Mac Pro 1,1 10.9.2 (Tiamo) Graphic Card Suggestions

[TiberioG]

I have an Asus EAH5770 (0x68b8) in my mac pro 1.1 with Mavericks using patched efi.boot

 Chipset:	ATI Radeon HD 5770
  	
  Bus:	PCIe
  Slot:	Slot-1
  Lane PCIe:	x16
  VRAM :	1024 MB
  Vendor:	ATI (0x1002)
  ID :	0x68b8
  ID revision:	0x0000
  ROM:	113-C0160C-155
   driver EFI:	01.00.436

I have flashed the card and now is correctly recognized by the system (with only one display via VGA it works also boot screen) but sometimes, mostly after a wake from sleep i have graphics hang.

30/03/14 21:06:27,000 kernel[0]: [8:0:0] GPU Hang State = 0x00000000

I have tried to patch the AMD5000Controller.kext adding the Vervet personality in Info.plist of the kext:

<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
	<dict>
		<key>Controller</key>
		<dict>
		    <key>ATY,Vervet</key>
		    <dict>
		        <key>aty_config</key>
		        <dict>
		            <key>CFG_FORCE_ICLK</key>
		            <true/>
		        </dict>
		    </dict>

So the framebuffer seems to work properly:

Mac-Pro-di-Tiberio-2:~ tiberiogalbiati$ Ioreg | grep ATY
    | |   |   | +-o ATY,Vervet@0  <class AtiFbStub, id 0x1000002d2, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (19 ms), retain 8>
    | |   |   | | +-o ATY_Vervet  <class AMDFramebuffer, id 0x1000002e0, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (7 ms), retain 18>
    | |   |   | +-o ATY,Vervet@1  <class AtiFbStub, id 0x1000002d3, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (3 ms), retain 8>
    | |   |   | | +-o ATY_Vervet  <class AMDFramebuffer, id 0x1000002e9, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (2 ms), retain 18>
    | |   |   | +-o ATY,Vervet@2  <class AtiFbStub, id 0x1000002d4, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (2 ms), retain 8>
    | |   |   | | +-o ATY_Vervet  <class AMDFramebuffer, id 0x1000002f0, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (2 ms), retain 15>

Can you tell me please if I can fix sporadic graphics hangs?

Thanks in advance.

 

[HuntingPudel]

Been playing with the Sapphire HD 7950 Mac Edition a bit. I don't have benchmarks, but everything is noticeably faster and smoother. The one thing that bothers me is that the fan on the card is loud when I'm hitting the card fairly hard.

 

[RogerX]

PowerColor PCS+ HD7950 3GB GDDR5 Boost State

hi..

can someone advice this card to be a good choice for flashing:
http://www.powercolor.com/Global/products_features.asp?id=425

thnx

 

[loisl]

Boot-Logo + Boot-Loader

I have been using for years my old Gigabyte HD 6850 (GV-R685OC-1GD REV: 1.2) Runs perfect for me, performance is currently enough yet.

Now I have only the problem with the missing boot logo and the resultant lack of boot loader "ALT". As you have solved the order, for example, to boot a backup?

 

[MacVidCards]

I have been using for years my old Gigabyte HD 6850 (GV-R685OC-1GD REV: 1.2) Runs perfect for me, performance is currently enough yet.

Now I have only the problem with the missing boot logo and the resultant lack of boot loader "ALT". As you have solved the order, for example, to boot a backup?

get a 7950 or 7970, not going to happen on 68xx

 

[loisl]

I have found another tip for the 6xxx ... works perfectly

TIAMO 32/64 boot.efi + Mavericks and even the original NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT works well (put it in slot 4 to have boot screen) in conjunction with unflashed AMD Radeon HD 6xxx (in slot 1) or whatever for performance. So cool and soooo clean !!!!

But, Maybe I should upgrade but soon
which HD7950 perfectly because I can flash
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 (11196-00-20G)
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 (11196-19-20G)
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 (11196-09-40G)
or other suggestions

 

[oedipoes]

Picked up an 8800GT 512M for Mac on eBay for 95EUR. Does the trick, boot screen, altboot, fast & smooth graphics even gaming.

A big improvement for no money over my Radeon X1900XT, which after the Tiamo EFI and Mavericks installation ran with 8MB of RAM.

 

[tangles]

I was able to have two different Nvidia running on my 2.1 not only in Windows but also in Mavericks. One is a GT610 and the other one is a GTX 650, both work pretty well.

HI Makaveli,

I'm struggling to get two nVidia GPUs up and running on my MacPro1,1 (flashed to 2,1).
I too have a GT610, but also a GT520 and a GTX430 and no luck with any combo of these to drive two monitors.

