Intel GMA X4500HD

[naquaada]

Do you know if the Intel GMA X4500HD is or will be supported? I have here two notebooks which would be interesting for me:

Acer TravelMate 5720-602G16_XPP and Acer TravelMate 5730-842G25N

The main reason for there notebooks is the long running time from up to 5 hours. The problem is, the left one has the X3100 which is supported, but the right one has the X4500HD. I don't need much graphics power at all, I don't need massive 3D power, just for working with applications or playing some DOS or Amiga games.

The difference except the gfx card and the larger harddisk the CPU: The left one has an Intel Core™2 Duo T7500 2x 2,20 GHz with 2x 4 MB L2-cache and 800 MHz FSB, the second Intel Core™2 Duo P8400 Montevina 2x 2,26 GHz with 2x3 MB Level 2-Cache and 1066 MHz FSB. Would the speed difference be noticeable?

[changturkey]

Anyone have any news/info for these cards?

[scififan68]

I doubt the gma x4500 will ever work in os x, because Apple switched to nvidia chipsets, it's now very unlikely.

[changturkey]

Well I was hoping someone might get some driver dev going, or even just the ability for the driver to change the resolution, QE/CI is not important.

[martin255]

changturkey, if all you care about is using your native resolution, there are currently two known hacks/fixes. One involves installing Linux, then using Grub as a bootloader with a patched version of the 915resolution module. It is rather complicated but it was reported as working by several people at different resolutions.
There is another, simpler solution using a custom boot file originally compiled for the Vaio P. We just discovered this solution this week, so there are not many reports of it working. In my case (Thinkpad X200s) I can get 1280x800, but not 1440x900.
Both solutions are detailed in this thread over at Insanelymac (from post #38 for the first one and from post #106 for the second one): http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=129744

[Undead Surfer]

If you want a special resolution, why not just use the "Graphics Mode"="yyyxyyyxyy" ????

[asert]

I will pay $200.00 to a developer for a fix of QE/CI on the Intel 4500MHD on Snow Leopard 10.6.2. It must be compatible with future updates. I will pay in cash via paypal or money order once I have confirmation that the patch works. Please contact me via this thread. I will give you details of how to contact me if you sound convincing. The Kext will be used on a Dell 1545 with 4500MHD

Only serious proposals.

Thank You.

[sparksthesquid]

Here is a solution to native resolution at least it is a modified version of Chameleon RC4 remove any 3100 kext and follow the README I found the boot file on Insanely mac and added it to Chameleon so I take no credit for this but it works great gives you more of a "true mac" look and proper resolution to boot screen and menu works with 10.5.x and 10.6.x

[asert]

Thank You. I will try and get back to you on QE/CI support.

Good Luck

[Sevan]

I've looked at all possible outcomes for this kext, InsanelyMac has posted a few variations of the same kext, and none of them have done me any good. If someone could point me in the right direction that would be nice.

The resolution works, but I get a very horrible looking render with lines going up and down, and a purple shade over it all. It's hard to explain.

I've also tried the Chameleon 915resolution patch, which honestly makes no difference to me.

Specs:
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.00GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR2 RAM
Display: 17" LED Widescreen Display
Graphics: Intel Graphics 4500MHD 1.7GB VRAM with VGA and HDMI (DevID: 0x2a42)
Hard Disk: Western Digital WD3200BEVT-75ZCT2 320GB
Network: Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps
Wireless: Dell 1510 Wireless-N Draft 2
Sound: IDT HD-Audio and Intel HDMI Audio
CD/DVD: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-T633A
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 (Retail)