nVidia EFIstrings

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Create EFIstrings for nVidia Gfx

• Get http://rapidshare.com/files/83220759/gfxutil.zip.html
• Start terminal
• Drag gfxutil in terminal type -f display and press enter
• Modify [DEVICEPATH] in your texteditor to the output (you can copy and paste it) EXAMPLE:
  PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)
• Modify [MODELNAME] to your modelname EXAMPLE:
  NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT
• Modify [MEMORYSIZE] by selecting the value from this list:
  32 - 0x02000000
  64 - 0x04000000
  128 - 0x08000000
  256 - 0x10000000
  320 - 0x14000000
  512 - 0x20000000
  640 - 0x28000000
  768 - 0x30000000
  1024 - 0x40000000
• In this guide I will only cover VGA and DVI-I so if you need tvout/laptop/DVI-D checkout the links below. DVI-I is digital and analog, for most cards (even with one DVI and one VGA connecter, DVI-I / DVI-I should work. Modify [OUTPUTS] by selecting the value from this list:
  DVI-I / DVI-I - BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=
  VGA / DVI-I  - BAAAAAAAAQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
  DVI-I / VGA - BAAAAAAAAwAEAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=
• Save the file as Graphics.plist
• Drag gfxutil in terminal type -i xml -o hex drag Graphics.plist in the terminal and drag it in again and change the last .plist to .hex EXAMPLE:
  /Volumes/Data/OSX/gfxutil -i xml -o hex /Volumes/Data/OSX/Graphics.plist /Volumes/Data/OSX/Graphics.hex

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>[DEVICEPATH]</key>
	<dict>
		<key>@0,compatible</key>
		<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
		<key>@0,device_type</key>
		<string>display</string>
		<key>@0,name</key>
		<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
		<key>@1,compatible</key>
		<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
		<key>@1,device_type</key>
		<string>display</string>
		<key>@1,name</key>
		<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
		<key>NVCAP</key>
		<data>
		[OUTPUTS]
		</data>
		<key>NVPM</key>
		<data>
		AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==
		</data>
		<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
		<string>[MEMORYSIZE]</string>
		<key>device_type</key>
		<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
		<key>model</key>
		<string>[MODELNAME]</string>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>NVDA,Parent</string>
		<key>rom-revision</key>
		<string>0x302e3176</string>
	</dict>
	</dict>
</plist>