Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + i5-10400 + AMD RX 580

[inapis.crazy]

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One useful thing to save frustration in the future would be to add that -
1. Those values are not blindly applicable on everybody.
2. In most cases, it should be fine but everyone has to experiment on their own chip. This is purely trial and error.

Because many people were able to get going on 1.2V does not mean that everyone will be so lucky. Also the testing needs to be thorough because otherwise silent data corruption can happen in the background. You can see this corruption/hardware errors in Windows via HWInfo (absolute last value when you open in sensors only mode) but I'm not aware of any mac tool which points this out.

 

[inapis.crazy]

Gigabyte is really pushing the Vision series.

I wish Apple and Nvidia would bury their hatchet and we can run an RTX 3080 in our Hackintoshes.

This is one of the cleanest looking GPUs (barring the current FEs) I have ever seen.

 

[elfcake]

The Intel CNVi WiFi 6 / Bluetooth 5 card that comes preinstalled on the Vision-D should not be removed. It can be used in Windows and Linux. Moreover, experimental drivers are available even for macOS. Because the module is plugged into a CNVi socket, it cannot be replaced by a Broadcom or other non-Intel or non-CNVi module.

If we have no intent to ever use the CNVi WiFi 6 / Bluetooth card i.e. if we will never use Windows or Linux on the machine, do we still need to leave the CNVi card in its slot?

 

[CaseySJ]

If we have no intent to ever use the CNVi WiFi 6 / Bluetooth card i.e. if we will never use Windows or Linux on the machine, do we still need to leave the CNVi card in its slot?

We definitely intend to use CNVi WiFi 6 and Bluetooth! Ever heard of AppleIntelBluetooth and itlwm?

 

[joevt]

In windows 10 is ok, but regarding MAC, so I'm not an expert at it, could you, or someone to see what is the problem there, I put here the file AGDCDiagnose.zip:
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AGDCDiagnose says you are connecting with four lanes of HBR2 as expected.

unfortunately I only get 2560x1440 @ 60Hz are you able to get 4k60 on your z490 Vision-D, could you test it, please?
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None of those show as HiDPI. I see only 3 resolutions. Something is wrong. What do you see when you hold option key and click scaled?

Why does it say "forced RGB mode (EDID override)"? If you are connecting via DisplayPort then you should not need to force RGB mode. If you are connecting via HDMI, then what port or adapter are you connecting the display to?

 

[elfcake]

We definitely intend to use CNVi WiFi 6 and Bluetooth! Ever heard of AppleIntelBluetooth and itlwm?

No, now I do know. Based on your earlier post about the CNVi the use is still problematic with regard to hand off, etc... Has this changed since then? Almost seems silly to get the Fenvi card if this is going to work soon. Are you aware if the latest Kext has resolved the previous shortcomings? Is there a particular order in OC that this Kext should be in? I am still working my way through the OC learning curve.

 

[CaseySJ]

No, now I do know. Based on your earlier post about the CNVi the use is still problematic with regard to hand off, etc... Has this changed since then? Almost seems silly to get the Fenvi card if this is going to work soon. Are you aware if the latest Kext has resolved the previous shortcomings? Is there a particular order in OC that this Kext should be in? I am still working my way through the OC learning curve.

We don't know when the Intel drivers will be ready, but they are in active development. Even if we never use the CNVi card, there's no reason to take it out. We can hide it from macOS and use the Fenvi.

If we remove the CNVi module, we risk damaging the module or eventually misplacing and losing it. The safest place for that module is inside the motherboard.

 

[elfcake]

We don't know when the Intel drivers will be ready, but they are in active development. Even if we never use the CNVi card, there's no reason to take it out. We can hide it from macOS and use the Fenvi.

If we remove the CNVi module, we risk damaging the module or eventually misplacing and losing it. The safest place for that module is inside the motherboard.

I took my fist look at the mb this evening too take a look at the CVMi card. Off subject, are you using the installed NVMe heat syncs?

 

[CaseySJ]

I took my fist look at the mb this evening too take a look at the CVMi card. Off subject, are you using the installed NVMe heat syncs?

Yes, using the supplied NVMe heat sinks on the motherboard. The Sabrent Rocket NVMe SSD has one of the best thermal performance on Hackintosh. Samsung NVMe SSDs are among the hottest and should be avoided if possible. This does not mean "don't ever use Samsung NVMe" or "if you have Samsung NVMe get rid of it right away". It just means that Samsung and most other NVMe SSDs do work just fine, but tend to operate at higher temperatures due to their non-Apple-friendly controller.

 

[elfcake]

Yes, using the supplied NVMe heat sinks on the motherboard. The Sabrent Rocket NVMe SSD has one of the best thermal performance on Hackintosh. Samsung NVMe SSDs are among the hottest and should be avoided if possible. This does not mean "don't ever use Samsung NVMe" or "if you have Samsung NVMe get rid of it right away". It just means that Samsung and most other NVMe SSDs do work just fine, but tend to operate at higher temperatures due to their non-Apple-friendly controller.

I am using a WD Black NVMe 500gb for the OS and secondary scratch disk and a 1tb Adata SX8200 Pro for temporary working files and a primary scratch disk. Both ran very hot until I installed the heat sync below that dropped temps between 15c to 20c. I will continue to use these devices unless the included heat syncs are better suited. I do have two Samsung 250gb NVMe drives for Os backups. Of course all is theoretical until the cpu and psu arrive on Tuesday. I have a Noctua NH-D15 that has been sitting on a shelf in the closet for three years that I will use temporarily for the bench test of the hardware. Incidentally, the ThunderBay4 that has been a problem for me since October of last year did indeed have a bad “board” that has been replaced. Good news.