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 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 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 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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