--BIG SUR Olarila--

Big Sur 11.3 with EFI folder for chipset series 300, 400 and 500

MediaFire Link - https://tinyurl.com/unhfynap

Google Drive Link - https://tinyurl.com/3mfv3sey

Torrent -
Olarila BigSur 11.3.raw.torrent.zip
Unavailable

MD5 (Olarila BigSur 11.3.raw) = 22b57bd841b906fc5c22401c63b0fe17

Big Sur 11.4 beta with EFI folder for chipset series 300, 400 and 500

Google Drive Link - https://tinyurl.com/fcx34k97
MediaFire Link - https://tinyurl.com/nu4kz474

MD5 (Olarila BigSur 11.4 Beta AMD 6xxx.raw) = bb630981e2fe3acb694dd43d016b7862

AMD GPUs
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Native AMD GPUs
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Navi 10 Series
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Catalina(10.15)

Currently, as of 10.15.1, Apple has finally added RDNA and Navi support!

Supported Cards:

RX 5500
RX 5500 XT
RX 5600
RX 5600 XT
RX 5700
RX 5700 XT
RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition

Radeon Pro:

Radeon Pro W5500
Radeon Pro W5700

Note: Most Navi cards currently require the boot argument agdpmod=pikera to get proper display out, also keep in mind DisplayPort can be a hit or miss as WhateverGreen needs to be adapted. See here for more info: RX5700XT: No dual monitor with WEG

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Needed kexts:

lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext

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Important note for MSI Navi users:

Apple currently has a VBIOS bug which crashes installers if an MSI Navi card is present, see here for more details: Installer not working with 5700XT #901

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MSI's Polaris and Vega line are not affected by this bug

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Vega 20 series
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Mojave(10.14.5)

So all Vega based GPUs are natively supported in macOS with Vega 20 GPUs starting in Mojave. While natively supported, it's recommended to still have WhateverGreen.kext installed as this helps with proper framebuffer connections and fixes other odd issues like proper ACPI mapping and such

Supported Cards:

Radeon VII

Needed kexts:

lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext

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Vega 10 series
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: High Sierra(10.13)

Just like with Vega 20, Vega 10 GPUs are natively supported in macOS though these card's support starts in High Sierra. Similar to Vega 20, it's recommended to still have WhateverGreen.kext installed as this helps with proper framebuffer connections and fixes other odd issues like proper ACPI mapping and such.

And for those who want to overclock/undervolt, check out PyVega

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The only brand of GPUs to avoid with Vega 10 are XFX. The reason being is VBIOS communication issues which can't be easily solved with a reference BIOS due to how Vega's powerplay table interacts between the OS and GPU.

Supported Cards:

Vega 64 Liquid
Vega 64
Vega 56

Radeon Pro:

Vega Frontier Edition
Radeon Pro WX 9100
Radeon Pro WX 7100

Needed kexts:

lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext

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Polaris 10 and 20 series
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Sierra(10.12)

Regarding Polaris, basically every model of card is supported as long as it’s running either a Polaris or Baffin core(lower end cards like the RX550 run a Lexa core meaning no support in macOS).

The only brand of GPU you should avoid with the Polaris series would be XFX, PowerColour, HIS and VisionTek as many users have had issues with these cards with viewing Clover and macOS booting but other users have found fixes/workarounds(though nothing consistent). This seems to be caused by having an odd VBIOS that doesn't communicate well with macOS and the only real solution is flashing another VBIOS which is not ideal for most users.

Supported cards:

400 Series:

RX 480
RX 470D
RX 470
RX 460

500 Series:

RX 590
RX 580X
RX 580
RX 570X
RX 570
RX 560X
RX 560

Radeon Pro:

WX 5100
WX 4100
E9550

Needed kexts:

lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext

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R7/R9
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Yosemite(10.10)

R7/R9 is also natively supported in Catalina without too much issue but we cannot guarantee the success of R5 and R7 cards due to not having many reports of success with them. Also, be wary that differing from the reference design of these cards have many more issues that require a lot of work to get them to run properly. Sapphire cards are your best bet Also, the R9 280x/380x are a hit or miss on compatibility.

