Leopard GTX 200 Series Drivers!

[aquamac]

OK guys, For all of you with GTX 260/280 + Leopard, this installer is what you have been waiting for:

Download

[asfastas63]

So the drivers worked great, but if everyone has kept up on insanelymac, dual monitors are not supported. Some users used EFI strings with success, but the only 280 EFI strings in your guide are for snow leopard only. Will these work for leopard as well? I apologize for my ignorance, still trying to figure this whole deal out.

[aquamac]

Hi asfastas63

Yes, dual monitors work fine with strings, the computer I am writing this from is using dual monitors and a GeForce GTX 280 in Leopard! The strings are universal between Leo and Snow. When I put up that upload, the GTX 280 had no support in Leopard - that has now changed. One word of warning though to anyone using Snow Leo, GFX strings produces an incorrect string that sticks at the blue screen. The workaround is to make your string in Leopard.

The post on GFX strings has now had the bit about Snow Leopard only removed.

[asfastas63]

Worked great, thanks for the great guide and all the help!

[jaev]

Netkas announced updated injectors on his site, does that change the install process at all aqua?

netkas.org/?p=107

Just trying to see which installer to run, or both?

[scalarscience]

Better yet, there are also now modified eVGA 285 drivers that will work on a non-MacPro. How about this with injection method?
GTX 2xx drivers from EVGA site

Clean injection method with the 10.5.2 gfx update & apple updated drivers worked best for me back when I had a 9800gtx, have yet to have a system that functions that well with a gt200b chip (260 55nm & now a 285 here).

[cappie]

These drivers support the gtx275 right ? Also they are for Snow leopard right ? Sorry for the stupid questions but i have to be sure.Best Regards, Tom.

[imacmill]

I installed the drivers on a chameleon, 10.5.7 retail i7-based PC, and am now able to use my gtx285, however, Core Image says software, and quartz extreme shows as not supported. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks.

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x05e3
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: netkas.org
Displays:
iZ3D Back:
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
QuartzGL: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

[aquamac]

Cappie,

Yes the drivers support the GTX 275! It is natively supported in Snow Leopard so you do not need to install drivers but you can download drivers above that are for Leopard only.

imacmill,

You did not say which injector you are using or if you are using GFX strings? From what I see you are using Netkas's injector. I would modify your com.apple.boot.plist as explained here.

After you have done that you can delete Netkas's injector from your System/Extensions folder - do not delete it before otherwise your screen will turn black on boot and you will not see your desktop.

[imacmill]

Thanks aquamac. It still doesn't work.

I followed precisely the instructions at your link for plist modification, then did the following (I more or less guessed which files, as I have no idea what constitutes an 'injector', much less NetKas' injector):

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/ATY_Init.kext
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/NVInject.kext

I then rebooted. Same thing: Core Image: Software, Quartz Extreme: Not Supported.

Is there other injects I should be removing, and did I remove them correctly? Also, the GFX strings instructions state that I must have EFI 8.0 OR Chameleon for it to work. My boot loader has a chameleon on it, so I assume I good there. Is there some way I can verify if the plist info is actually being used at startup?

Please excuse my ignorance, and thanks for any help.

[imacmill]

@aquamac: I figured out what I was doing wrong. The link you provided for using GFX strings says to add the GFX string to:

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.boot.plist

However, I am using Chamelon RC2.0, and it keeps (and uses) a copy of the same file in:

/Extra

I edited the plist file in there instead of the one in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration.

Also, I found ATY_Init.kext in /Extra/Stored_Kexts, which I removed. I then updated the cache, rebooted, and all is swell in video card land, as evidenced below:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 DDL
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x05e3
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 3172a
Displays:
iZ3D Back:
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
QuartzGL: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

Thanks for leading me to the starting point. Do you (or anyone else) know a good program to benchmark my graphics performance? I'd like to post the results here.

[aquamac]

Probably the best 2 programs for measuring graphics performance are "Open GL Extensions Viewer" and "Openmark".

[imacmill]

I ran OpenMark. Here's my results (if anyone cares):

hardware detected:
cpu family: 0x69353836
cpu type: 0x69353836
opengl vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
opengl renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 OpenGL Engine
opengl version: 2.0 NVIDIA-1.5.49
test parms:
surface 1680x1050 32bpp
textures: on
lighting: on
keep in sync: off

FPS 10.0 43356672 triangles
FPS 10.0 43804800 triangles
FPS 10.0 44255232 triangles
FPS 10.0 44707968 triangles
FPS 10.0 45163008 triangles
FPS 9.0 45620352 triangles

final score: 46080

[cappie]

Found this on netkas site,

netkas.org/?p=109


there are GTX 285 drivers at this address

rapidshare.de/files/47522089/NVIDIA...6.mpkg.zip.html

This is a special modded installer that avoids checking for real mac pro and allows hackintosh

I don't know if it is the same but a friend told me that his VGA worked fine with these things if it is not appropriate or it's the same tell me I'll delete the post

[imperfectlink]

Aquamac, would you say EFI strings method is better or this driver for a hackie like mine? I'm running SL and the gtx280 with EFI strings currently.