MattsCreative Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hi, thank you for all your contributions! I had Netkas' package from back in June installed, and using you kext didn't change anything. That being said, I don't think my numbers have been particularly low. Before/After: LuxMark v2.1 Sala: 2902 / 2927 Cinebench R15: 76.70 / 76.49 well it was made for 10.10.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adgenet Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 well it was made for 10.10.2 I saw no difference in performance with my 290x either. (running 10.10.2 14C94b). It's too bad amd doesn't do web drivers like nvidia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I saw no difference in performance with my 290x either. (running 10.10.2 14C94b). It's too bad amd doesn't do web drivers like nvidia... i gained 37 fps in all benchmarks hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adgenet Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 i gained 37 fps in all benchmarks hmm Just ran some quick benches (see attached pics) One running stock agpm and the other running the modified agpm. Pretty much no change whatsoever. Edit: I looked at your info.plist and I think I know why it does nothing. I'm using macpro5,1 and have no gfx0 in my dsdt. I'll try playing with it later but why is the vendor id 10de? isn't that nvidia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Just ran some quick benches (see attached pics) One running stock agpm and the other running the modified agpm. Pretty much no change whatsoever. Edit: I looked at your info.plist and I think I know why it does nothing. I'm using macpro5,1 and have no gfx0 in my dsdt. I'll try playing with it later but why is the vendor id 10de? isn't that nvidia? me thinks i uploaded the wrong one i updated my link above and here is it https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3y5hldpEFDYSmRXa2ZYVHg4eEU/view?usp=sharing this time with the id 67b0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adgenet Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 me thinks i uploaded the wrong one i updated my link above and here is it https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3y5hldpEFDYSmRXa2ZYVHg4eEU/view?usp=sharing this time with the id 67b0 Just tested again. I tried setting by smbios to macpro6,1 and all it did was make my scores tank (CPU and gpu were roughly half in cinebench). Also looked at your info.plist and still think it may be incorrect. I don't know why you have the entry as Vendor10deDevice67b0. Vendor 10DE is Nvidia. Does agpm just ignore this or what? System profiler says the 290x is 1002 67b0: AMD Radeon HD 8xxx: Chipset Model: AMD Radeon HD 8xxx Type: GPU Bus: PCIe Slot: PCI Slot 0 PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 4096 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x67b0 Revision ID: 0x0000 So I tried changing the entry in agpm to Vendor1002Device67b0, rebooted, and the machine would get stuck in a reboot loop right before getting to the login screen, both when using the 6,1 profile and when duplicating the entry under the macpro5,1 section of the agpm profiles. Out of curiosity what kind of fps do you get in the various benchmarks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nur710As Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome Donkey Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I wonder if the DL-DVI glitches occur when using DP? If not, I'm wondering if this adapter would help with my DL-DVI only monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Just tested again. I tried setting by smbios to macpro6,1 and all it did was make my scores tank (CPU and gpu were roughly half in cinebench). Also looked at your info.plist and still think it may be incorrect. I don't know why you have the entry as Vendor10deDevice67b0. Vendor 10DE is Nvidia. Does agpm just ignore this or what? System profiler says the 290x is 1002 67b0: AMD Radeon HD 8xxx: Chipset Model: AMD Radeon HD 8xxx Type: GPU Bus: PCIe Slot: PCI Slot 0 PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 4096 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x67b0 Revision ID: 0x0000 So I tried changing the entry in agpm to Vendor1002Device67b0, rebooted, and the machine would get stuck in a reboot loop right before getting to the login screen, both when using the 6,1 profile and when duplicating the entry under the macpro5,1 section of the agpm profiles. Out of curiosity what kind of fps do you get in the various benchmarks? http://imgur.com/a/ufKZC http://imgur.com/a/lBlNd here is my benchmarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenRoss Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Seen some Good Things here. Majority of them From the Allmighty WAAAAAADOCTAAAAA. My 295x2 will come today I have mavericks installed on my x99 deluxe. Didnt want to read thru the whole post. Im thinking ill get support with the 290x tools? Anyone have a 295x2 in mavs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Seen some Good Things here. Majority of them From the Allmighty WAAAAAADOCTAAAAA. My 295x2 will come today I have mavericks installed on my x99 deluxe. Didnt want to read thru the whole post. Im thinking ill get support with the 290x tools? Anyone have a 295x2 in mavs? http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,8489.