xworm Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I've upgraded to 10.9, but graphics performance is too bad. the OSX report only 128M onboard VRAM,I was wondering if it possible to increase the VRAM like the TC technology under windows(the 135m can have up to about 512M or so) I've read some posts that using natit.kext can make that, but it also refers to Geforce.kext, of which the mod can't be achieved due to some entry lost in 10.9. Any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted October 29, 2013 Administrators Share Posted October 29, 2013 No, it's not possible. The Dell manual is pretty clear about that point: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xworm Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 No, it's not possible. The Dell manual is pretty clear about that point: Thanks , but I got the this under windows 7(64bit) Sorry for local language, I've tried to translate it into english: : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted October 29, 2013 Administrators Share Posted October 29, 2013 Ok, I understand better now, I thought you were asking about increasing the on-board video memory which is not possible. Anyway, if performance is not great, it's unlikely to be due to unsufficient Video memory, but more to non-optimum platform profile settings. I recommend that you read the article about "Performance Tuning with FakeSMC" in the Articles pages of the web site and adjust your laptop's settings accordingly. I can tell you that I do not experience any particularly poor performance on my D630 nVidia 135M with FakeSMC v5.2.678, SMC id set at 1.33f8 and SMBIOS profile set as MacBook Pro5,1. We tested this profusely a few months ago and reached top optimal performance, including graphics performance. On 64bit Mavericks 10.9, you may actually use any recent release of Kozlek's FakeSMC kext + HWMonitor app. Be cautious as the downloaded package will install the FakeSMC kext (with plugins inside) in /S/L/E. You need to move that back to /E/E and re-run myFix (full) for the kext to be used subsequently after reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xworm Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Ok, I understand better now, I thought you were asking about increasing the on-board video memory which is not possible. Anyway, if performance is not great, it's unlikely to be due to unsufficient Video memory, but more to non-optimum platform profile settings. I recommend that you read the article about "Performance Tuning with FakeSMC" in the Articles pages of the web site and adjust your laptop's settings accordingly. I can tell you that I do not experience any particularly poor performance on my D630 nVidia 135M with FakeSMC v5.2.678, SMC id set at 1.33f8 and SMBIOS profile set as MacBook Pro5,1. We tested this profusely a few months ago and reached top optimal performance, including graphics performance. On 64bit Mavericks 10.9, you may actually use any recent release of Kozlek's FakeSMC kext + HWMonitor app. Be cautious as the downloaded package will install the FakeSMC kext (with plugins inside) in /S/L/E. You need to move that back to /E/E and re-run myFix (full) for the kext to be used subsequently after reboot. OK, thanks. I'll have a try. BTW, I'm using FakeSMC 5.3.1100, SMBIOS has been set to MBP3,1 which I think the most similar model with D630. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted October 30, 2013 Administrators Share Posted October 30, 2013 good. now modify the fakesmc plist like the guide suggests it should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted October 30, 2013 Administrators Share Posted October 30, 2013 OK, thanks. I'll have a try. BTW, I'm using FakeSMC 5.3.1100, SMBIOS has been set to MBP3,1 which I think the most similar model with D630. No, use MBP5,1 SMBIOS. MBP3,1 won't work. Please follow instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xworm Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Great! I've followed the guide, and the graphics performance looks much better now. But something confused is my D630 has a T7500 CPU, I think it is most similar to a MBP3,1 , why the MBP5,1 got a better performance? Anyway, thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted October 31, 2013 Administrators Share Posted October 31, 2013 MBP5,1 gives best graphics performance, whilst CPU speedstep still works as expected (no speedstep when choosing MBP3,1 profile). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xworm Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 MBP5,1 gives best graphics performance, whilst CPU speedstep still works as expected (no speedstep when choosing MBP3,1 profile). Yes, that's also what I've noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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