Guest Ramm Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 So I just bought a new video card to complete my OS X installation... Now what? Everything is working perfectly, I feel there is nothing left to do. I could of course try an upgrade, but I don't want to risk it... Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 I'm searching eBay as we speak (well almost) to see if I can find a Firewire 800 card that will be compatible with my OSX86. We can start all over again when Leopard arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 IF Leopard arrives. Maybe one of those "top secrets" is the fact that x86 users can't ever use it. Maybe I should start making programs or something. That should suck up most of my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 You could just start using it. lol. That's what I do. I just got everything working, and wanted to make sure everything worked normally. Now that I know that it can be used as my main computer, I'm selling my PowerBook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustBrowsing Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Too bad notebook users can upgrade their video card :'( .... OSx86 works just fine on my desktop -- just like a full fledged Mac... aside for the rough "static" noise that comes out the speakers when I shutdown. I'm trying to get OSx86 installed on my laptop; a much harder task ... atleast I can see a glimmer of hope of possibly getting QE/CI working on my NVidia card. I'm probably going to pick up a cheap $20 Broadcom wireless card so I can atleast get wireless working on the laptop. All I really need is display, wireless and sound and that's really it.... I hardly ever use ethernet or modem or anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OcciJano Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Me too, my old Mac is a PowerMac G3 400mhz. It's a very good one but... it's painfully slow against my new Hackintosh CoreDuo 3.4. I felt so tired after all the things I had to do, to make it everything work perfect. I'm proud about this hackintosh, it feels very, very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preskush Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 BJ Moose: I think any firewire800 card will work well with OSx86. I'm personally using one with a texas instruments chip via PCI and my hackintosh didn't even hiccup about recognizing it. It just adds your FW800 devices nicely into the system profiler along with your FW400 ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Yeah, after the nVidia ROM fix came out, OS X installed just as it would on a real Mac. No problems, no trips into the terminal, nothing. I now use OS X as my primary OS and Windows sits quietly in the corner of a hard drive, collecting dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu.Walker Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 I can't wait until Leopard comes out. Nothing beats the thrill of the unknown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 I now use OS X as my primary OS and Windows sits quietly in the corner of a hard drive, collecting dust.Yeah and if it's Vista: "Dust particle requires permission to land: cancel or allow?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbierxn Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 I'm in the same boat. I had a great system running 10.4.8, but my displays wouldn't sleep without hanging my system. I used to come to this forum about twice a day to look for a fix. After I upgraded to 10.4.9 (fresh install actually) everything worked flawlessly. I seriously have a 100% fully functioning mac and I love it. I'm curious to see what happens with the leopard release, but honestly, for getting work done - my system has it all. EDIT: I don't even have a secondary OS on my box. OSX is it. I'm that confident in my hackintosh's ability to perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waradmin Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 I have installed OS X86 going on 15 times now, from when it was first released to now. I install it, use it for a bit, then delete it, and a few weeks later want it back. I only have a 80GB HD on my laptop, and that space fills up right away so I can't afford to have OS X installed all the time. While I would like to, being a college student and Computer Science major, I need Visual Studio for my classes. I plan to reinstall OS X for the 16th time in a week when school is done and exams are over. However what keeps me from being completely satisfied with my system is the fact that I don't get sound and need to use a Wireless USB dongle because onboard doesn't work. I had a iBook which was good, but I also had to use a USB dongle for it as well as my airport card went bad. If there were a fix for the Dell 1505 wireless and audio, I would be all over OS X86 once more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reghost Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 OVERCLOCK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 I have installed OS X86 going on 15 times now, from when it was first released to now. I install it, use it for a bit, then delete it, and a few weeks later want it back. I only have a 80GB HD on my laptop, and that space fills up right away so I can't afford to have OS X installed all the time. While I would like to, being a college student and Computer Science major, I need Visual Studio for my classes. Can't get away with Xcode? Unless your school is requiring the use of MFC classes or something Windows specific, I found Xcode easily would have worked for all my Java, C, C++ classes I had when at university. Looking forward to Xode 3.0 with 10.