Just purchased XFX Radeon HD 4870 ZWFC 1gb

[johnwillsey]

What were the other 10.6.3 kext you used? (and where could I find them? )

The Kexts came from my previous 10.6.3 install. You could also extract them from the 10.6.3 updater from Apple.

ATIRadeonX2000.kext
ATIRadeonX2000GA.plugin
ATIRadeonX2000GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX2000VADriver.bundle

 

[panavision]

interesting, so I can update to 10.6.4 thru the software update, and then use those kexts from 10.6.3 using kext helper right?

 

[NEUengineer]

Xfx 4870 Zwfc

I tried to flash the same card, XFX 4870 ZWFC, and it was miserable.

- Would not boot to 10.6.4, got kernal panic.
- Would boot to 10.4.11 but Zeus would not open so could not flash
- Would boot to 10.6.4 if i did not attach both power cables, but card would not show up on computer.
- Would not work with windows xp on MP using drivers that came with card. Failed to use atiflash on pc.
- Would not start up on friends pc, could not get pc to boot.

20 hours of frustration later, I sent card back to amazon and bought apple card. Apple card was plug and play.

Unless you like regularly maintain your graphics card with every update or so, it's not worth it. So far i hear it won't even work in 10.6.4 right? Spend the money on the apple card, it's worth it in the long run. Plus, the apple card is silent even when it's being maxed out by StarCraft II. The XFX 4870 ZWFC was NOT.

Andy

 

[Cindori]

some cards give kp in osx, you have to flash bootcd which is a 2-minute process.

but yeah, the xfx cards are having trouble in 10.6.4, but will work fine if you install 10.6.2 framebuffers (aka mapp.zip or dualdvi.zip)

 

[johnwillsey]

interesting, so I can update to 10.6.4 thru the software update, and then use those kexts from 10.6.3 using kext helper right?

Yes, that is what I did.