So do you think it's because they're all different generation chips unlike your scenario perhaps?

You would happen to have another nVidia GPU lying around that's not a "6" series to test with?

Cheers,

 

[RogerX]

Hey guys...

In macpro1,1 I have now ATI HD4890 (non flashed - no boot screen)

I can connect two screens, one DVI and another screen via DVI-VGA adapter.

I would like to connect at least three (or four) screens on that card.
Is that possible and how to?

If not, which card do you suggest to have at least three screens on macpro1,1 running 10.9x (10.10)

Thnx.

 

[MacVidCards]

4890 is 2 head card.

7950 is best

 

[RogerX]

4890 is 2 head card.

7950 is best

Thnx MacVidCards.

Would SAPPHIRE HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 WITH BOOST be a good choice to get at least three screens for macpro1,1 2006?

All three screens are VGA and DVI. Max res 1920x1200 and 1600x1200
The card has two DVI outputs and HDMI and DisplayPort.
What is better, HDMI to DVI or DisplayPort to DVI adapter?
(but I guess I will need both for all four screens)

I guess I don't need to flash it with EFI to work? (I'm a little bit scared of flashing a card)

EDIT:
What about SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 7970 DUAL-X?


Roger

 

[Earl Urly]

I've been eyeing this card too as it is relatively inexpensive on eBay. Is it compatible with a Tiamo'ed MP 1,1 running the latest Mavericks? I know there will be no boot screen but I have an old GT7300 for that just like the above poster.

Also the Sapphire 7950 with Boost uses two PCI power inputs, hopefully that won't be a problem either; original PC specs say it wants a 500W power supply, the MP 1,1 has a 980W supply I believe.

I remember that towards the end of the line, one of the liquid cooled G5s had a 1 KW (!) power supply.

 

[Macnolo4]

Hello guys !

I have a 1,1 with an Apple Radeon 4870 but when I put my Nvidia 7300GT in another slot I don´t get any image in the VGA monitor. I remember that once I deleted or altered some Gforce kext or Nvidia kext trying to make the card work. Can anyone send me the files I need or downloading it from anywhere??
I´m in 10.9.4 with Tiamo´s file.

Thanks for your help.

 

[MacVidCards]

Hello guys !

I have a 1,1 with an Apple Radeon 4870 but when I put my Nvidia 7300GT in another slot I don´t get any image in the VGA monitor. I remember that once I deleted or altered some Gforce kext or Nvidia kext trying to make the card work. Can anyone send me the files I need or downloading it from anywhere??
I´m in 10.9.4 with Tiamo´s file.

Thanks for your help.

"Apple Radeon 4870" meaning...?????

If it has a DVI and an MDP port it is real deal.

If it has any other combo, it is a flashed one and they don't have VGA support.

 

[Macnolo4]

"Apple Radeon 4870" meaning...?????

If it has a DVI and an MDP port it is real deal.

If it has any other combo, it is a flashed one and they don't have VGA support.

Apple Radeon 4870 meaning the official apple video card, not flashed one.
And yes, it has a DVI (connected to my main monitor) and MPD,
I want to use the Nvidia 7300GT for not spending money in any adapter for the Radeon connecting to the VGA monitor.

Thanks.

 

[MacVidCards]

Apple Radeon 4870 meaning the official apple video card, not flashed one.
And yes, it has a DVI (connected to my main monitor) and MPD,
I want to use the Nvidia 7300GT for not spending money in any adapter for the Radeon connecting to the VGA monitor.

Thanks.

DVI to VGA should work on DVI port

 

[bmxfr]

1.1 whith 5355 want 64b

It was never officially sanctioned, but yes it does have 32 bit efi - I used one myself till late Nov' 2013 - and it is completely compatible with the 1,1 - 2,1.

The 5770 is the fastest Apple card for the Mac Pro 1,1 that shows full boot screens, and is still fully supported in FCP X btw.

Hello can I use the 5770 wen I umgraple to efi64?
I Have a mac pro 1.1 2006 with 2 xeon 5355 16 ram and ati 1900xt , 2 ssdNow 300 kingstonin raid0 (limit sata2)
Lyon I need the final cut 10.1 (in moment only 10.07posible) efi32.
I need to instal maverics
Want can I do?
Change the graphic card to 8800 gt, 5770 or hd 7950 Waths the best?
And the best to make 64-bit firmware?
Thanks

 

[LouHela]

Processor 2 x 2,66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 5 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 210 1024 MB
Software OS X 10.9 (13A598)

MacPro 1,1 updated to 2,1
Stock dual-core for quad-core Xeons
Mavericks via SFOTT
Graphics card didn't work under 10.6.8 but fired up immediately when installed on Mavericks.
Runs DVI and HDMI on dual monitors just fine.
No VGA support on Mavericks.

