Strangest 6870 Bug - solved

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Okay so, sapphire 1GB 6870, rocking 3 screens, seems fine.

1 DVI - 1 HDMI - 1 Display port

The only strange thing is, the whole system is insanely laggy unless I use the app Fireplace. Once fireplace is running the acceleration is back to normal and theres no lag.

I also get lag when using HDMI as my audio ouput, both the audio and the video become very laggy (music is unlistenable)

Using 10.7.3 (had same problem is 10.7.2), rest of my hardware specs are in my signature.

Plist contains GraphicsEnabler=Yes


Anyone have any idea?

 

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Re: Strangest 6870 Bug

bump

 

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Re: Strangest 6870 Bug

What does `ioreg | grep -i ATI` say?

 

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Re: Strangest 6870 Bug

What does `ioreg | grep -i ATI` say?

    | |   |   | +-o ATI6000Controller@1  <class ATI6000Controller, id 0x1000002$
    | |   |   | +-o ATY,Duckweed@0  <class AtiFbStub, id 0x1000002e8, registere$
    | |   |   | | +-o ATIFramebufferNI  <class ATIFramebuffer, id 0x10000030f, $
    | |   |   | |   +-o AMDNDRVService  <class AtiAppServices, id 0x10000036b, $
    | |   |   | +-o ATY,Duckweed@1  <class AtiFbStub, id 0x1000002e9, registere$
    | |   |   | | +-o ATIFramebufferNI  <class ATIFramebuffer, id 0x10000032f, $
    | |   |   | |   +-o AMDNDRVService  <class AtiAppServices, id 0x100000371, $
    | |   |   | +-o ATY,Duckweed@2  <class AtiFbStub, id 0x1000002ea, registere$
    | |   |   | | +-o ATIFramebufferNI  <class ATIFramebuffer, id 0x100000336, $
    | |   |   | |   +-o AMDNDRVService  <class AtiAppServices, id 0x10000037c, $
    | |   |   | +-o ATY,Duckweed@3  <class AtiFbStub, id 0x1000002eb, registere$
    | |   |   | | +-o ATIFramebufferNI  <class ATIFramebuffer, id 0x10000033c, $
    | |   |   | |   +-o AMDNDRVService  <class AtiAppServices, id 0x100000382, $
    | |   |   | +-o ATISupport  <class ATISupport, id 0x1000002e5, registered, $
    | |   |   | +-o ATIRadeonX3000  <class ATIRadeonX3000, id 0x1000002e6, regi$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR8002DContext  <class ATIR8002DContext, id 0x100000385$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR8002DContext  <class ATIR8002DContext, id 0x100000387$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR8002DContext  <class ATIR8002DContext, id 0x100000389$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR8002DContext  <class ATIR8002DContext, id 0x10000038b$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Device  <class ATIR800Device, id 0x100000394, !reg$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800GLContext  <class ATIR800GLContext, id 0x100000395$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Surface  <class ATIR800Surface, id 0x10000039b, !r$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Surface  <class ATIR800Surface, id 0x1000003a0, !r$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Surface  <class ATIR800Surface, id 0x1000003a3, !r$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Surface  <class ATIR800Surface, id 0x1000003d8, !r$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Device  <class ATIR800Device, id 0x100000422, !reg$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800GLContext  <class ATIR800GLContext, id 0x100000423$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Surface  <class ATIR800Surface, id 0x100000424, !r$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Surface  <class ATIR800Surface, id 0x100000425, !r$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Device  <class ATIR800Device, id 0x10000042c, !reg$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800GLContext  <class ATIR800GLContext, id 0x10000042d$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800GLContext  <class ATIR800GLContext, id 0x100000435$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Device  <class ATIR800Device, id 0x10000086e, !reg$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800GLContext  <class ATIR800GLContext, id 0x100000870$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Surface  <class ATIR800Surface, id 0x100001981, !r$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Surface  <class ATIR800Surface, id 0x100001996, !r$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800Device  <class ATIR800Device, id 0x1000019a0, !reg$
    | |   |   |   +-o ATIR800GLContext  <class ATIR800GLContext, id 0x1000019a1$
    | |   |   +-o EHCI Root Hub Simulation@1A  <class IOUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x$
    | |   |   +-o EHCI Root Hub Simulation@1D  <class IOUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x$
      | +-o IOAccelerationUserClient  <class IOAccelerationUserClient, id 0x100$
      | +-o IOAccelerationUserClient  <class IOAccelerationUserClient, id 0x100$

 

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Re: Strangest 6870 Bug

There are a lot of problems with multi-head set-ups and this family of card -- I have a 4 port version that will only run unaccelerated with multiple ports active. You can create your own ATI6000 bundle, I have only done about half the work required to get mine fully rolling.

The best guide for doing so is here; http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... pic=273937

 

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Re: Strangest 6870 Bug

You're not actually loading the ATI driver. You're defining a personality, but the kext isn't taking over and providing you with acceleration.

There are a lot of problems with multi-head set-ups and this family of card -- I have a 4 port version that will only run unaccelerated with multiple ports active. You can create your own ATI6000 bundle, I have only done about half the work required to get mine fully rolling.

The best guide for doing so is here; http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... pic=273937

(When you see ATIFramebufferNI that means your card is being identified as a "BARTS Prototype" or "RADEON 68xx".)

Ahh I see. Thank you, I shall attempt this when I'm home.

 

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Re: Strangest 6870 Bug

I'd love to hear how you do with it, I'm anxious to get it working myself.

 

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Re: Strangest 6870 Bug

I'd love to hear how you do with it, I'm anxious to get it working myself.

Looked at it, but didn't try it.

Reinstalled using multibeast, everything works fantastic, just straight up GraphicsEnabler=Yes.