need a simple graphic card that is easy to install

[Anonomys1991]

XCLIO Windtunnel ATX Full Tower

GIGABYTE GA-P43-ES3G Motherboard

INTEL Core 2 Quad Yorkfield Q8300

MUSHKIN ENHANCED Silverline 4GB DDR2 800

WESTERN DIGITAL AV-GP WD5000AVDS 500GB Hard Drive

LG DVD/CD Burner

OCZ ModXSream PRO OCZ600MXSP 600W ATX12V

 

this is my system so far and i need a graphics card for it i dont need anything great but i would like something to just get the job done and not lag with normal everyday use as this is a recording studio computer so graphics are not a huge deal it wont affect my computer bc im not a gamer i dont edit photos or video

 

 

oh btw ill be installing hazard 10.6.2 and updating to 10.6.4 so recommend a card guys! all recommendations will be appreciated

[neil43]

An drop dead easy card to bring up in a hack is a GeForce 8400 GS and has support. These are available from several manufactures and are relatively inexpensive. Good performance in everything but intensive graphics.

 

neil

[Anonomys1991]

out of the thousand people veiwing this and the fourty people who viewed my post nobody is nice enough to help?

[neil43]

I think that you need be aware of the world around you. At this moment, only 46 people have viewed your thread and I responded.

 

From my experience the nVidia 8xxx and 9xxx series cards work well and are easy to install when using vanilla install of Snow Leopard using common install guides. If you want a recommendation, I would advise using TonyMacX86 [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].

 

neil

[IrishEyes]

I've not been able to get the 8400GS to work, despite many hours of effort. It works in basic SVGA but when I enable graphics (GraphicsENabler=yes) or use NVinject I just get a black screen, I can get at file shares but cannot screen share. I've pretty much given up.

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1487065

[Anonomys1991]

sorry for my frustration guys i have had nothing but bad experiences on this site thank you for helping

 

atm i dont know if i boot would support my build if anybody could tell me if it would i think the core 2 quad is not supported and the p43 is not either so ill be using hazard 10.6.2

 

if somebody could recommend a graphics card that would nice

[MaLd0n]

Nvidia 9500 512MB / 128 Bit

cost benefit

[Anonomys1991]

MaLd0n is this the one your talking about?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...0-459-_-Product

[Gen0]

Dunno where MaLd0n went, but yes that would be a 9500GT.

 

Seems a bit too gamer for what your looking for. You just want a card with QE/CI as Logic 9 needs it to install. I recommend the 8400GS or 9400GT but its really a bad time to ask in the osx86 world as the newest snow leopards keep faffing around with QE/CI support.

 

Take me for example, I bought a 7300GT, which was the card on many genuine macs of old. It ran Logic on leopard fine, but I cant even install logic on snow atm because I have a 10.6.2 retail disk and 10.6.2 has the gremlins with 7 series cards, even though that's the same model that's in a mac!

[IrishEyes]

Finally got the 8400GS working! I found this on another forum:

 

"i have this card working on my system, with full graphics. first, i used NVEnabler64.kext for snow leopard (google @ kexts.com if u dont find it)

then, i deleted the nvenabler kext, reparired the permissions.

right click on osx86tools.app (if u dont have it, google)> show package contents> resources> u will find a nvidia 8400gs 512 me hex file. open it using text edit, copy the contents. (or u could do it the wasy way, which wasnt available to me)

 

open ur com.apple.boot.plist, and insert it somewhere it between- it should have a </string> line above, <key> line below.

<key>device-properties</key>

<string>*paste that hex file contents here*</string>

 

that must work. it did work for me!"

 

And it worked for me too!

 

No I need to get my audio running...

[Anonomys1991]

Gen0 thank you so much that is perfect are you using this card and if so how efficient and long lasting is this card?

[PGHammer]

An drop dead easy card to bring up in a hack is a GeForce 8400 GS and has support. These are available from several manufactures and are relatively inexpensive. Good performance in everything but intensive graphics.

 

neil

 

I'm leaning toward (don't laugh) the GT430. A bit better performance in intensive graphics (it's a descendant of Fermi), includes 1 GB of onboard RAM, uses no external power, and is priced just above the 8400GS. (For me, the deal-closer is the non-use of external power; because I do a complete shutdown and restart when switching between Windows and OS X (audio dictates the shutdown, as I have an X-Fi XtremeGamer that isn't supported in SL), swapping graphics cards is no real big thing, as long as I don't have to play Musical Molexes.) I have not used an nV DX11-based GPU before (my HD5450 supports DX11) and I am used to AMD graphical horsepower (and having to completely clean out Windows is not something I want to do, now that I have it how I like it), therefore, I have no plans on using the GT430 in the Windows side of things.

[safwanc]

I was in a similar position recently, I just wanted a card that I could plug in and boot up without having to worry about trying to get it up and running. i also wanted something that would work for basic day-to-day use without lagging (so QE/CI working). I picked up an EVGA GT 240 for a pretty good price, plugged it in and it works on 10.6.4 with simply 'GraphicsEnabler=Yes'.