 

[bmxfr]

Processor 2 x 2,66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 5 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 210 1024 MB
Software OS X 10.9 (13A598)

MacPro 1,1 updated to 2,1
Stock dual-core for quad-core Xeons
Mavericks via SFOTT
Graphics card didn't work under 10.6.8 but fired up immediately when installed on Mavericks.
Runs DVI and HDMI on dual monitors just fine.
No VGA support on Mavericks.

hello how to MacPro 1,1 updated to 2,1?

 

[zfxp]

You can get one of these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-NVIDIA-Q...281?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3f3e7d1861
Quadro FX 3700

It's $20, same GPU as the 8800GT, works great with QE/CI in Mavericks, brilliant little card.

 

[Shiiro]

1 GC over 2 works

Hi,

I just installed Yosemite on the MacPro:
Nom du modèle*: Mac Pro
Identifiant du modèle*: MacPro2,1
Nom du processeur*: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Vitesse du processeur*: 2,66 GHz
Nombre de processeurs*: 2
Nombre total de cœurs*: 4
Cache de niveau 2 (par processeur)*: 4 Mo
Mémoire*: 14 Go
Vitesse du bus*: 1,33 GHz

I have 2 GC inside...Sorry, details are in french...

SLOT 1
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610*:
Jeu de composants*: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
Type*: Processeur graphique (GPU)
Bus*: PCIe
Logement*: Slot-1
Longueur de la voie PCIe*: x8
VRAM (totale)*: 2048 Mo
Fournisseur*: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Identifiant du périphérique*: 0x104a
Identifiant de révision*: 0x00a1
Révision de la ROM*: preset 1.0.0
Moniteurs*:
X22W-1*:
Résolution*: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Profondeur de pixels*: Couleurs 32 bits (ARGB8888)
Numéro de série du moniteur*: YE3L015287
Moniteur principal*: Oui
Miroir*: Désactivé
Connecté*: Oui
Rotation*: Géré
L22W-2*:
Résolution*: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Profondeur de pixels*: Couleurs 32 bits (ARGB8888)
Numéro de série du moniteur*: YETN020144
Miroir*: Désactivé
Connecté*: Oui
Rotation*: Géré



SLOT 2:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610*:

Jeu de composants*: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
Type*: Processeur graphique (GPU)
Bus*: PCIe
Logement*: Slot-2
Longueur de la voie PCIe*: x8
VRAM (totale)*: 1024 Mo
Fournisseur*: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Identifiant du périphérique*: 0x104a
Identifiant de révision*: 0x00a1
Révision de la ROM*: preset 1.0.0


In all, 3 monitors are connected but only 2 are recognized...
I tried different setup in the slot, to also get the best speed...
I always got 2 monitors working and usually from slot 1.
All was fine under Mavericks.

I remember I once replaced some kext extensions for the displays.
No idea where I found the info and the files.

So, any idea what to do next ?
Maybe replace the new kexts by the ones I had under Mavericks ?

Thanks for help.

 

[Confused-User]

ATI Radeon 3870 Mac/PC Edition works fine in Yosemite (and so almost certainly in Mavericks too).

 

[Shiiro]

Am still "stuck" on Yosemite!

Thislooks like a little crap or it's just because of my computer.

Actually it happened to have each card connecting to the displays but never both cards together.

So for now I can have 2 screens instead of 3.

So am not really sure it comes from the cards which seem to work just fine with the mac and hopefully with yosemite.
But there is a little bug somewhere, I think, that does not allow to have both cards woking at the same time, somehow.

Both cards are recognized but only one runs the displays...

Still did not find where the problem is.

 

[Hennesie2000]

Am still "stuck" on Yosemite!



Thislooks like a little crap or it's just because of my computer.



Actually it happened to have each card connecting to the displays but never both cards together.



So for now I can have 2 screens instead of 3.



So am not really sure it comes from the cards which seem to work just fine with the mac and hopefully with yosemite.

But there is a little bug somewhere, I think, that does not allow to have both cards woking at the same time, somehow.



Both cards are recognized but only one runs the displays...



Still did not find where the problem is.

I didn't have a problem running two displays from separate cards (GTX 570 and 2600XT)

 

[Shiiro]

I went back for a while on Mavericks from another HD and the 3 screens were on.
So to me it sounds that Yosemite is dealing bad with my machine.
I tried a little thing that I did under Mavericks with some extensions but did not work in Yosemite. So I reinstalled 10.10 and back again to 2 screens on 1 card only.
I'm quite helpless.