[LOCKED] Guide - New ATI Kexts from iMac 10.6.7 - 5XXX/6XXX

[tonymacx86]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

Tried this for fun on my Asus EAH4350- same as before- dead on all ports

 

[Leesureone]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

Very interesting! If these cards do work with Notshy's Guide then it all becomes worth the effort!

That list of ATI/AMD cards are now supported in OSX:

ATI Radeon HD 5630 Device ID 0x68D8
ATI Radeon HD 5630 Device ID 0x68D9
ATI Radeon HD 5670 Device ID 0x68D8
ATI Radeon HD 5730 Device ID 0x68D8
ATI Radeon HD 5770 Device ID 0x68B8
ATI Radeon HD 5850 Device ID 0x6899
ATI Radeon HD 5870 Device ID 0x6898

AMD Radeon HD 6850 Device ID 0x6739
AMD Radeon HD 6870 Device ID 0x6738
AMD Radeon HD 6970 Device ID 0x6718

Powercolor HD 6850 Device ID 0x6739
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

Sapphire HD 6850 Device ID 0x6739
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

Is HIS HD 6870 Turbo Device ID 0x6738
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

HIS HD 6970 Turbo Device ID 0x6718
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814161360

enjoy

 

[eelhead]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

^ Very true, that means I can change my card option for one of those that are cheaper then what I have going on in the shopping cart now before I buy it lol

 

[notshy]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

Please can some people take responsibility for updating the Wiki with these cards please?

 

[eelhead]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

Please can some people take responsibility for updating the Wiki with these cards please?

When I get mine going on one of those cards I will update the Wiki for what I use. I do find it annoying that nobody bothers to update it because I keep checking it for my build and nothing is up to date

 

[NurkJon]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

So 6950 does not work?

I'm planning on building a new system using P67 and i7 2600K, my original plan were to use 6950 for it's performance and support of 4 monitors but right now 6870 seems like a wiser choice.

Have anyone used 6870 with 4 monitors under OS X, did it work and if so did it work well?

Does it matter which 6870 I use or will anyone be fine? I was thinking of Sapphire Radeon HD6870 (11179-00) http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentatio ... 01&pid=981 since it is the cheapest 6870 in Sweden and it also fits best in my build (blue PCB and the theme for my build is supposed to be blue and black).

I'm asking here since the people reading this thread are likely to have experience with the GPU I want to use.

 

[jpa]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

So 6950 does not work?

I'm planning on building a new system using P67 and i7 2600K, my original plan were to use 6950 for it's performance and support of 4 monitors but right now 6870 seems like a wiser choice.

Have anyone used 6870 with 4 monitors under OS X, did it work and if so did it work well?

Does it matter which 6870 I use or will anyone be fine? I was thinking of Sapphire Radeon HD6870 (11179-00) http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentatio ... 01&pid=981 since it is the cheapest 6870 in Sweden and it also fits best in my build (blue PCB and the theme for my build is supposed to be blue and black).

I'm asking here since the people reading this thread are likely to have experience with the GPU I want to use.

the Sapphire Radeon 6870 in cinebech is 37 fps

 

[NurkJon]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

So 6950 does not work?

I'm planning on building a new system using P67 and i7 2600K, my original plan were to use 6950 for it's performance and support of 4 monitors but right now 6870 seems like a wiser choice.

Have anyone used 6870 with 4 monitors under OS X, did it work and if so did it work well?

Does it matter which 6870 I use or will anyone be fine? I was thinking of Sapphire Radeon HD6870 (11179-00) http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentatio ... 01&pid=981 since it is the cheapest 6870 in Sweden and it also fits best in my build (blue PCB and the theme for my build is supposed to be blue and black).

I'm asking here since the people reading this thread are likely to have experience with the GPU I want to use.

the Sapphire Radeon 6870 in cinebech is 37 fps

Have you tried using it with 4 monitors? That's really important for me.
Edit: Stupid me somehow missed your photo. So did you just use 2 dvi monitors and two displayport monitors or did you use vga/active dvi adapters?

I've also been considering trying to buy a used 6950 and flash it to a 6970, will probably avoid buying a new one since some newer ones have had problems with memory frying when flashing it (due to the higher voltage), I don't if I maybe could lower the voltage and use it with a newer 6950. But I want everything to work flawlessly.

 

[notshy]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

Sadly I didn't even manage to get the 10.6.7 Update working before I could try the fix. Updated from 10.6.4 and now it hangs on audio. Help would be appreciated, I would love to get my 5770 up and running!

Have you tried booting in safe mode ? Typing "-x" at Chameleon screen.

Can you boot using iBoot 2.7.0 ?

 

[Stork]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

That list of ATI/AMD cards are now supported in OSX:

AMD Radeon HD 6850 Device ID 0x6739
AMD Radeon HD 6870 Device ID 0x6738
AMD Radeon HD 6970 Device ID 0x6718
...
HIS HD 6870 Turbo Device ID 0x6738
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
...

How/where did you find the card's DID?