Asus X299 - Support

[maleorderbride]

There is no clock for clock difference between the 7xxx, 9xxx, and 10xxx CPUs. The 10xxx tend to be able to clock higher as heat is less of a problem in my experience. Obviously a 14-core will have a higher multi-core score, but you both should be able to achieve pretty close to the same single-core score.

 

[LeleTuratti]

There is no clock for clock difference between the 7xxx, 9xxx, and 10xxx CPUs. The 10xxx tend to be able to clock higher as heat is less of a problem in my experience. Obviously a 14-core will have a higher multi-core score, but you both should be able to achieve pretty close to the same single-core score.

Yes I know, I was trying to understand how much difference there is between a 12 core of the 7xxx series and a 14 core of the 10xxx series.
If I go to see on the geekbench browser it seems that the differences are minimal and it seems strange to me that 2 more cores, on a processor that can reach slightly higher frequencies, have such small differences.
So I was looking for a direct reference to understand if in the future it can be an expense worthwhile.

 

[maleorderbride]

Yes I know, I was trying to understand how much difference there is between a 12 core of the 7xxx series and a 14 core of the 10xxx series.
If I go to see on the geekbench browser it seems that the differences are minimal and it seems strange to me that 2 more cores, on a processor that can reach slightly higher frequencies, have such small differences.
So I was looking for a direct reference to understand if in the future it can be an expense worthwhile.

Geekbench is a poor benchmark as it is extremely synthetic. Cinebench would be better, or actual real world testing. With Cinebench you will see exactly the difference you would expect. A 14-core at the same frequency as a 12-core will be 16.67% higher in multicore performance. I can't imagine anyone is running these at stock BIOS settings, and 4.2GHz is quite reasonable on both with an inexpensive 360mm AIO.

 

[YTCDTH]

I'm running a 10980xe on a Prime Deluxe II with an updated bios for Cascade Lake X with no issues. The revised 48 pcie lane X299 and X299X boards are the one's that are super finicky.

Hello! Can you share you EFI file with me. My hardware is similar to yours.

 

[xerox24]

Patch the BIOS with the attached UEFIPatch version, flash it via flashback button to your board and add the aml to your EFI patched folder.

@egroys

with this method is it possible to use the latest bios version of asus?

 

[dithaack]

Hey there, I'm pretty new to Hackintosh and jumped in with an expensive system that unfortunately I still can't use. This community has been super helpful as I read the guides and forums, unfortunately I still have gaps in my knowledge that I haven't sorted out. Thank all of you for everything so far.

The most important thing I need to fix is the Thunderbolt 3. I had some Mojave installation problems but eventually went with KGP's guide and have a working system. But so far I have not been able to get TB3 working for several weeks now. If anyone with success could take a look at what I've done I would really appreciate it so much.

Following the guide ( https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ojave-successful-build-extended-guide.255082/ ) here's what I've done for section E.7):
-After successful Mojave install I made my Windows USB with Rufus and installed on a Samsung 970 EVO.
-Added the Asus MOBO software and drivers, and the Titan Ridge driver from the CD.
-Put the Samsung 970 PRO back in (Mojave system disk) and plugged in the Titan Ridge card in slot 2 (including the TB jumper and USB cable).
-Set the BIOS settings for TB3 as KGP's guide settings (most BIOS settings are like the guide in general).
-My GPU is in slot 3 but have tried it in slot 5 too (it covers the NVMe slot though in slot 5, so I've left it in slot 3).
-A MiniDP port on the GPU is connected to the MiniDP in 1 on the Titan Ridge.

In Windows my TB3 hub shows up and a couple USB thumb drives attached to it showed up. In Mojave I can't get any Thunderbolt response at all. Also tried a couple TB2 devices with the TB2 to TB3 adapter. In fact if I have a TB device plugged into the Titan Ridge at startup I usually can't boot up-seems different error depending on which device.
Is there a step I missed or a more updated way to install the Thunderbolt 3 card?

Again, thank you so much for any help or suggestions.

 

[djlild7hina]

Hey there, I'm pretty new to Hackintosh and jumped in with an expensive system that unfortunately I still can't use. This community has been super helpful as I read the guides and forums, unfortunately I still have gaps in my knowledge that I haven't sorted out. Thank all of you for everything so far.

The most important thing I need to fix is the Thunderbolt 3. I had some Mojave installation problems but eventually went with KGP's guide and have a working system. But so far I have not been able to get TB3 working for several weeks now. If anyone with success could take a look at what I've done I would really appreciate it so much.

