pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

[pastrychef]

If I am understanding this correctly, one can use any computer case and any MB/CPU with memory?

Pretty much. There are many success stories from users with different motherboards, so you can try looking for what others have had success with.

Can can be anything you like.

 

[pastrychef]

Here's some interesting news on the 10.14.5 Beta (hint: VII): https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...14-4-and-10-14-5-beta-driver-results.2170567/

See the first post, EDIT#2

Yes, there are success stories on this forum too. Looks like 10.14.5 will be a great update.

 

[elfcake]

Pretty much. There are many success stories from users with different motherboards, so you can try looking for what others have had success with.

Can can be anything you like.

Thank you. I have a new/unused aluminum Mac Pro case (still have protective film on it) and the cases from two previous builds. Sadly, I sold the Z77 board with CPU and 64 gb ddr3 as well as a Z170 with CPU last month. I suppose one of those would have worked.

 

[pastrychef]

Thank oyu. I have a new/unused aluminum Mac Pro case (still have protective film on it) and the cases from two previous builds. Sadly, I sold the Z77 board with CPU and 64 gb ddr3 as well as a Z170 with CPU last month. I suppose one of those would have worked.

I've seen quite a few success stories with Z170 users.

 

[borisnet]

@pastrychef - I upgraded to the last set of kexts and upgraded to 10.14.4 successfully however I noticed the fans of AMD R580 8GB do not spin constantly which means that every now and then, they spin fast for 20secs which frankly is a bit annoying.
I did not observe this behaviour when I was on 10.14.3, previous Chameleon version and previous kext versions - to refer to you version of kext package, that was v4.5.1. I see this on 4.5.3.

Am I the only one seeing (hearing to be correct) this behaviour with the AMD GPU?

 

[pastrychef]

@pastrychef - I upgraded to the last set of kexts and upgraded to 10.14.4 successfully however I noticed the fans of AMD R580 8GB do not spin constantly which means that every now and then, they spin fast for 20secs which frankly is a bit annoying.
I did not observe this behaviour when I was on 10.14.3, previous Chameleon version and previous kext versions - to refer to you version of kext package, that was v4.5.1. I see this on 4.5.3.

Am I the only one seeing (hearing to be correct) this behaviour with the AMD GPU?

I haven't had any issues with the fan on my Vega.

 

[mm2margaret]

Yes, there are success stories on this forum too. Looks like 10.14.5 will be a great update.

I should also note that several users who have Vegas have reported there is no need for VGTab kexts or other driver manipulation utilities on 10.14.5. Vegas are now natively supported and no additional drivers are needed (unless you want to - but I don't. I'll take native drivers anytime). Now everybody should take this with a grain of salt - right now, the sample size is small, but if this is true, this is really a good reason to celebrate.

I think I'm going to sign up for the 10.14.5 beta....

 

[ModMike]

@pastrychef - I upgraded to the last set of kexts and upgraded to 10.14.4 successfully however I noticed the fans of AMD R580 8GB do not spin constantly which means that every now and then, they spin fast for 20secs which frankly is a bit annoying.
I did not observe this behaviour when I was on 10.14.3, previous Chameleon version and previous kext versions - to refer to you version of kext package, that was v4.5.1. I see this on 4.5.3.

Am I the only one seeing (hearing to be correct) this behaviour with the AMD GPU?

I noticed the same thing after the update but they seem to have settled down. Have yours?

 

[inrage]

I can confirm that 10.14.5 Public Beta 1 works flawlessly with a Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro+ out of the box (no random Fan up-spin or clock/p-state raises). Previously I was using pastrychef's EFI Folder with a custom PowerPlayTable (directly injected in the config.plist/no VGTab). With 10.14.5 (Public Beta 1) this injection is no longer necessary, so pastrychef's EFI without VGTab/Injection is sufficient on the GPU side. I have ordered a Radeon VII and will report back on the results.

EDIT: I can now also confirm that undervolting is working with Vega64 under 10.15.1 Beta 1!

 

[borisnet]

I noticed the same thing after the update but they seem to have settled down. Have yours?

No. I hear the GPU fans spinning faster for 10-20 seconds consistently every few minutes.
It does not even look like it is really to load as it happens without any activity.