gbuster Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Hi, I've been watching this forum for quite a long time now and I also installed OSX 10.4 more or less successful on IBM T-Pad T42. Now I want to build a new system (in a G5 case I already ordererd)…I decided to go for a Core 2 Quad Q9450 CPU..so far so good. I looked through the HCL and picked 2 possible boards: - GA-P35-DS4 - Intel D975XBX2 "Bad Axe 2" / Intel D975XBXLKR I want to do some gaming on this setup, but above all I want a rockstable OS X 10.5.3 system which is as compatible as possible (and "hassle-free" to install )… Atm I consider as graphics card a GeForce 8600GTS…so I already have a general idea of the hardware setup but I would highly appreciate any advice or hints on the hardware setup I chose…especially which one of those 2 motherboards I should go for… Thanx in advance and keep up the good work you do here! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112535-core-2-quad-q9450-with-ga-p35-ds4-or-intel-d975xbx2-bad-axe-2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbuster Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 /push please don't ban me but I badly need an answer on this since I want to get things done (...) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112535-core-2-quad-q9450-with-ga-p35-ds4-or-intel-d975xbx2-bad-axe-2/#findComment-796899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevoiceover Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 /push please don't ban me but I badly need an answer on this since I want to get things done (...) Did you ever decide? Have you heard if this processor runs ok with OSX? What about the GIGABYTE GA-EP35 ??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112535-core-2-quad-q9450-with-ga-p35-ds4-or-intel-d975xbx2-bad-axe-2/#findComment-839059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbuster Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 Yeah, I decided to go for a GA Ep35-DS4 and everything runs fine now! The CPU is supported by OSX...and after some tweaking the System Profiler shows correct values now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112535-core-2-quad-q9450-with-ga-p35-ds4-or-intel-d975xbx2-bad-axe-2/#findComment-859355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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