Following the guide ( https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ojave-successful-build-extended-guide.255082/ ) here's what I've done for section E.7):
-After successful Mojave install I made my Windows USB with Rufus and installed on a Samsung 970 EVO.
-Added the Asus MOBO software and drivers, and the Titan Ridge driver from the CD.
-Put the Samsung 970 PRO back in (Mojave system disk) and plugged in the Titan Ridge card in slot 2 (including the TB jumper and USB cable).
-Set the BIOS settings for TB3 as KGP's guide settings (most BIOS settings are like the guide in general).
-My GPU is in slot 3 but have tried it in slot 5 too (it covers the NVMe slot though in slot 5, so I've left it in slot 3).
-A MiniDP port on the GPU is connected to the MiniDP in 1 on the Titan Ridge.

In Windows my TB3 hub shows up and a couple USB thumb drives attached to it showed up. In Mojave I can't get any Thunderbolt response at all. Also tried a couple TB2 devices with the TB2 to TB3 adapter. In fact if I have a TB device plugged into the Titan Ridge at startup I usually can't boot up-seems different error depending on which device.
Is there a step I missed or a more updated way to install the Thunderbolt 3 card?

Again, thank you so much for any help or suggestions.

Unfortunately, KGP's guide is a little outdated, and it looks like your Clover needs to be updated. I believe most of us have moved on to using OpenCore instead of Clover but hopefully someone else can help updating your EFI folder.

However, it looks like your missing some SSDTs for thunderbolt to work.

X299-System-SSDTs/ASUS WS X299 Sage 10G at master · KGP/X299-System-SSDTs

Collection of X299 System SSDTs. Contribute to KGP/X299-System-SSDTs development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

SSDT-DTPG and SSDT-X299-TB3HP. Also are you on the latest 3101 bios? Did you patch the bios with UEFItool?

 

[dithaack]

Actually during my troubleshooting I used the Asus EZ Flash utility to bios 3101 but was still having trouble. Later I read not to use that utility to flash BIOS and did a flashback to KGP's 905 .cap file. . So sorry I forgot to update my profile that I've been on 905. Whatever BIOS you feel is best I will use.

I'm trying the Clover update and add the SSDTs now.

If most people are having success with OpenCore I'm happy to give it a try. Whatever will be the smoothest moving forward. Thank you so much for replying djlild7hina.

 

[djlild7hina]

Actually during my troubleshooting I used the Asus EZ Flash utility to bios 3101 but was still having trouble. Later I read not to use that utility to flash bios and did a flashback to KGP's 905 .cap file. . So sorry I forgot to update my profile that I've been on 905. Whatever BIOS you feel is best I will use.

I'm trying the clover update and add the SSDTs now.

If most people are having success with OpenCore I'm happy to give it a try. Whatever will be the smoothest moving forward. Thank you so much for replying djlild7hina.

No worries! I’d actually recommend 2002 and use BIOS flashback (refer to the manual) you can also refer to kgp’s guide on how to patch Ethernet in order for the built in 10g ports to work.
You can look at the open core thread or the Catalina thread for more open core support.

X299 - Open Core support

This thread is meant to be support/discussion for users that are experimenting/using OpenCore. Users that are using Clover please refer to the original X299 support thread. NOTE: This post will no longer be updated, please refer to new X299 Support thread and this post

www.tonymacx86.com

There’s the vanilla OpenCore guide linked in post one and a github for efis to get you started. Good luck!

 

[K-Onix]

Hello,

I plan to upgrade my CPU from i9-7900X to i9-10940X, and I’m wondering what I have exactly to do on a X299 Mark 1 with Clover last version.

Here is what I have already been able to gather about this. Correct me if I’m wrong.

• Upgrade to BIOS 2002 and avoid like the plague the last version 3006.
• In bios, enable Above4GDecoding.
• Change IOCPUNumber in TSCAdjustReset.kext according to the number of my cores, and insert it in Kext/Others (in my case 19 > 27)
• Add Cascade-Lake X fix in Clover/ACPI/patched. Tonzone had given me SSDT-X299-CascadeLakeFix.aml at post #2,157, it should be good for my config.

So, people who have already jump to 10th gen, is it enough?

Thank in advance for your help. I’m pretty sure it will interest a lot of people to have all the necessary advice put together in one post.

Please, no OpenCore advice.