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    Intel HD Graphics 4000 support on Snow Leopard

    I have a bit of a strange situation.. I managed to get Snow Leopard working on my 2012 MacBook Pro Ivy Bridge (Unsupported i7 CPU) but I really want to get some basic video support (multiple resolutions) working. Even without GPU accelleration games etc. run really well but they either run in a...
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    SATA II Upgrade for Macbook Pro 4,1 ?

    Thanks to OpenCore Legacy Patcher, i have upgraded my MBP 4,1 from Catalina to Big Sur. Performance is much greater compared to Catalina. But at the same time, this upgrade bringed a confusing question to my mind. To my knowledge, my machine is using an Intel ICH8-M AHCI SATA Controller which is...
  3. LeoI07

    Is GPU acceleration possible on the original Apple TV?

    I know that the first generation Apple TV runs a modified version of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, and it’s possible to get regular Tiger and even Leopard running as well. However, those versions run like crap due to a lack of graphics acceleration via the built-in Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 GPU. I think...
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    MacBookPro freezes at login screen if only internal display running

    Hello, I have a MB Pro Late 2013 13" that suffered (mild) water damage. I hope the post fits the thread it is partially hardware / partially software related: - The computer works totally fine, as long as there is an external display connected to it. Note that also the internal display works...
  5. B S Magnet

    ATI Radeon performance comparisons across different OS kexts?

    I’ve found the Tip:- ATI Rage 128 in Leopard thread to be one of the more invaluable finds when optimizing the very best from older PPC equipment bundled with that video card. It’s why I have, for instance, the Jaguar kexts active for the ATI Rage 128 card in my iBook G3 466 running Tiger. This...
  6. Amanda Ripanykhazova

    New graphics problem on 2011 MBP with failed AMD chip

    Here's a new one?: A few months after successfully deactivating the AMD chip and using the Intel one, I ran a command-D hardware diagnostics to check memory. (check reported a bad chip with both inserted on extended testing but testing each one individually in either slot reports both SODIMMs...