Building the ultimate (WindowsXP) Gaming Hackintosh

[MyghKaR5b]

Hello All,

 

I am new here, don't own an intel mac (Dual G4 1ghz MDD), so I'm pretty unfamiliar with the whole Mactel scene. I plan on buying two computers in the future. A Macbook pro and a windows gaming box. It would be *nice* if my gaming box could run OSX.

 

1) What is the biggest hurdle for running OSX (smoothly) on x86 hardware? I've heard the TPM mentioned?

 

2) What is the TPM and how do OSx86 installs get around it?

 

3) What's the deal with video cards? Is apple using generic PC GPUs now or are nVidia and ATI still manufacturing hardware specifically for OSX? If so, why?

 

4) What prevents me from buying an nvidio 7900GT and running OSX on it? Drivers?

 

5) I've heard of Macvidia. Is Macvidia trying to write drivers that will allow OSX to use other GPUs for 3D acceleration? If I can't do it now, how about in 6mos or a year?

 

Sorry for all the questions. It would be cool if you guys could drop some knowledge of me Thank you.

[NetBladeZ]

Hello All,

 

I am new here, don't own an intel mac (Dual G4 1ghz MDD), so I'm pretty unfamiliar with the whole Mactel scene. I plan on buying two computers in the future. A Macbook pro and a windows gaming box. It would be *nice* if my gaming box could run OSX.

 

1) What is the biggest hurdle for running OSX (smoothly) on x86 hardware? I've heard the TPM mentioned?

 

TPM is removed from JaS DVDs, Just get em off torrents . Latest being 10.4.8.

 

2) What is the TPM and how do OSx86 installs get around it?

 

From what I think (Correct me if I am wrong guys!), TPM is some chip embedded onto some motherboards used specifically be developers for Apple.

 

3) What's the deal with video cards? Is apple using generic PC GPUs now or are nVidia and ATI still manufacturing hardware specifically for OSX? If so, why?

 

I have a 7900GS and it works just fine on my rig, with all bells and whistles.

 

4) What prevents me from buying an nvidio 7900GT and running OSX on it? Drivers?

 

Titan.Kext (Nov 4th Issue) gives you complete acceleration.

 

5) I've heard of Macvidia. Is Macvidia trying to write drivers that will allow OSX to use other GPUs for 3D acceleration? If I can't do it now, how about in 6mos or a year?

 

They took too long, then again, MacVidia and Titan do communicate with each other.

 

Sorry for all the questions. It would be cool if you guys could drop some knowledge of me Thank you.

 

No Worries Mate, I'm new at it myself My MacInDell runs all my OSX games perfectly.

 

Games Currently Installed On My MacInDell

Halo, Unreal Tournament OSX, Civilization 3, C&C Generals, Arcadrome, Atlantis Sky Patrol, Enigmo 2, Jets'n'Guns, Nanosaur 2, Pangea Arcade, SimCity 4 Deluxe.

 

Applications:

Adobe Creative Suite 2, Aperture 1.5.1, iWorks 06, iLife 06, Macromedia Suite 8, MS Office for Mac 2004

 

Utils:

Safe to say all work, have not found one that does not run.