to work properly? Much appreciated.

 

Just install the drivers from nvidia, FWIW I'm still running Chameleon RC3, anything past that I had issues with my nvidia cards not being detected properly.

 

EDIT: looking at the guide you followed, it had you install the AsereBLN bootloader, it properly doesn't detect the newer nvidia cards correctly, so it won't load the drivers, I would install Chameleon.

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