Supported cards:

R9 Fury X
R9 Fury
R9 Nano
R9 390(FakeID needed)
R9 290X/390X
R9 290/390(FakeID needed)
R9 280x/380x (Hit or miss)
R9 280/380(FakeID needed)
R9 270X/370X
R7 270/370(FakeID needed)
R7 265
R7 260x/360x
R9 260/360(FakeID may be required depending on model)
R9 255
R7 250X
R7 250(FakeID needed)
R7 240(FakeID needed)

Needed kexts

lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext

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Extras:

radpg=15: Required for HD 7730/7750/7770/R7 250/R7 250X GPU initialization)
-raddvi boot flag: Fixes DVI, required for 290X, 370, etc
InjectAMD: While deprecated, some users require this for proper initialization, avoid unless absolutely necessary
Applying a FakeID Guide

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HD 8000 Series(8xxx)
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Mountain Lion(10.8)

HD 8740
HD 8760
HD 8770
HD 8850
HD 8870
HD 8890
HD 8950
HD 8970

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HD 7000 Series(7xxx)
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Mountain Lion(10.8)

Dual AMD FirePro D300
Dual AMD FirePro D500
Dual AMD FirePro D700
FirePro W5100(FakeID needed)
FirePro W7000
FirePro W9000
HD 7700
HD 7730
HD 7750
HD 7770
HD 7790
HD 7850
HD 7870
HD 7870 XT
HD 7950
HD 7970
HD 7990

Needed kexts

lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext

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Extras:

radpg=15: Required for HD 7730/7750/7770/R7 250/R7 250X GPU initialization)
InjectAMD: While deprecated, some users require this for proper initialization, avoid unless absolutely necessary

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Unsupported AMD GPUs
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Navi 20 series
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Highest Supported OS: None

These GPUs are slated for support sometime in the next few macOS releases as we have full confirmation on framebuffer and PCI ID support in the drivers. However, at this moment, there is limited functionality with these GPUs so we recommend holding off purchasing until proper acceleration has been achieved in the public.

Unsupported Cards:

RX 6800
RX 6800 XT
RX 6900 XT

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Lexa Series
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Highest Supported OS: None

While these GPUs may share the same family name as the Polaris GPUs, these cards are drastically different meaning no support in any version of macOS. Similar to Navi and unsupported Nvidia GPUs, you'll need to disable the Lexa GPU due to how the Vesa drivers that unsupported GPUs run off of break sleep and other functions in macOS. Please refer to the Disabling unsupported GPUs Guide

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Unsupported Cards:

WX 3100
WX 2100
RX 550X
RX 550
RX 540X
RX 540

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AMD APUs (ALL VARIANTS)
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Highest Supported OS: None

The integrated GPU found on lower end AMD CPUs have unfortunately never had official support with community support quite lacking. While possible to get a display out with some work, graphics acceleration is basically impossible making these APUs more of a hazard to macOS.

Unsupported APUs:

Vega 11(Zen)
Vega 8(Zen)
GCN 3(Escavator Gen 2, Steamroller)
GCN 2(Escavator Gen 1, Puma, Puma +)

Nvidia GPUs
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Native nVidia GPUs
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Kepler Series (GTX 6xx, 7xx)
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Mountain Lion(10.8)

Currently the only 100% native Nvidia architecture that works with macOS 11, Big Sur. Users have reported issues with the GTX 650Ti, 660, 660ti but this is caused by a driver issue on Apple’s end by not supporting the GK106 core(or quite poorly as the issue seems to be memory leakage which also affects real Macs). Another issue with this generation is lower end products marketed as first generation Kepler are actually using a Fermi core but have identical counterparts running Kepler cores as well(GF 116 vs GK 107 found in the GT 640). AND PLEASE NOTICE THAT GTX 745, 750 and ti VARIANTS ARE NOT INCLUDED, THEY'RE NOT KEPLER

Also keep in mind that the following systems have a Kepler GPU meaning that support will likely stay until all pre-Skylake hardware is dropped(so anything without USB-C):
SMBIOS GPU Initial Release Discontinued
iMac13,1 GT 640M October 23, 2012 June 18, 2014
iMac13,2 GT 660M October 23, 2012 September 24, 2013
iMac14,1 GT 750M September 24, 2013 October 13, 2015
iMac14,2 GT 755M September 24, 2013 October 13, 2015
iMac14,3 GT 750M September 24, 2013 October 13, 2015
MacBookPro9,1 GT 650M June 11, 2012 October 22, 2013
MacBookPro10,1 GT 650M June 11, 2012 October 22, 2013
MacBookPro11,3 GT 750M October 22, 2013 May 19, 2015

