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Anyone tried RX 5700 (XT) with latest public beta?

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sorry, there was probably some kind of problem or chrome maybe kicked in, here is my new OpenCL test:
but VodeoProc still shows me this:
Yeah I am on the latest Beta 3
No issues with the acceleration
Screenshot 2019-12-01 at 02.19.45.png
 
@pompey today I've updated to catalina 10.15.2 Beta 4 and still no acceleration
 
After a day of struggle, I got it working.
Asus p8z77-m pro + i7-3770K + MSI Radeon RX 5700 8GB.
To update Mojave to Catalina (first time, right to 10.15.2 and only because of 5700 which I got a week ago), I had to apply only one Acpi/DSDT patch, and remove Lilo & WEG from system folders.
Video card worked perfectly from the box, test scores looked good (they were always good if video card worked after booting up independently on configurations listed below):
Screen Shot 2019-12-22 at 8.40.18 PM.png
Screen Shot 2019-12-22 at 8.43.09 PM.png


In a day, I found that it uses Soft decoder/encoder when playing 4K videos in Quick Time Player, and the same for Compressor:
Screen Shot 2019-12-22 at 9.03.46 PM.png

I expected better performance from 5700 on Hackintosh in Final Cut Pro/Compressor than my new 16" with 5500M 8Gb, even though processor is much slower, but it just worked as on my iGPU before.
I tried everything, different configurations, and there's list of results below (only important). When I googled this thread, I quickly found a way to detect if encoding/decoding works - VideoProc App.
1. Almost native one for my i7-3770K: SMBIOS MacMini 6,2. iGPU as default in BIOS. Only in this configuration, both cards, iGPU and 5700, are detected and work together with and without Lilu/WEG/agdpmod=pikera. I would leave this configuration, but:
Screen Shot 2019-12-22 at 9.55.33 PM.png


2. SMBIOS iMacPro1.1, iGPU enabled as default in BIOS. No Lilu/WEG/agdpmod=pikera:
Screen Shot 2019-12-22 at 8.21.35 PM.png

with PCIE enabled as default in BIOS, and without Lilu/WEG/agdpmod=pikera, both H264 and HEVC were disabled - the same as of all other configurations I tried.

3. SMBIOS iMacPro1.1, PCIE enabled as default in BIOS. Lilu/WEG/agdpmod=pikera - only working configuration for me:
Screen Shot 2019-12-22 at 9.24.18 PM.png

Only with such configuration, when I play 4K video, or use Compressor/Final Cut Pro, I don't see Soft Encoders/Decoders in Activity Monitor, but only something like:
Screen Shot 2019-12-22 at 9.27.02 PM.png



When someone shows the scores in Metal/CL for hackintosh, my first question now is about CPU usage when playing 4K.
 
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@AlexanderShulc

Your system use old Intel® HD Graphics 4000, all new Apple hardware use UHD 630.
I guess Intel® HD Graphics 4000 can't encode-decode 4k video etc, Mac OS use UHD 630 for graphical acceleration for H264 and HEVC. And don't use your 5700.

Try SMBIOS iMac Pro.
 
Yes, it is the only one which worked for me, as I showed in my configuration #3.

Unfortunately this setup how I understand will be much faster with 630 graphics.
5700 don't accelerate H264.. how I understand. New Macs have some special chip for encoding - T2, old Macs use 630.

 
Unfortunately this setup how I understand will be much faster with 630 graphics.
5700 don't accelerate H264.. how I understand. New Macs have some special chip for encoding - T2, old Macs use 630.


Yes but the iMacPro does not have the chip. We got lucky, no T2 and no IGPU so it’s the perfect smbios for many. Only issue may be power management but that’s fairly easy to fix.
 
Yes but the iMacPro does not have the chip
It's the non-Pro 2019 iMac that doesn't have T2. The Pro version from 2017 does have it.

From a MacWorld article on the iMac Pro, Jan. 2018
We’ll probably look back on it as the start of a new era for the Mac, all because of the Apple-built T2 chip it carries inside. Here’s how the T2 makes this iMac Pro unlike all other Macs.
The T2 is the brain behind that brain, running the subsystems of the iMac Pro from a single piece of Apple-built silicon. The result is a simplified internal design that doesn’t require multiple components from multiple manufacturers. On most Macs, there are discrete controllers for audio, system management and disk drives. But the T2 handles all these tasks. The T2 is responsible for controlling the iMac Pro’s stereo speakers, internal microphones, and dual cooling fans, all by itself.
 
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Yes but the iMacPro does not have the chip. We got lucky, no T2 and no IGPU so it’s the perfect smbios for many. Only issue may be power management but that’s fairly easy to fix.

How I understand iMacPro SMBIOS still use 630 graphics acceleration. Maybe I am wrong?
I have use Final Cut and if I switch off iGPU I get lower rendering speed. My GPU is 5700xT
 
After a day of struggle, I got it working.
Asus p8z77-m pro + i7-3770K + MSI Radeon RX 5700 8GB.
To update Mojave to Catalina (first time, right to 10.15.2 and only because of 5700 which I got a week ago), I had to apply only one Acpi/DSDT patch, and remove Lilo & WEG from system folders.
Video card worked perfectly from the box, test scores looked good (they were always good if video card worked after booting up independently on configurations listed below):
View attachment 441691View attachment 441692

In a day, I found that it uses Soft decoder/encoder when playing 4K videos in Quick Time Player, and the same for Compressor:
View attachment 441690
I expected better performance from 5700 on Hackintosh in Final Cut Pro/Compressor than my new 16" with 5500M 8Gb, even though processor is much slower, but it just worked as on my iGPU before.
I tried everything, different configurations, and there's list of results below (only important). When I googled this thread, I quickly found a way to detect if encoding/decoding works - VideoProc App.
1. Almost native one for my i7-3770K: SMBIOS MacMini 6,2. iGPU as default in BIOS. Only in this configuration, both cards, iGPU and 5700, are detected and work together with and without Lilu/WEG/agdpmod=pikera. I would leave this configuration, but:
View attachment 441693

2. SMBIOS iMacPro1.1, iGPU enabled as default in BIOS. No Lilu/WEG/agdpmod=pikera:
View attachment 441694
with PCIE enabled as default in BIOS, and without Lilu/WEG/agdpmod=pikera, both H264 and HEVC were disabled - the same as of all other configurations I tried.

3. SMBIOS iMacPro1.1, PCIE enabled as default in BIOS. Lilu/WEG/agdpmod=pikera - only working configuration for me:
View attachment 441695
Only with such configuration, when I play 4K video, or use Compressor/Final Cut Pro, I don't see Soft Encoders/Decoders in Activity Monitor, but only something like:
View attachment 441696


When someone shows the scores in Metal/CL for hackintosh, my first question now is about CPU usage when playing 4K.

@AlexanderShulc Hey friend,
I am using i7 3770k with msi rx5700 xt with iMac Pro 1.1 smbios, but I'm having problems with cpu power management. With Mac Pro 6.1 smbios cpu was working normal. Can you share your Efi folder please?
 
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