ATI 2600 xt pcie & Snow Leopard Troubles

[jtillwick]

So, is this dead? Even though the iMacs with 2600 cards in them work fine with QE/CI in Snow Leopard, we are just giving up on the hackintosh end?

[max22]

they have a different firmware
also see http://netkas.org/?p=182

and http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html

OpenCL requires one of the following graphics cards or graphics processors: * NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce GT 120, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX5600 * ATI Radeon 4850, Radeon 4870

crossposting: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=185824

[jtillwick]

Originally Posted by max22 they have a different firmware also see http://netkas.org/?p=182 and http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html crossposting: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=185824

Who said anything about OpenCL. OpenCL and QE/CI are not dependent on one another. I believe the issue is simply that no one is willing to put the effort forth to get the 2600 series to work with QE/CI on Snow Leopard. And that is a damn shame.

[max22]

Originally Posted by jtillwick I believe the issue is simply that no one is willing to put the effort forth to get the 2600 series to work with QE/CI on Snow Leopard. And that is a damn shame.

try it better youself

[jtillwick]

Originally Posted by max22 try it better youself

Wow. You don't need to be rude about it. It is disappointing that a large number of people in the hackintosh community have to buy a new card to use Snow Leopard. No one is blaming any of the community developers for not fixing the problem, but the fact that there is very, very little out there to suggest that anyone is trying is a bit disheartening.

If I had the capability to help solve the problem, you can be sure I would be.

[spockers]

I have a HD2400 PCI-e which doesn't have qe/ci under [edit]snowleo[/edit] either, so I'm in the same boat. It will, however, play some video with Quicktime player, but since there's no hardware acceleration it uses the CPU and isn't nearly as smooth as 10.5.8. VLC won't play anything at all, oddly. I can't afford a new card, so I guess I'm stuck with 10.5.8 until/unless some genius (netkas?) comes up with a solution. ;(

[jtillwick]

Originally Posted by spockers I have a HD2400 PCI-e which doesn't have qe/ci under leo either, so I'm in the same boat. It will, however, play some video with Quicktime player, but since there's no hardware acceleration it uses the CPU and isn't nearly as smooth as 10.5.8. VLC won't play anything at all, oddly. I can't afford a new card, so I guess I'm stuck with 10.5.8 until/unless some genius (netkas?) comes up with a solution. ;(

This thread is specifically Snow Leopard. You are in the wrong place.

[spockers]

Originally Posted by jtillwick This thread is specifically Snow Leopard. You are in the wrong place.

Sorry, I meant SnowLeo... it works great in leopard 10.4.8 and below.

[max22]

don't think this is news, ati hd2600 is supported, but no QE -> still slow

Just unterstood that the 2600XT on the imac work because they are Mobility Chips.

[jtillwick]

Is there no way to use a DSDT hack to get full QE/CI on the 2600 cards? I have a ATI 2600 XT and a 2600 Pro. If Snow Leopard only works with the mobility chipset, is there no way to do a firmware flash to get them working?