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

[f1zzas]

FWIW, iStat menus shows the same thing for the 8GB of RAM in my RX 5700 XT. I haven’t noticed any performance hit in macOSX, so I think it is either a bug in iStat menus, or it is by design by Apple.

As for 16GB in a MacBook, I bet the ‘browsing experience’ improvement will come more from the high single-core speed. That said, keep in mind that the RAM is shared with the video card, so it might be worth checking your overall ram usage as it is now, account for some VRAM (depends on how many screens you use and what resolution) and use that to decide how much RAM to get. If you’re selling it after 1 year, it shouldn’t matter if you go 16 or 32; you’ll recoup the financial outlay in both situations.

I use two 4K @120hz monitors. I dont do any video rendering stuff. Docker, PHPStorm and 2x Firefox browsers are the main RAM and CPU consuming apps in my work day.

I think it matters, because I think it's better to save that 400$ for future upgrade instead of 32GB RAMS. Anyway I think I gonna take 16GB, because if I take 32GB RAM it make sense to add +200$ more and take 24 Core GPU and in total price is higher +600$

 

[root2]

@CaseySJ there is now a fix for the Intel i225-V on macOS Monterey. I cannot link it here, but they guys did an "insane" job.

 

[CaseySJ]

@CaseySJ there is now a fix for the Intel i225-V on macOS Monterey. I cannot link it here, but they guys did an "insane" job.

After 1 more post you will have 75, which will allow you to send me a private message with details. I can then determine if it's okay to disclose the information here.

By the way, this port works already on Z690 Alder Lake platforms because they use Rev 0x03 i225-V controllers:

Z690 Chipset Motherboards and Alder Lake CPU

Currently installing Monterey from scratch on a separate APFS volume on the same NVMe SSD as Big Sur. Eager to see whether our old friend, the Intel i225-V, will work. (It works in Big Sur as always.)

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[root2]

Thanks for the Info

On my Z590 I got it working too, but not stable enough. I guess this is Rev 0x02 then, and the one on the Z490 a Rev 0x01.

 

[suren6791]

After 1 more post you will have 75, which will allow you to send me a private message with details. I can then determine if it's okay to disclose the information here.

By the way, this port works already on Z690 Alder Lake platforms because they use Rev 0x03 i225-V controllers:

Z690 Chipset Motherboards and Alder Lake CPU

Currently installing Monterey from scratch on a separate APFS volume on the same NVMe SSD as Big Sur. Eager to see whether our old friend, the Intel i225-V, will work. (It works in Big Sur as always.)

www.tonymacx86.com

Have you managed to get Alder Lake working as yet?

 

[trs96]

Have you managed to get Alder Lake working as yet?

There's a Z690 + Alder Lake thread in Desktop Compatibility where you can read about all the progress. CaseySJ has already posted the link.

 

[abc1mce2]

I'm trying to install a UAD2 PCIe card in my mobo, but even after drivers are installed it doesn't recognize the card. I tried a AVID HDX card, a wifi card I had from a previous Hack build and nothing at all. Are the PCIe slots available for use in a hack with this build on 10.15.7 or do I need a different EFI?

My bigger problem is that I can't get any of my PCIe devices (HDX card and UAD2 Octo card) to work in the mobo. There are drivers for both to work via PCIe devices like the super expensive current Mac Pro

I finally got my PCIe devices to work. After further investigation I didn't allow them through the Security and Privacy settings. I followed the Catalina reset instructions on Universal Audio's website and now I'm all set.

 

[jerrium]

bluetoothd is a background Bluetooth service, but it should not be consuming so much CPU time. Some suggestions:

• Disconnect all Bluetooth devices and check if CPU utilization drops.
• Stop and restart Bluetooth from the menu bar. Then check if CPU utilization drops.
• Reboot. Does this problem still occur?

When I disable Bluetooth on the menu bar, the process disappear. When I enable again and connect a blue device with macOS, it still disappear. However, when I wake up, the process appear and consume huge CPU time. So, I realize this is a bug. It is OK to just wait for system fix update. Now the macOS version is 12.1 beta 2.

 

[jd6]

I have F20 BIOS. F21 is available, but I am waiting for a brave soul to try it first.
BIOS setting is the same with exception of Vt-d. It is Enabled (I am running VMware Fusion 12-Pro) and I couldn't find the Initial Display Output setting in the IOPorts tab, though my GPU is in slot 1.

I have updated the BIOS from F20 to F21a on Z490 Vision G yesterday, and everything seems to work fine as before on f20 so all good:

 

[RobC25]

I have updated the BIOS from F20 to F21a on Z490 Vision G yesterday, and everything seems to work fine as before on f20 so all good:

Same here on Big Sure 11.6.1.

The only issue is on Windows 11 where the Airpod Pro case is now not recognized.