AGP cards - see the
old AGPGart driver and the
new AGPGart driver and forum.
ATI cards - see Callisto, AGPGart and Koverg patch and combo patches like All-In-One and Katana. For 10.4.8/8.8.1, check out Natit.
x200 - Use Callisto beta 3 (fixed) to get 1280x800 resolution
x300 PCI-E - Go
here (Italiano)
x800 and similar cards - Go
here
x850XT AGP - Go
here
x1400 Mobility - Go
here
x1600/x1800/x1900/x1950 cards - see the
Borisbadenov manual method or use the
NeoPheus installer method. They use slightly different methods, so if one doesn't work, try the other. (does not work for x1600 mobility video or for x1650 video card). Also, check out the Titan and Natit projects for new breakthroughs. Beta Natit
installer.
DiaboliK's NatitX1600.kext Thread, Questions, Problems, And other....
x1600 Mobility - For 10.4.8/8.8.1 only. Read
this.
x1650 - For 10.4.8/8.8.1, 10.4.9/8.9.1 and 10.4.10/8.10.1. They work on AGP too. Use this
installer by
modbin and
these by
kozlowski.
7500 - Go
here and
here and
package
9000 - 9550 - Read
this
9200/9250 patchers - Enables resolution switching, enables AGP, installs ATI Radeon drivers for the ATI 9000 Radeon Mobility. No QE, CI or hardware OpenGL.
9200 - (faster 2D acceleration, but no 1400x1050 res)
here
9200 - (Slower, but 1400x1050 res works)
here
9250 - (untested, CallistoHAL device ID 5960)
here
9550 AGP - Go
here (Italiano)
9550 - Go
here
9600 - see
this and
this
9600 AGP - Go
here (Italiano)
All In One package - Koverg + Callisto + Framebuffer for x600, x800, or other Radeon cards (like maybe 9700). Go
here
FireGL Mobility V3200 - Go
here Beamsync - Disabling Beamsync speeds up performance on LCD monitors only. Use
QuartzSimple or QuartzDebug or type
this command into Terminal.
Blue screen - if you have an Intel graphics chip on a laptop and the boot is hanging at a blue screen,
try installing: an external monitor, a VGA dongle, the
2-wire trick or the
1-wire trick
Callisto drivers - for many ATI cards, x200-x850 and 7200-9850, go
here
Intel cards8xx resolution - (for 10.4.1
only) see
this
9xx - see
this and
this
900 - For 10.4.8, see
this and find packages on Demon.
950 - Got a funny pattern on your screen? See
this Kantana - For ATI cards, combines Callisto, AGPGart and card autodetection to provide OpenGL and resolution change. Go
here.
Koverg patch - for getting QE and CI on some ATI cards, use the
Koverg patch
Macvidia drivers - go
here. No QE or CI yet.
Mouse Tearing - Also known as artifacts/artefacts, trails, blocks. This results from not having proper video drivers. To help reduce this tearing, use the commercial product Mousepose or this freebie:
Mouse Locator and the associated image. Also, use commercial product Mighty Mouse with this
cursor.
Natit - open source development program for ATI and Nvidia cards (a clone of Titan). Go
here or
here or
here or the
Wiki.
Note: If you get a black screen after installation and you are running 10.4.8, try updating to a newer 8.8.1 kernel. Also, currently, Nvidia cards with 512 MB VRAM will not work.
Neopheus - installer for the Boris method for ATI x1600-x1950 cards. Go
here
Nvidia cards - use the Macvidia drivers or try either Titan or Natit.
5200 - installer using Titan. Read
this
5500 - installer in 2 parts. Get
part 1 and
part 2
7600 GS - Dual screen using Natit. Read
this
7600GS AGP - One screen tested using Natit. Read
this
Quartz Extreme 2D - Enabling QE2D speeds up performance of graphics. You must already have video drivers working and QE/CI. Use
QuartzSimple or QuartzDebug or type
this command into Terminal.
Titan - closed source development program for ATI and Nvidia cards. Go to
Omni's website or
Omni's Titan page. Also read
this or
this or the
Wiki.
Note: If you get a black screen after installation and you are running 10.4.8, try updating to a newer 8.8.1 kernel. Also, currently, Nvidia cards with 512 MB VRAM will not work.
TV-Out - Read
this