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Nvidia 8400 256 MB Problems

I have just picked up a 8400 gs graphics card since it is said to be fully supported in the wiki. I was wondering how you guys have gotten it to work? I've installed NVIDIA INSTALLER V2.0 BY PUNK92 with no luck, it recognizes the card and…

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@Shiftedx Published 2008-04-04
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Leopard 10.5
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6,220 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 3 dispatches) · 2008-04-04
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@Shiftedx (2)@Puttabong

I have just picked up a 8400 gs graphics card since it is said to be fully supported in the wiki. I was wondering how you guys have gotten it to work? I've installed NVIDIA INSTALLER V2.0 BY PUNK92 with no luck, it recognizes the card and knows it has 256 mb but it will not give me quartz or anything.

I only bought the card because the wiki said it was fully supported =[

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Author Update #1 @Shiftedx 2008-04-04

oh wow thank you so much puttabong it worked PERFECTLY I'm running with everything enabled at 1280 x 1024 75 refresh

I <3 zephyroth hahha

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Field Note #1 @Puttabong 2008-04-04

Hi Shiftedx, try Zephyroth NVidia Universal Installer

Zephyroth NVidia Universal Installer contains all NVidia kexts from 10.5.2 (9C20). GeForce kext contains all dev-id for NVidia devices. It gives support for GeForce 5/6/7, 8800GTX/GTS/GT 8600/8500/8400 GT/GS, GeForceGO and GeForceGO-512 (with LaptopDisplay.kext).

Mirror #1 ---> mega upload.com/en/?d=SWC1S2D9
Mirror #2 ---> save file.com/files/1462373

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