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adgenet Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Just ran luxmark with stock agpm... Seems like I get pretty much the same as you wardoctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo.Luxembourg Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Installed Yosemite+Clover today and got my 290X running. But, it's really slow. Under "About This Mac" it says AMD Radeon 290X 5MB ...... How can I fix the ram issue? Thx Edit: I have a Tri-X 290X. Read somewhere that those do not work on Yosemite. Is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Installed Yosemite+Clover today and got my 290X running. But, it's really slow. Under "About This Mac" it says AMD Radeon 290X 5MB ...... How can I fix the ram issue? Thx Edit: I have a Tri-X 290X. Read somewhere that those do not work on Yosemite. Is that true? thats not true i run that bios on my gpu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo.Luxembourg Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 thats not true i run that bios on my gpu Great! Any idea what my issue could be? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome Donkey Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Can't you change the VRAM in Clover to 4096 (using Clover Configurator)? Odd, what SMBIOS are you guys using? Using iMac 14,2 my 290X is reported as a AMD Radeon 8XXX series card, not R9 290X. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Can't you change the VRAM in Clover to 4096 (using Clover Configurator)? Odd, what SMBIOS are you guys using? Using iMac 14,2 my 290X is reported as a AMD Radeon 8XXX series card, not R9 290X. im using macpro 6,1 it helps make the 290x perform better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome Donkey Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 In About This Mac, does it show as a R9 290X or Radeon 8XXX? Actually, which 290X cards are you guys running? I might get a new one, like a MSI R9 290X Lightning if it'd work better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsCreative Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 In About This Mac, does it show as a R9 290X or Radeon 8XXX? Actually, which 290X cards are you guys running? I might get a new one, like a MSI R9 290X Lightning if it'd work better. not as 290x as i no longer need fb patching to get it to run fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adgenet Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I'm running a sapphire 290x tri-x oc using macpro5,1. Mine shows as AMD Radeon HD 8xxx 4096 MB No agpm because I can't seem to get it working, but performance seems to be decent aside from cinebench due to my older cpu's ipc performance. Still have flickering at startup though it's easily resolved by a quick disconnect of the dvi cable or sleep activation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo.Luxembourg Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Can't you change the VRAM in Clover to 4096 (using Clover Configurator)? Odd, what SMBIOS are you guys using? Using iMac 14,2 my 290X is reported as a AMD Radeon 8XXX series card, not R9 290X. At the moment iMac 14,2 but tried Mac Pro 6,1 with the same result. Changing VRAM in clover did not help. Could you guys post your config.plist? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo.Luxembourg Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Okay, now it's running. Reinstalling did solve the problem. But now I have the "black screen" problem where I have to disconnect the monitor to make it work. Do you guys have a solution for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome Donkey Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 You can try patching the framebuffer in Clover, but that doesn't seem to work too well (especially if you use DL-DVI) with Yosemite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo.Luxembourg Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 You can try patching the framebuffer in Clover, but that doesn't seem to work too well (especially if you use DL-DVI) with Yosemite. Okay, will try that. I've found patches for DP but none for DVI, but will try to make my own. Funny thing: If I enable the iGPU and set it as primary, it works great. I have multi monitor and the black screen bug goes away. But there's this ghost monitor that I can't remove @WarDoctor : The kext you posted page 17, does not work on my system. I set the framebuffer, inject ATI and all, but the driver just does not kick in. That's why I had Display 5mb under About this Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome Donkey Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 If you're successful with a DVI patch, please share it. Otherwise, I think I might get one of those DisplayPort to DL-DVI adapters to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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