Supported cards:

700 Series:

GTX Titan (GK 110 Maxwell core)
GTX Titan Black(GK 110 Maxwell core)
GTX Titan Z (One of the few dual GPU cards supported in macOS, but only one core will be in use)
GTX 780 Ti
GTX 780
GTX 770
GTX 760 Ti
GTX 760
GT 740 (GK107 variant)
GT 730 (GK208 variant)
GT 720
GT 710 (GK208 variant)

600 Series:

GTX 690 (Another dual GPU card compatible with macOS, but only one core will be in use)
GTX 680
GTX 670
GTX 660 Ti
GTX 660 (MUST BE RUNNING A GK 104 core, NOT GK 106)
GTX 650 (GK 107 core)
GT 640 (Kepler edition, GK 107/208 core)
GT 635
GT 630 (Kepler edition, GK 107/208 core)

Quadro:

Quadro K6000
Quadro K5200
Quadro K5000
Quadro K4200
Quadro K2000D
Quadro K2000
Quadro K600
Quadro K420
Quadro 410
NVS 510

Needed kexts:

Lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext

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Extras:

shikigva=40 boot flag: Swaps boardID to iMac14,2 for better Nvidia Support and whitelists patches

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Unsupported nVidia GPUs
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Ampere Series (RTX 30xx)
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Highest Supported OS:NONE

Unfortunately no support in any version of macOS as no drivers were ever written even for High Sierra. Not much else to add.

These cards include:

RTX 3090
RTX 3080
RTX 3070

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Turing Series (RTX 20xx, GTX 16xx)
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Highest Supported OS:NONE

Unfortunately no support in any version of macOS as no drivers were ever written even for High Sierra. Not much else to add.

These cards include:

Titan RTX
RTX 2080 Ti
RTX 2080 Super
RTX 2080
RTX 2070 Super
RTX 2070
RTX 2060 Super
RTX 2060
GTX 1660 Ti
GTX 1660
GTX 1650

Quadro:

Quadro RTX 8000
Quadro RTX 6000
Quadro RTX 5000
Quadro RTX 4000

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Volta Series(V)
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Highest Supported OS:NONE

The same idea as Turing, no drivers were ever written

These cards include:

Titan V
Titan V CEO Edition

Quadro:

Quadro GV100

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Kepler Series(GK 106 Variants)

GPUs running the GK 106 core have the unfortunate consequence of having a serious issue regarding VRAM leakage. This means that there's a high chance of distortion and overall instability when running these GPUs which unfortunately have no real solution as even installing web drivers has no affect. A list of GPUs with this core can be found here

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Second generation Kepler:

GT 740(GK106 variant)

First generation Kepler:

GTX 660
GTX 650 Ti
GTX 650
GTX 645

Quadro:

K4000

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Fermi rebranded(GF108, GF117 and GF119)
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Highest Supported OS: High Sierra(10.13.6)
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Initial Supported OS: Lion(10.7)

Since nVidia can't comply to any naming conventions, they decided to make some 600/700 series cards based on the older and incompatible Fermi architecture. These cards include:

GT 730 (GF108 variant)
GT 720A
GT 710 (GF119 variant)
GT 705
GT 640 (GF108 and GF116)
GT 630 (GF108 variant)
GT 620
GT 610

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Pascal Series (GTX 10xx)
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Highest Supported OS: High Sierra(10.13.6)
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Initial Supported OS: Sierra(10.12.4)

Well pretty sure most users know what going on with Pascal and Maxwell but I’ll just mention it quickly here. No support for these cards in Mojave/Catalina but macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 do support these cards with the combination of Nvidia’s somewhat shotty drivers and Lilu+WhateverGreen

Supported cards:

