ronsharikahn Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 I am fed up with the nvidia driver issues and am looking to replace my GTX-950 with an ATI Radeon based card that can be used almost out of the box with Sierra and hopefully High Sierra. I'll be using the graphics cards primarily for photography-based apps (Lightroom and photoshop) as well as very light video editing, so support for two monitors are important. I am not into gaming. Any suggestions? Ron Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326165-suggestions-for-a-vanilla-ati-radeon-graphics-card/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberdevs Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I am fed up with the nvidia driver issues and am looking to replace my GTX-950 with an ATI Radeon based card that can be used almost out of the box with Sierra and hopefully High Sierra. I'll be using the graphics cards primarily for photography-based apps (Lightroom and photoshop) as well as very light video editing, so support for two monitors are important. I am not into gaming. Any suggestions? Ron Hi Ron, Your best options are R9 270X and R9 280X cards if you can find them. These two cards work OOB (Except for XFX cards it seems they are not so easy to use on hacks) without the need of any kext modification. For having two displays working you might need to create a custom framebuffer though. There is a new way to avoid the black screen issue by using Lilu.kext v1.1.6 and WhateverGreen.kext v1.0.3 which work pretty good with almost all versions of AMD GPU's including the RX Series and the support for of 2 displays without the need to do anything special. I tested those kexts on my R9 270X and it works fine with two displays without any ATI/AMD injection or framebuffer modification. There is also a new generation of AMD GPU's called Vega (as you might heard of) and they seem to work OOB without any issues. (That's what I've heard I haven't tested them yet myself). For more info you can look: WhateverGreen Support, AMD Polaris and Modification of AMD FrameBuffer. Good Luck 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326165-suggestions-for-a-vanilla-ati-radeon-graphics-card/#findComment-2478749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loloflat6 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Hi Ron, In addition to ciberdevs reply, Radeon rx 460 works on High Sierra using Lilu.kext v1.1.6 and WhateverGreen.kext v1.0.3. Have a nice day. 3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326165-suggestions-for-a-vanilla-ati-radeon-graphics-card/#findComment-2478769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronsharikahn Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Out of complete ignorance, how does it compare to the Gigabyte radeon RX 550? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326165-suggestions-for-a-vanilla-ati-radeon-graphics-card/#findComment-2478836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberdevs Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Out of complete ignorance, how does it compare to the Gigabyte radeon RX 550? check this out: http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-RX-550-vs-Radeon-RX-460 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326165-suggestions-for-a-vanilla-ati-radeon-graphics-card/#findComment-2478841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loloflat6 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Take a look here for complete benchmark report : rx 460 have higher score : - Average user bench : + 30 % - Peak overclocked : + 34 % http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-RX-550-vs-AMD-RX-460/3925vs3641 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326165-suggestions-for-a-vanilla-ati-radeon-graphics-card/#findComment-2478877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronsharikahn Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Thank you both for the suggestions. I went out and purchased the gigabyte RX 460; hopefully it will be more forgiving than my nvidia with its drivers! Ron Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326165-suggestions-for-a-vanilla-ati-radeon-graphics-card/#findComment-2479513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberdevs Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Thank you both for the suggestions. I went out and purchased the gigabyte RX 460; hopefully it will be more forgiving than my nvidia with its drivers! Ron Anytime Good luck with your hack Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326165-suggestions-for-a-vanilla-ati-radeon-graphics-card/#findComment-2479528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loloflat6 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Anytime Good luck with your hack Good build and good hack too ron ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/326165-suggestions-for-a-vanilla-ati-radeon-graphics-card/#findComment-2479594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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