HackthatMac Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Hello, I have just built a PC, and am running Mac OSX in VMWare. Just wondering if my PC could ever run as a proper Hackintosh. Cheers Ivy Bridge 3570k AMD 7970 ASRock Z77 Extreme4 with Broadcomm LAN SanDisk Extreme SSD WD Caviar Blue 1TB Ask me if you need any more specs (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 yes, and those chances get better everyday. Just look here in on he net as there is info available about each of those devices, although maybe not all together in one build. But as with any new hardware, as time goes on support should get better, as far as I know you can get up and running now with some research and patience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackthatMac Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 In that case, just one thing; How do I get the Ivy Bridge running? E.g. how does the Bridge Helper work? When do you install that? After OSX is installed? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giofrida Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Maybe Broadcom 57781 does not work under 10.7.4. And i dunno if AMD 7970 is fully supported by OS X. Bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackthatMac Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Apparently it does on 10.7.3 Bye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giofrida Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Apparently it does on 10.7.3 Bye? Yeah, on 10.7.3 the ethernet adapter works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackthatMac Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Looking on the net, seems as if the 7970 isn't yet supported? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giofrida Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Looking on the net, seems as if the 7970 isn't yet supported? Should supported by Mountain Lion, but i don't know if it is true or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 As far as I know, there is half of what is needed in latest releases, accelerator but no frame buffer. So all sign point towards support at some time in the future, but not guaranteed. If it does become supported via hack or natively, netkas will probably be the first to post, just be mindful that many post there refer to usage of PC GPU's in real MacPro's and are not always things to be doing on a hackintosh. Looks like for this turn, if your wanting a new high end GPU, Nvidia is gonna be the best way to go. Reading again realized you got a 7970, which is even less likely than 7870 will ever be. Don't mean to sound rude, but these are the type of things you really should look into before buying hardware and then deciding you want a hackintosh. Works sooo much better when you do it the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Hello, I have just built a PC, and am running Mac OSX in VMWare. Just wondering if my PC could ever run as a proper Hackintosh. Cheers Ivy Bridge 3570k AMD 7970 ASRock Z77 Extreme4 with Broadcomm LAN SanDisk Extreme SSD WD Caviar Blue 1TB Ask me if you need any more specs (: Hi like others have said it, you can install OS X Lion on your config (need a patched kernel) but the better support is on OS X Mountain Lion (native support). Your AMD 7970 don't have support for yet, so no QE/CI ! But don't change anything, just be patient ! Cordially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackthatMac Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 What about Bridges' HD4000 Graphics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 need to wait 10.7.5 or Mountain Lion to have the support. Not sur, but "maybe" need a patched kernel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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