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cybert
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« on: July 27, 2014, 06:57:05 PM »
Hi all,

I have a Mac Pro 2,1 running OS X Mavericks.
I have installed an ATI R9 270x and used the hawaii driver from the forum here.

Now the performance is very poor. For example surfing with safari is already difficult.
Under windows the card runs fine!

Can anyone give me a tutorial about what I should do to get the right card detected and running fine?

Any help is much appreciated!

Thx!
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blacksheep
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2014, 08:35:59 PM »
Best "tutorial" is to not use hacked drivers intended to run other cards than you have Smiley

Revert to original kexts, because 270x works OOTB in 10.9 with full acceleration.
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cybert
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2014, 10:21:46 PM »
Euhm, no it doesn't (I have to use tiamo's boot.efi btw as I have a mac pro 2,1)

When I boot nothing happens with the default kexts, I have to insert another card then to get something on the screen.

(10,9 is mavericks right?)
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blacksheep
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2014, 08:46:49 AM »
Are you sure that your card isn't 270 (without "x")? This would explain what you're getting.
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cybert
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2014, 12:57:14 PM »
Woops, indeed it is one without an x
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blacksheep
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2014, 07:09:03 PM »
I see... This model is at least troublesome. There's quite amount of hassle free cards.
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cybert
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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2014, 09:35:46 PM »
mmm and there is no solution possible?
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electonic
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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2014, 10:48:48 AM »
What about 10.10 beta? Does Yosemite support r9 270 (without x)? Maybe you can use this then.
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ivr
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« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2014, 12:27:47 AM »
Try installing Vlada's edited kexts. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/294315-radeon-r9-270x-framebuffer-issue/
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