A video card question...

[GuiReis]

Hello folks!

I have this hackintosh build:

CPU: Intel Core i3 4330
MOBO: Gigabyte H81M-HD3
VGA: Intel HD Graphics 4600
PSU: Corsair CX 430
Memory: 4Gb 1600 Mhz Kingston HyperX Fury
Storage: PNY 120Gb SSD and Western Digital 320Gb Caviar Blue HDD

So, I bought this video card:

EVGA GeForce GT 740 (dual slot) (

2048MB GDDR5 128-Bit / Core Clock: 1085 MHz / CUDA Cores: 384​

)

Does it works "out of the box" in a hackintosh, especially my build? Or it's a buggy video card (lot's of crashes, kernel panics, enter a lot of boot flags to initialize...) And the most important: HDMI Audio works?

Much appreciated for your attention.

Cheers,

GuiReis

 

[Adrian B]

Hello folks!

I have this hackintosh build:

CPU: Intel Core i3 4330
MOBO: Gigabyte H81M-HD3
VGA: Intel HD Graphics 4600
PSU: Corsair CX 430
Memory: 4Gb 1600 Mhz Kingston HyperX Fury
Storage: PNY 120Gb SSD and Western Digital 320Gb Caviar Blue HDD

So, I bought this video card:

EVGA GeForce GT 740 (dual slot) (

2048MB GDDR5 128-Bit / Core Clock: 1085 MHz / CUDA Cores: 384​

)

The GT740 has been listed in the buyers guide for a few months now:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/443-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-september-2014.html#gfx_cards

Does it works "out of the box" in a hackintosh, especially my build? Or it's a buggy video card (lot's of crashes, kernel panics, enter a lot of boot flags to initialize...) And the most important: HDMI Audio works?

It should work in Mavericks using the boot flag

  GraphicsEnabler=No

which is also already the default setting in Mavericks.

HDMI audio is for all hacks an additional process to get working. More information on that step can be found in the stickies here:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/hdmi-audio/

 

[GuiReis]

@Adrian B, many thanks man!

Everything worked just the way you told me!
I haven't tried to enable the HDMI Audio, I think I'll leave it for the time being, but apparently the video card works perfectly!

Many many thanks!

Cheers,

GuiReis.

 

[3DTOPO]

The GT740 has been listed in the buyers guide for a few months now:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/443-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-september-2014.html#gfx_cards

I saw that and just installed one in my hack. But it seems I have no graphics acceleration (super laggy and no transparent tool bar). Running Mavericks 10.9.5:

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>

The old card that I pulled was an ATI, but I did not make any system modifications, just had to add a few lines to my org.chameleon.Boot.plist which I removed for the GT740.

Pretty stumped at this point since all indications are it "should just work".

EVGA GeForce GT740, bought from Tonymac's Amazon link.

 

[Adrian B]

I saw that and just installed one in my hack. But it seems I have no graphics acceleration (super laggy and no transparent tool bar). Running Mavericks 10.9.5:

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>

The old card that I pulled was an ATI, but I did not make any system modifications, just had to add a few lines to my org.chameleon.Boot.plist which I removed for the GT740.

Pretty stumped at this point since all indications are it "should just work".

EVGA GeForce GT740, bought from Tonymac's Amazon link.

What is your motherboard and CPU model numbers? Can you copy your org.chameleon.Boot.plist into your reply as well? Try running DPCIManager to see how it is reporting your graphics. You will find a link for DPCIManager from the link below:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/basics/138280-os-x-configuration-tuning-utility-tools.html

 

[3DTOPO]

Sorry I didn't include:

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Mobo: Asus P8-p67 LE

Boot.plist (note I have tried IGPEnabler on and off):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>IGPEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>HDEFLayoutID</key>
<string>01000000</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>HDAEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Attached are some screen shots of DPCIManager. Please let me know if there is anything else that would be insightful, thank you!

 

[Adrian B]

How is the graphics reported in About this Mac? I expect that card reported as NVIDIA with the RAM displayed correctly?

You could do a cold boot by removing the power cord for thirty seconds and then booting with -f

 

[3DTOPO]

It is reported as:

Graphics NVIDIA Chip Model 2048 MB

I will do as you suggest now, thank you!

 

[3DTOPO]

Hmm, that didn't seem to have any affect.

 

[P1LGRIM]

How are you connected to your monitor ?