gnychis Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I currently have an nVidia GeForce 6600 card with Lion (and had it with SL), and I cannot get it to work in 64-bit mode. I can only use it in 32-bit mode, or else I get a kernel panic. It's also old which makes animations extremely slow. So, I am looking to replace it. I'd like the video card to have absolutely smooth video for normal application use (no gaming). Switching desktops, launch pad, etc... should all be smooth. Are there any good and widely supported video cards for me to achieve this for <$100 ? I have a PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266224-video-card-suggestion-for-lion-working-with-64-bit-kernel/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 look here OSX86 Wiki ! IMHO, AMD 5870 is a good choice for you and works oob good luck CooSee ' Ya Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266224-video-card-suggestion-for-lion-working-with-64-bit-kernel/#findComment-1738681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnychis Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 look here OSX86 Wiki ! IMHO, AMD 5870 is a good choice for you and works oob good luck CooSee ' Ya thanks for the suggestion and wiki link! unfortunately that card blows my budget out of the water, but i'll look at the wiki also Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266224-video-card-suggestion-for-lion-working-with-64-bit-kernel/#findComment-1738700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 o.k., now i see can't say anything about prizes, because i live in europe. CooSee ' Ya Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266224-video-card-suggestion-for-lion-working-with-64-bit-kernel/#findComment-1738707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnychis Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 I ended up purchasing this card: MSI R5670-PD512 Radeon HD 5670 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 It has worked out flawlessly. Required no hacking at all, worked straight out of the box and is extremely smooth with Lion Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266224-video-card-suggestion-for-lion-working-with-64-bit-kernel/#findComment-1740159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badaboum03 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I ended up purchasing this card: MSI R5670-PD512 Radeon HD 5670 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 It has worked out flawlessly. Required no hacking at all, worked straight out of the box and is extremely smooth with Lion Do you think that Asus Radeon HD5670 1GB GDDR5 will work ? thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266224-video-card-suggestion-for-lion-working-with-64-bit-kernel/#findComment-1740276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnychis Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 Do you think that Asus Radeon HD5670 1GB GDDR5 will work ?thanks I'm pretty sure it would, it seems like what matters most is that the chipset (HD 5670) is supported. My card doesn't show up as MSI or anything, it simply shows up as ATI 5670 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266224-video-card-suggestion-for-lion-working-with-64-bit-kernel/#findComment-1740857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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