GTX Titan X(GP 102-400 Pascal core)
GTX Titan Xp(GP 102-450 Pascal core)
GTX 1080 Ti
GTX 1080
GTX 1070 Ti
GTX 1070
GTX 1060( Note that GP104/GDDR5X variants are not supported by the web drivers)
GTX 1050 Ti
GTX 1050
GT 1030

Quadro:

Quadro GP100
Quadro P6000
Quadro P5000
Quadro P4000
Quadro P2000
Quadro P1000
Quadro P620
Quadro P600
Quadro P400

Needed kexts:

Nvidia’s Web drivers

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Lilu.kext
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WhateverGreen.kext

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Extras:

shikigva=40 boot flag: Swaps boardID to iMac14,2 for better Nvidia Support and whitelists patches
NvidiaWeb property: Forces nvda_drv=1 on each boot, required for systems with non-native NVRAM(EmuVariableUEFI)

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Maxwell Series (GTX 9xx, 745, 750/ti)
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Highest Supported OS: High Sierra(10.13.6)
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Initial Supported OS: Yosemite(10.10.x)

Same idea as Pascal, though the naming scheme is a bit odd as the GTX 745, 750 and 750ti are all Maxwell based even though they’re being marketed with the Kepler line so be wary when buying

Supported cards:

GTX Titan X(GM 200 Maxwell core)
GTX 980 Ti
GTX 980
GTX 970
GTX 960
GTX 950
GTX 750 Ti
GTX 750
GTX 745

Quadro:

Quadro M6000
Quadro M5000
Quadro M4000
Quadro M2000
Quadro K2200
Quadro K1200
Quadro K620

Needed kexts:

Nvidia’s Web drivers

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Lilu.kext
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WhateverGreen.kext

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Extras:

shikigva=40 boot flag: Swaps boardID to iMac14,2 for better Nvidia Support and whitelists patches
NvidiaWeb property: Forces nvda_drv=1 on each boot, required for systems with non-native NVRAM(EmuVariableUEFI)

Intel GPUs

So I'll be going over the compatible iGPUs present in Intel's CPUs, the main thing to note is that you'll need to apply the FrameBuffer patch to your system to get things to work properly. Please refer to this post for more info on Framebuffer patching as it goes in depth on how to get your system running

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DRM Issues: With Haswell and newer iGPUs, DRM is outright broken on them with macOS Catalina. This includes iTunes Movies, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime and Netflix, the only fix is getting a supported dGPU preferably Polaris or newer that supports HEVC.

More info:

WhateverGreen's DRM Chart

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Native Intel iGPUs
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Ivy Bridge 3XXX
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Highest Supported OS: Catalina(10.15)
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Initial Supported OS: Lion(10.7)

Regarding the HD 4000, it's completely native with Catalina(Though no longer supported with macOS 11: Big Sur). The HD 2500 on the other hand only has partial support in Mojave for quick sync features as hardware acceleration is unsupported

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Note: As of macOS 11.3, the HD 4000 drivers are still present in Big Sur. Please keep in mind future OS updates and releases may remove these drivers.

Supported iGPUs:

HD 2500
HD 4000
HD P4000

Framebuffer:

AAPL,ig-platform-id (desktop):
0x0166000A (default)
0A006601 (hex swapped)
0x01620005
05006201 (hex swapped)
AAPL,ig-platform-id (laptop):
0x01660004 (Recommended, 1600x900 screens or higher)
04006601 (hex swapped)
0x01660009 (Alternative, eDP or autodetect)
09006601 (hex swapped)
0x01660003 (1366x768 screens)
03006601 (hex swapped)

Needed kexts:

Lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext
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Intel FrameBuffer Patching guide

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Haswell 4XXX
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Mountain Lion(10.8)

Most iGPUs are supported here, only one to be concerned about is the HD4400 which requires either a spoofed DeviceID with WhateverGreen or a modified APCI path. Initial supported introduced with macOS 10.9

Supported iGPUs:

HD 4200
HD 4400(HD 4600 FakeID required for this iGPU)
HD 4600
HD 5000
HD 5100
HD P4600(Theoretically)
HD P4700(Theoretically)

Framebuffer:

AAPL,ig-platform-id (desktop):
0x0D220003 (default)
0300220D (hex swapped)
AAPL,ig-platform-id (laptop):
0x0A160000 (default)
0000160A (hex swapped)
0x0A260005 (recommended)
0500260A (hex swapped)

