kai920 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I need help choosing a video card, which will be running a 24" 1920x1200 monitor as well as a 22" 1680x1050 via DVI. Ideally it will be enough to power Team Fortress 2 (through Crossover Games, or just plain XP/Vista) at medium-high settings at 1920x1200. Needless to say, it should be (easily) compatible with Hackintosh. Any suggestions, please? PS. I assume the upgrade is not as simple as pulling out my 7800GTX and inserting the new card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGOvoruhk Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I'd suggest a 9800 GTX+. I've got one, and I'm running dual monitors (Though both in 1680x1050) with no problems. The 9800 GTX+ seems to be the fastest card that is easily supported. The 9800GX2 is faster, but apparently only works on certain boards It should be fairly easy to get going. Just remove your current kexts, and then follow the instructions here. Someone correct me if I'm wrong Also, I would suggest if you're gaming, to just do it in XP/Vista. Especially if you're going to be playing newer games. You'll run into fewer problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai920 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 Thanks man, are you running 10.5.5? PS. I used this for my current 7800GTX if it makes any difference: http://scottdangel.com/blog/?p=56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGOvoruhk Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Yes, I'm running 10.5.5 That shouldn't make a difference. Like I said, you'll just need to get rid of the kexts that it installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai920 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 OK, thanks. I'll look at getting a 9800GTX+ unless anyone has better ideas? PS. Surprised my 7800GTX can still handle TF2 in medium-low settings, 1920x1200 in plain Vista. In OS X + CrossOver Games, it loads and plays but eventually stutters so much that it's unplayable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai920 Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 I found a 9600GSO and 9600GT for about US$99 and US$130 respectively. I'm not sure off hand if those will work at 19x12 so will do more research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 9600 cards will not work with OSX, there is no support for the G94 chip in the drivers. The best Nvidia card you can buy right now if you want something that works with Windows and OSX is the 9800 GTX+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai920 Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 Thank you. But it seems a few people are having trouble getting QE/CI working on the 9800GTX+? http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...0&start=280 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...0GTX&st=40# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Thank you. But it seems a few people are having trouble getting QE/CI working on the 9800GTX+? Search for any "known working" video card model and I guarantee you'll find somebody having trouble getting it to work! The 9800 GTX is not officially supported by Apple and so you have to jump through a few hoops (use drivers for another card) to get it running on OSX86. Also, the success stories are from people running 10.5.4. With 10.5.5 it gets even more complicated because injectors (nvinject, natit, nvkush) don't work anymore. /edit - there's a new Injector called NVDarwin that works with 10.5.5 - I'm using it right now. The best video card to buy *if you want less hassle* is the 8800 GTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai920 Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 Search for any "known working" video card model and I guarantee you'll find somebody having trouble getting it to work! That's true, hadn't thought of that. The 9800 GTX is not officially supported by Apple and so you have to jump through a few hoops (use drivers for another card) to get it running on OSX86. Also, the success stories are from people running 10.5.4. With 10.5.5 it gets even more complicated because injectors (nvinject, natit, nvkush) don't work anymore. I used the 9f23 installer to get video working on 7800gtx. Would this work on the 9800gtx+ as well? The best video card to buy *if you want less hassle* is the 8800 GTS. Hmm, brand new the GTS is a bit out of my budget, but I could get the 8800GT... I'll try to hunt down some second hand 8800GT* cards locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Yes GT will work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai920 Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 I ended up getting a 9800GTX+. I didn't reinstall any drivers or kexts... it still recognizes my card as a 7800GTX 256MB QE/CI still work. Is it okay to continue as is (i.e. no hardware damage to the card)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I would say it's okay, I don't think the drivers could overclock the card or something like that by themselves. But you are not getting the full benefit of your new hardware - it must be using the rendering engine for the 7800 card if it's recognized as one. I don't know if it makes much of a difference though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighterhawk Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 do ati cards work on osx86? because I have my eye on the ati 4850HD series... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aitikin Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Last I checked the 4xxx series of Radeons is not supported yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 With 10.5.5 it gets even more complicated because injectors (nvinject, natit, nvkush) don't work anymore. /edit - there's a new Injector called NVDarwin that works with 10.5.5 - I'm using it right now. The best video card to buy *if you want less hassle* is the 8800 GTS. Thanks for pointing these issues out. Does EFIStudio work with 10.5.5 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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