Full Acceleration for Intel HD 3000 and older NVIDIA Graphics in macOS Catalina

[Bustycat]

Can you give some precision about how to install the patch? I suppose you have to install the OS first with a supported GC then patch to use the old one?
I've got a GT210 and no other GC (not even internal), I'm wondering if I could install Mojave or Catalina using this patch in some way? (may be piloting the install thru screen sharing or Remote Desktop?)

The webpage uses GeForce 210 as an example in fact.

 

[Gigamaxx]

The webpage uses GeForce 210 as an example in fact.

It works for my EVGA GT210, no metal so Geekbench and Luxmark won't run. But I have 1080p and it browses in apps. Uingine Heaven runs on lowest settings at about 4fps.

 

[trs96]

It works for my EVGA GT210,

The mighty GT 210 lives on. Great to hear. Still some life left in the old boy.

 

[Gigamaxx]

The mighty GT 210 lives on. Great to hear. Still some life left in the old boy.

8400GS as well.

 

[Bustycat]

No luck for me with GTX 550 Ti... I’ve tried lots of methods but they would just lead to “No Signal”. Only nv_disable=1 let macOS boot with an unaccelerated screen.

It was tested with the B75 build, while the system is cloned for upgrading to Catalina and testing. Thus nothing is unsafe.

 

[Methanoid]

Presumably since GT610 = GT520 then GT610 now works?

 

[Bustycat]

Presumably since GT610 = GT520 then GT610 now works?

Maybe GF100 (and redesigned as GF110) GPUs are the only supported Fermi models.

Nvidia Fermi on macOS Mojave

Nvidia Fermi on macOS Mojave All GF100 Series Graphics Cards 1-Just drop GeForce-GF100-Series.kext to Clover ⁨EFI⁩ ▸ ⁨CLOVER⁩ ▸ ⁨kexts⁩▸ ⁨Other 2-Replace CoreDisplay from 10.13.4 to 10.14 ⁨System⁩ ▸ ⁨Library⁩ ▸ ⁨Frameworks⁩ ▸ ⁨CoreDisplay.framework⁩ ▸ ⁨Versions⁩ ▸ ⁨A⁩ I made this kext for...

www.tonymacx86.com

Not sure if it is just a coincidence, but all GPUs not with the GF100/GF110 code name do not work for that approach.

 

[deeveedee]

Assuming this method is similar to the patching achieved by DosDude (Mojave and Catalina), I've confirmed that this works for my Dell Latitude E6410 (Nvidia G3100m), Thinkpad T61 (Nvidia NVS 140m), DIY Socket 775 (Nvidia 8600GT) and DIY Socket 1156 (Nvidia 9800GT).

 

[gongming1982]

My GTX460 uses this patch, but it can't display normally, there is no signal on the display, only the startup parameter nv_disable = 1 can be added to start. Not sure if the Fermi-based graphics card can use this patch, my computer is i52300, ga-z77x-d3h, gtx460.

 

[Bustycat]

My GTX460 uses this patch, but it can't display normally, there is no signal on the display, only the startup parameter nv_disable = 1 can be added to start. Not sure if the Fermi-based graphics card can use this patch, my computer is i52300, ga-z77x-d3h, gtx460.

So the situation is the same to my GTX 550 Ti. They are both neither GF100 nor GF110, although the description mentions the series unclearly.