Needed kexts:

Lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext
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Intel FrameBuffer Patching guide

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Broadwell 5XXX
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Yosemite(10.10)

All iGPUs are supported here, no issues to report. Initial supported introduced with macOS 10.10.2

Supported iGPUs:

HD 5300
HD 5500
HD 5600
HD 6000
HD 6100
HD 6200
HD P5700(Theoretically)
Iris Pro P6300

Framebuffer:

AAPL,ig-platform-id (desktop):
0x16220007 (default)
07002216 (hex swapped)
AAPL,ig-platform-id (laptop):
0x16260006 (default)
06002616 (hex swapped)

Needed kexts:

Lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext
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Intel FrameBuffer Patching guide

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Skylake 6XXX
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: El Capitan(10.11)

All iGPUs are supported here, no issues to report. Initial supported introduced with macOS 10.11.4

Supported iGPUs:

HD 515
HD 520
HD 530
HD P530
Iris 540
Iris 550
Iris Pro 580
Iris Pro P555
Iris Pro P580

Framebuffer:

AAPL,ig-platform-id (desktop):
0x19120000 (default)
00001219 (hex swapped)
0x19120001 (Headless)
01001219 (hex swapped)
AAPL,ig-platform-id (laptop):
0x19160000 (default)
00001619 (hex swapped)

Needed kexts:

Lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext
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Intel FrameBuffer Patching guide

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Kabylake 7XXX
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Sierra(10.12)

Most iGPUs are supported here excluding the HD 610 present in the Pentium G4560, initial support was introduced with macOS 10.12.6

Supported iGPUs:

HD 615
HD 620
HD 630
Iris Plus 640
Iris Plus 650

Framebuffer:

AAPL,ig-platform-id (desktop):
0x59160000 (default)
00001659 (hex swapped)
0x59120003 (Headless)
03001259 (hex swapped)
AAPL,ig-platform-id (laptop):
0x591B0000 (default)
00001B59 (hex swapped)

Needed kexts:

Lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext
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Intel FrameBuffer Patching guide

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Kabylake refresh/ Coffee Lake/ Cometlake 8XXX/9XXX
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: High Sierra(10.13.6)

All iGPUs are supported here, though pay attention as the i3 8100 and 8350k use a different UHD 630(184 shader units vs 192)

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Supported:

UHD 615
UHD 617
UHD 620
UHD 630
Iris Plus 645
Iris Plus 655

Framebuffer:

AAPL,ig-platform-id (desktop):
0x3EA50000 (default)
0000A53E (hex swapped)
0x3E9B0007 (desktop, recommended)
07009B3E (hex swapped)
0x3E920003 (Headless)
0300923E (hex swapped)
AAPL,ig-platform-id (laptop):
0x3EA50009 (default)
0900A53E (hex swapped)

Needed kexts:

Lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext
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Intel FrameBuffer Patching guide

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Icelake 10XXX
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Highest Supported OS: Current/Big Sur(11)
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Initial Supported OS: Catalina(10.15.4)

All iGPUs present here have support starting in macOS 10.15.4, note that support is still quite early so there's likely still bugs to clean up and WhateverGreen will need some time to find and adapt patches to best suit these new iGPUs

Supported:

Iris Plus G7
Iris Plus G4

Framebuffer:

Currently no available

Needed kexts:

Lilu.kext

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WhateverGreen.kext
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Intel FrameBuffer Patching guide

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Guide needs to be updated to support Icelake framebuffers

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Unsupported Intel iGPUs

All GPUs listed here are GT1 based meaning no support as display out whatsoever
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Braswell
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Highest Supported OS: None

Unsupported:

HD 400
HD 405

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Skylake
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Highest Supported OS: None

Unsupported:

HD 510

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Apollo Lake
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Highest Supported OS: None

Unsupported:

HD 500
HD 505

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Kabylake

####Highest Supported OS: None

Unsupported:

HD 610

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Kabylake refresh/ Coffee Lake/ Cometlake i3/5/7-8XXX/9XXX
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Highest Supported OS: None

Unsupported:

UHD 610

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Gemini Lake
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Highest Supported OS: None

Unsupported:

UHD 600
UHD 605