/VENTURA-OC-0.8.5-EFI-OPENCORE-INTEL-GTX-1070-PASCAL

OPENCORE 0.8.5 EFI using I5 6600K and GTX 1070. macOS: Ventura 13.0, OpenCore: 0.8.4 (Nvidia WebDriver, OpencorePkg)

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EFI OPENCORE 0.8.5 EFI using I5 6600K and Nvidia GTX 1070 - Ventura

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Latest tested macOS: Ventura 13.2

Current OpenCore: 0.8.5

See documentation

Complete hardware specs

  • Intel i5 6600K
  • MSI B250M PRO-VDH
  • EVGA GTX 1070
  • 16GB RAM Corsair Dominator Platinum - 3200 MHz DDR4

What works

  • macOS Monterey 13.2

  • WiFi (using itlwm + heliport)

  • Audio

  • HDMI/DP

  • All USB ports

  • 2x 2.5Gbit Ethernet

  • Everything iCloud related (Drive, iMessage, Facetime, etc)

  • DRM content (Netflix, ATV+, Airplay 2 mirroring etc)

  • Shutdown/Reboot

  • Deep Sleep

What doesn't work

  • (oob) WiFi and Bluetooth + Airdrop + Sidecar.. (will be fixed with BCM94360CD card)

Kexts used:

  • Lilu.kext
  • itlwm.kext
  • Lilu.kext
  • USBInjectAll.kext
  • VirtualSMC.kext
  • WhateverGreen.kext
  • Other Kext needed for my config (and residuals)

Boot-args

ngfxcompat=1 Ignore compatibility check in NVDAStartupWeb ngfxgl=1 Disable Metal support on NVIDIA

How to use it ?

⚠️ Dont forget to recreate the plateforminfo section and change SMBIOS data (using GenSMBIOS or any other tool) ⚠️

Thanks/Credits

Disclaimer

Some residual SSTD or Kext may be present but not used (the same EFI is used on different hardware configurations)