macOS Sierra PB: Need testers for new AMD Radeon drivers!

[Gigamaxx]

Here's something pretty Cool!
LUXMARK benchmark! Crossfire?

Still using IGFX, but the intel isn't supported. I have 3 monitors 1 connected to each GPU.
. This is the best IGPU score I've obtianed. Can you tell which one is the IGPU as Master Screen Selection?

 

[freeweber]

Thanks for your work guys!
I have a reference RX480 8GB connected to my HP Elitebook via Expresscard and I get a score of 1484 points in the valley benchmark.
The card is working fine with Sierra Beta 10.12.1.

 

[Gigamaxx]

Thanks for your work guys!
I have a reference RX480 8GB connected to my HP Elitebook via Expresscard and I get a score of 1484 points in the valley benchmark.
The card is working fine with Sierra Beta 10.12.1.
View attachment 212937

Which brand RX so we can list it as compatible for this fix?

 

[tammopoiss]

Sapphire Radeon RX480 NITRO+ 8GB LITE (non OC version) is working fine with the modified info.plist in AMDRadeonX4100.kext in Sierra 10.12.1 beta 2:
ID 0x67E01002 to 0x67DF1002

I'm having random boot problems though. About 50/50 chance that it will not boot to login screen.
Z170X-UP5 TH, i7 6700, IGFX selected in UEFI

 

[Gigamaxx]

Sapphire Radeon RX480 NITRO+ 8GB LITE (non OC version) is working fine with the modified info.plist in AMDRadeonX4100.kext in Sierra 10.12.1 beta 2:
ID 0x67E01002 to 0x67DF1002

I'm having random boot problems though. About 50/50 chance that it will not boot to login screen.
Z170X-UP5 TH, i7 6700, IGFX selected in UEFI

Is your plist fairly simple? I only add fix display, and fix usb, CPU Tuning,=C6. The Skylakes don't need too much added to get through boot successfully.

 

[EZPC]

Hello guys.
I have Sapphire R9 380 Nitro, and I have a problem cuz i don' t have image on my monitor while booting, I got a image when boot is finished. Now I want to make a dual boot with Windows 10, but how I can do that, when I can' t choose right OS?

 

[wildwillow]

Hello guys.
I have Sapphire R9 380 Nitro, and I have a problem cuz i don' t have image on my monitor while booting, I got a image when boot is finished. Now I want to make a dual boot with Windows 10, but how I can do that, when I can' t choose right OS?

I have the same GPU, while testing later than Yosemite I'm connected to the onboard graphics with a 2nd monitor. If you don't have a 2nd monitor connect the same monitor up to the onboard and change the source when you want to change boot direction.

 

[volition]

I have hardware acceleration and Metal working now in 10.12.1b1 using a secondary GPU. For reference, the cards are an XFX RX 480 8 GB Custom Tuned OC (RX480M8BFA6) (PCI slot 2) and an XFX HD5450 1 GB (HD545XZCH2) (slot 0) on a Supermicro X10DAi. I have a single HDMI connection from each going to seperate monitors.

For the RX 480, I moved out Info.plist from the ...X4001.kext, added the 0x67DF1002 id, moved it back. In DPCIManager, first repaired permissions, then rebuilt caches. Copied parts of Mork's .plist for the RX 460, changed every instance of 0x67EF to 0x67DF, and every instance of Acre to Dayman.

With the 5450 in slot 0, it becomes the main display (no BIOS changes), and the Clover GUI is replaced by a simple text interface. Guessing that's normal? Also, even with -v, I'm not getting verbose mode. That display is 'stuck' after +++, and the other comes on when the machine reaches the login screen. Those are my only two issues with this solution, except for taking up an extra PCI slot.

There's a blurred desktop background where it was dark gray before, and no flickering, slowness, etc, when logging in or using the OS. The ...4001.kext is loaded.



Can't detect any issues so far. If you see the screenshots, there's some ID issues in system report, GLView only gives a choice between Apple Software Renderer and AMD Radeon HD Baffin Unknown Prototype OpenGL Engine, and there were a couple of red errors/warnings in IORegistryExplorer (which were gone after rebooting). Maybe I should have changed more/less from Mork's .plist.

Going to run benchmarks now. Then try the FakeSMC approach and a fresh Sierra. Would be nice to have it that encapsulated and transferable between OS installs.

 

[plastico]

I would like to share this test with U:
I just bought the Sapphire Rx460 OC, I found that my ID included in the AMD9500.kext,
So here we go:
1) The test in El capitan 10.11.6 by importing the Sierra AMD9500.kext + AMDframebuffer.kext in El-Capitan did not load in the boot.
2) I prepared a bootable sierra USB and when i booted the installer with both kext, I gone into terminal and typed:
# ioreg
I found that both kext loaded up and a result of full display of my screen
PS:EL-Capitan Already Installed on the desired machine and the 9500kext in S/L/E
3) I completed the installation of Sierra 10.12 and it did not boot with glitching after trying to reach the GUI.

So now the Question,
why it loaded from the usb installer and not from the installed macOS?
How so far i can get this to boot without using the IGPU cuz my processor doesn't support the internal gpu?

 

[Gigamaxx]

I would like to share this test with U:
I just bought the Sapphire Rx460 OC, I found that my ID included in the AMD9500.kext,
So here we go:
1) The test in El capitan 10.11.6 by importing the Sierra AMD9500.kext + AMDframebuffer.kext in El-Capitan did not load in the boot.
2) I prepared a bootable sierra USB and when i booted the installer with both kext, I gone into terminal and typed:
# ioreg
I found that both kext loaded up and a result of full display of my screen
PS:EL-Capitan Already Installed on the desired machine and the 9500kext in S/L/E
3) I completed the installation of Sierra 10.12 and it did not boot with glitching after trying to reach the GUI.

So now the Question,
why it loaded from the usb installer and not from the installed macOS?
How so far i can get this to boot without using the IGPU cuz my processor doesn't support the internal gpu?

If you have an extra pcie slot you can get a AMD 5450 $35-$40 US, and put it in slot 1 and put the RX in slot 2. This works for non igpu systems as well as my igpu capable system. I can boot using the dedicated graphics, however the 5450 acts like a igpu and you have the same issue of seeing the starting boot with the 5450 and then the RX card loads at the end of boot. If you set all your clover settings for boot you can have auto boot and just wait with the black screen blind boot until you reach log in screen.