plipli Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Hello, As my old ATI 4350 graphic card is pretty obsolete (and makes games crash), I am looking for a new one. My budget is about 100€ (120$) , I am using Lion 10.7.3. I wish to keep this future card as long as I can (Mountain Lion compatibility?). If the card is passive (no fan) I can invest more What are your advices? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278714-best-graphic-card-for-120/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 5770 dual slot reference design 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278714-best-graphic-card-for-120/#findComment-1817980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3L4UGH1NGM4N Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Also do yourself a favor and don't get a passive card since there are cases when some gpus will run at full blast at all times and wouldn't want that with a passive cooling card. My general rule of thumb when trying to go for longevity like that is to skip at least one gen. AMD is at the 7xxx now so I'd suggest if you can go 6xxx as i did from a 485O. I just honestly don't see the point in going from a 4xxx card to a Juniper or Cypress card when there are already traces of the 7xxx cards in ML. I'd suggest you save up a little more because Apple tends to kill stuff off [legacy products] without notice so just to be in a safe spot I'd go 6xxx if your budget allows. the 5xxx cards are still existent in ML likewise the 4xxx but it's always good to do a good future proof purchase. [also I just noticed this is in the nVidia section o.o ] Just my two cents of course. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278714-best-graphic-card-for-120/#findComment-1817982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
plipli Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 Thank you for your answers, I posted in the Nvidia section because I thought ATI cards were outdated but this is maybe one of my mistake, I am not aware of the market. I looked for the 6670, but I found some topics explaining you had to flash it to 5770 to make it work, which model of 6xxx are you advising me? Is there a topic I can read to learn how to use new graphic cards? (I am currently using a special kext for my 4350, maybe the osx86 world evolved and there are new things to be aware of). Here is an "ordered by price" list of products I can pick : http://www.ldlc.com/informatique/piece/carte-graphique-interne/c4684/p1e48t3o0a1+fv121-7169,7170,7171,7229,7231,7138,6806,6807,6902,7759,7746,7778,7729,7687.html Thanks again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278714-best-graphic-card-for-120/#findComment-1818003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3L4UGH1NGM4N Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 You're welcome and I'd avoid having to go down the flashing another rom to your gpu. I'd say the 6850 if you can get it literally works out of the box and there's multiple threads in the ati section that helps you on getting it up and running. I personally wouldn't mind helping you to get it running because it's really an easy card to get working as others have said and I myself am running a 6870 which took about 5 mins of my time to get all ports working. The site you linked me to they sell their cards on the pricey side I've noticed seeing the 687O running for quite a lot. It's up to you in the end though but I'm just suggesting you put your money into something that you know would give you less headaches than another. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278714-best-graphic-card-for-120/#findComment-1818074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Donker Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 NO you better take a nVidia GTX550 ti 3GB from Club 3D. Or one from Asus with OC. Really good performance and Plug and Play in OSX and Windows Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278714-best-graphic-card-for-120/#findComment-1818215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanner Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 GTX 560 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278714-best-graphic-card-for-120/#findComment-1818454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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