RyanMerritt Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hey, I am wanting to build a gaming system that will run Retail Mac OSX with retail mac updates. I am wanting the best video card I can get working with it I play a lot of video cards and my Mac Book Pro just is not giving me the frame rates that I need. Was kind of looking for a Core 2 Duo or Quad Core based system. I was hoping someone here has built a performance based system with retail install and can shed some light on the situation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154336-gaming-system/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Currently the 9800GTX+. Snow Leopard will probably add ATI 4870/4850 support, and GTX 260/280 but we don't have them in Leopard currently. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154336-gaming-system/#findComment-1087846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Heres a I7 setup GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $199.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128375 everything works in Leopard and it overclocks an 920 to 4GHZ easy Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Retail $289.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115202 It overclocks like a dream 4ghz with an aftermarket cooler CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $149.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145220 these are the best memorys for overclocking I7 atleast for me 9800GTX+ video card -$139.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate - Works great with OS X after installing the Nvidia 9xxx series video drivers and adding the EFI strings for it. Both CI and QE work perfectly. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814143166 500 GB Western Digital SATA Hard drive - $64.99 - Plenty of space and pretty cheap too. SATA interface so there won't be any OS X issues. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136073 Samsung 22x DVDRW drive - $24.99 - Works perfectly and has a SATA interface. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827151171 Antec NSK4480B ATX case with 380 watt PSU - $74.99 - Plenty of room and includes a great power supply. Should run quiet and cool. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811129032 = $962 give or take + shipping Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154336-gaming-system/#findComment-1087947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMerritt Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks a log guys so this 9800GTX+ should work pretty good with out any problems? This is the card I was hoping to get. Any suggestions on a board for Core 2 Duo that will work out of the box with Retail OS X? Thanks a lot guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154336-gaming-system/#findComment-1088768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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