>> I have to ask though with the
>> X86 Mac what on earth was Apple thinking with Intel integrated
>> graphics. Intel integrated GPUs were considered a joke on the Wintel
>> side long before Apple made the switch so why got with a graphics
>> platform that many consider to be an oxymoron especially given who
>> Apples clients tend to be.
>
> Only one Mac uses Intel graphics and in that one it's the secondary
> graphics card...
>
> Mac Mini: "NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM
> shared with main memory4"
> iMac: "ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory,
> ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory or ATI
> Radeon HD 5750 graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory" depending on
> the model
> Mac Pro: "ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory or ATI Radeon HD
> 5870 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory" depending on the BTO options.
> MacBook: "NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM
> shared with main memory"
> Macbook Air: "NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3
> SDRAM shared with main memory"
Perhaps true, but a great many so-calledHacks, as distinct from so-called
"Macks", find the GMA950 to be perfectly satisfactory PROVIDED the proper
support is provided in the DSDT.
Now, if an inexperienced hacker should try and use the on-mobo GMA950,
while attempting to provide all resolutions and CI/QE, using a variety of
hacked kexts, then he gets what he deserves: poor performance.
The NECESSARY and SUFFICIENT GFX0 device, for all resolutions and CI/QE is:
Device (PEGP)
{
Name (_ADR, 0x00020000)
Device (GFX0)
{
Name (_ADR, Zero)
Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
{
Store (Package (0x06)
{
"device_type",
Buffer (0x08)
{
"display"
},
"model",
Buffer (0x07)
{
"GMA950"
},
"built-in",
Buffer (One)
{
0x01
}
}, Local0)
DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
Return (Local0)
}
}
}
Read it and weep!
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