SMBios 19.x - iMacs 2019

[136785]

New iMacs Now Available With 9th Gen Intel Core CPUs

The special iMac 10.14.4 build is around. I would install this first and then try the 19,1 or 19,2 SMBIOS. Or just wait to 10.14.5, but people reported that this didn't show the i9 correctly, i guess, but Im not very sure... If I now download the OS from App Store Will this be the right...

www.tonymacx86.com

Yeah I've seen that chart on MacObserver, they didn't list a source for where they got that information though, so I'm not sure I believe it.

Why would all of the 2019 iMacs have iGPUs, except for the most expensive model?

 

[DexterOX]

For change the CPU name, maybe can try witch https://github.com/corpnewt/CPU-Name

 

[3Dman]

I have used the iMac19,1 SMBIOS on build 18E2034, CPU still Unkown and appleid.apple.com detects it as 21.5 iMac...

 

[136785]

New iMacs Now Available With 9th Gen Intel Core CPUs

The special iMac 10.14.4 build is around. I would install this first and then try the 19,1 or 19,2 SMBIOS. Or just wait to 10.14.5, but people reported that this didn't show the i9 correctly, i guess, but Im not very sure... If I now download the OS from App Store Will this be the right...

www.tonymacx86.com

AppleInsider claim the processor is a 9900K (in the comments at the bottom of the page)

Hands-on with Apple's new Core i9 iMac 5K with Vega graphics: benchmarks and first impress... - Current Mac Hardware Discussions on AppleInsider Forums

Now that we have a new line of iMacs, we've upgraded the 27-inch iMac 5K with the 8-core i9 Intel processor and the Radeon Pro Vega 48 graphics for ultimate performance.

forums.appleinsider.com

 

[skittlebrau]

I have used the iMac19,1 SMBIOS on build 18E2034, CPU still Unkown and appleid.apple.com detects it as 21.5 iMac.

This same issue is actually happening with real iMac owners too. I’ve been discussing it with a few on a different forum.

AppleInsider claim the processor is a 9900K (in the comments at the bottom of the page)

Hopefully it’s not actually a 9900KF.

 

[mattystonnie]

iMac 19,1 -> i5 8500B ,i5 8600, i5 9600k, i9 9900k.
iMac 19,2 -> i3 8100B, i5 8500B, i7 9700B.
For me iMac 19.2 CPU power management is working very well compared with iMac 18,3.

 

[3Dman]

Hopefully it’s not actually a 9900KF.

It's not, the new iMacs have iGPU.

 

[ModMike]

So we need the special build or 14.5 beta to run 19,1 or does the boot argument -no_compat_check do the trick?

 

[mattystonnie]

So we need the special build or 14.5 beta to run 19,1 or does the boot argument -no_compat_check do the trick?

You will need the special build.
Change to new iMac SMBIOS then boot with -no_compat_check and select recovery at boot screen, reinstall from Apple’s server the special build.

 

[skittlebrau]

I might just wait for 10.14.5 to launch in that case. I'd imagine the special builds will merge/unify with the mainstream builds by then.