ATI X1600 options.

ATI Radeon X1600:

Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1600
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x71c5
Revision ID: 0x0000
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.068
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1440 x 900
Depth: 32-bit Color
Built-In: Yes
Core Image: Supported
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Cinema HD:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported

Did you not get a ROM revision version?
And I wonder why there are different EFI driver versions... you have the latest firmware update, right?

I think it's a Core2Duo vs. CoreDuo thing...

BB

MBP 2.0, week 13 Mac OS X (10.4.9) No chickenheads!

So I'm assuming you have a Core Duo, then?

Yeah. Started out with a week 7, then a 9, but the third time's the charm, I guess- week 13.

BB

I think people can't get this to work because they're using the command:

sudo pico sysctl

that when in $ mode will not open you the sysctl, try specifying the complete directory of the file by typing:

sudo pico /usr/sbin/sysctl

that will definately open the sysctl file which will be full of matrix jumbo..... delete the contents and paste:

#!/bin/sh echo "PowerMac11,2"

then hit CTRL+O to write, CTRL+X to quit... from there on you should be fine.

I can't get this to work either. I think its because under System Profiler it reads the Card Model as ATY instead of ATI.

I get the Non-ATI Graphics card detected.

ATI has always polled as 'ATY' as far back as I can remember, system 7 anyway: it comes up as ATY for me as well and I had no trouble with the install.

On what machine are you attempting the install?

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The install is not a problem. Its just when I start the application it comes back with Non ATI Graphics detected.

I'm running it on a C2D 17".

Cheers.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's just a C2D MBP issue.

that would rule...I can't stand how ugly my sims look...nor how much more brutally ugly secondlife is on my mbp.

I ran this same scenario a few weeks ago and the install eventually worked (I'm a bit of a mac noob), but it wouldn't recognize the card still either when run.

Perhaps you're correct in your theory of cd vs c2d, the gpu revision could possibly be different in the c2d's...perhaps even different in the 128 vs 256 even.

Regardless, I simply can't believe the lack of support something like this has had for the amount of time it's been out. Sure, some people DO have heat issues, which this will help 'protect' to some extent, but it's entirely the WRONG way to go about covering the tracks of a hardware design flaw. I want my anti-aliasing!

If Apple really intends to take a bigger piece of the market away from micro$haft, they need to allow a hole for real gamers to crawl through....