Is it possible to use Powercolor Radeon 4650?

[dmbsituation]

Hi All,

I've got an old graphics card just using space in my parts bin and wondered if it would be an improvement to my HD530 iGPU and if it's capable of using in a hackintosh.

Powercolor radeon 4650 512MD2-H

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

ETA: so I bit the bullet and installed the card. It works-ish but is clearly missing acceleration and shows as Display 5 MB.

How do I fix this?

 

[Fl0r!an]

I don't think it's notable faster than your HD 530. (Both are crap. )

If you still want to enable that GPU, use FakeID=0x94901002. Details on spoofing the device ID are in the Radeon thread.

 

[slim.jim]

I don't think it's notable faster than your HD 530. (Both are crap. )

If you still want to enable that GPU, use FakeID=0x94901002. Details on spoofing the device ID are in the Radeon thread.

According to the hierarchy chart on Tom's Hardware the HD 530 is more powerful.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

 

[dmbsituation]

Great info - thank you! Gonna see if I can get the card to work and will relay back how good (or awful) it works! That chart is super helpful in determining what to go to if I purchase a new card, so thank you for that slim.jim

 

[dmbsituation]

Ok, so used that Fake ID and still not getting acceleration. Shows HD 4710 5MB in About This Mac. Boot flag -v and dart=0. Also selected Inject ATI on graphics tab in configurator.

Any thoughts?

 

[Fl0r!an]

Did you enable FixDisplay? Can you verify if the device ID spoof is working (System profiler -> Graphics)?

 

[dmbsituation]

System Profiler:
ATI Radeon HD 4710 Series:

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4710 Series
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 5 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9490
Revision ID: 0x0000
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.3180
Displays:

Display:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Automatically Adjust Brightness: No

As for FixDisplay, is that the same as FixHDA? If so, yes, that's selected.

 

[slim.jim]

System Profiler:
ATI Radeon HD 4710 Series:

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4710 Series
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 5 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9490
Revision ID: 0x0000
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.3180
Displays:

Display:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Automatically Adjust Brightness: No

As for FixDisplay, is that the same as FixHDA? If so, yes, that's selected.

No it's not the same. FixHDA is for audio.

 

[dmbsituation]

Oh right right. I should pay more attention. FixDisplay was not enabled, so I assume you would want me to enable it. When I enabled, it didn't change anything.

 

[Gigamaxx]

Oh right right. I should pay more attention. FixDisplay was not enabled, so I assume you would want me to enable it. When I enabled, it didn't change anything.

Try using the fake ID and don't inject ATi, or Inject ATI= false. Did you do a lot of fixes for the HD 530?