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Visual Studio running in parrallels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Thankfully my school is mostly Linux and Solaris, so I don't have to use Visual Studio, but like Kiko said, just run it in Parallels if you can't use XCode for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovemberZulu AVMS Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I ve installed it from two DVDs. 10.4.5 (WRONG !)and 104.8+update to 9 (RIGHT!) Well, for me is the dead of Guindous (Which is the argentine phonetics for Wndows) NO MORE. please, I cant believe I ve spent almost 15 years of my life using windows from Windows 2 to Vista. Maybe I miss 98 SE, but just 4 seconds. Make 5 seconds for Win2k. The notebook, a Core 2 Duo 2 Ghz, 2 Gb Ram, 1 SATA 160 1 USB 450 and 1 Firewire 80 Gb, Two monitors but no dual monitor (Only one works, and that is the main regret. Working thru Realtek Ethernet connected to a Router Linksys coonverted to CLient Bridge (Ok, yes... I am stealing Wifi with the router and a parabollic antenna. Cant get a connection since I have problems with nationality) WiFi Internal and USB Wifi (2 Linksys and 1 Belkin) isnt working at all, Have windows installed via Parallel Desktop (the coherence option rocks, but since I am not in a mac but a hackintosh, I cant run Boot Camp since it doesnt recognize the Mac native Rom Boot.) so I dont have to deal with things I only know how to do in x86. Audio card is a Realtek HD which at last works, but right now I am working with a Tascam FW 1082 via Firewire and that rocks... Sound begin noisy but... maybe is sort of a precharge signal, so no big deal. Have to try multitrack and real time FX for recording and it will be heaven. Keyb and mice are Bluetooth running directly from USB Legacy, but I have to use 2 usb bluetooth devices, one for the keyb and mice (the original from logitech, which is the solely recognized from legacy), and a Linksys which is the one that connect the GPS, the cellphone, the Palm Lifedrive and who knows what else. The PCMCIA firewire and USB and the PCMCIA 3Com Lan card bus and the SD card bus are non existant at all and I guess that they never will since pcmcia arent part of MAC technology as far as I know. Damn, It runs smooth as a virgin's ass, after all. And I never saw a mac near 25 metres before my Hackintosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellius Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Me too, my old Mac is a PowerMac G3 400mhz. It's a very good one but... it's painfully slow against my new Hackintosh CoreDuo 3.4. I felt so tired after all the things I had to do, to make it everything work perfect. I'm proud about this hackintosh, it feels very, very fast. I am thinking about a new computer and I still can't decide wether is it gonna be an iMac or a PC ? Do you think that enough powerfull PC can run OS X as fast as an iMac ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashaund Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I am thinking about a new computer and I still can't decide wether is it gonna be an iMac or a PC ? Do you think that enough powerfull PC can run OS X as fast as an iMac ? Are you kidding? Looks at the specs of the latest iMac and look at the specs of a current PC computer. One thing about Macs is that they're pricey for performance per dollar when you compare them with PCs. I'm running an AMD Athon 64 3400+ on a Biostar NF325-A7 motherboard (1 GB RAM)and an nVidia Geforce 6600GT video card. This machine FLYS! Right now Newegg has a deal where you can get a Athlon 3400+ chip and a Foxconn motherboard for $69. Granted, I don't know how compatiblethe motherboard is with OSX86, but you see how cheaply you can build a computer versus buying a new iMac? Invest what you have leftover in a nice LCD monitor and you've got it made (that's what I did, hehe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I am thinking about a new computer and I still can't decide wether is it gonna be an iMac or a PC ? Do you think that enough powerfull PC can run OS X as fast as an iMac ? Definitely. One big advantage of building a PC is you can overclock it. I helped my boyfriend build a new PC and got OS X running on it. He bought a new E6320, which is only 1.86GHz stock, and got it up to 3.0GHz, which is quite a bit faster than the fastest iMac (scored about 4500 in GeekBench). Of course the PC will require a monitor, more cables, and won't be as quiet as the iMac, but if you can live with that, it's definitely not a bad solution, especially if you already have some components for the PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Sirius Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I do, when I build the entire system, and it`s working as no other. I fell loss and I erase it and start over again the compilation, planing, adjustments and configurations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellius Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Definitely. One big advantage of building a PC is you can overclock it. I helped my boyfriend build a new PC and got OS X running on it. He bought a new E6320, which is only 1.86GHz stock, and got it up to 3.0GHz, which is quite a bit faster than the fastest iMac (scored about 4500 in GeekBench). Of course the PC will require a monitor, more cables, and won't be as quiet as the iMac, but if you can live with that, it's definitely not a bad solution, especially if you already have some components for the PC. 4500 is a pretty good score for a Hackintosh. You never sease to amase me with every next post you post. Can you provide me with more information about the configuration of that PC ? Can you actually use it for something more intensive like playing games under OS X for example ? I have put aside about $2000 for my new computer. I pay most attention to CPU, RAM, and videocard. What components, with respect to compatibilty with OS X is best for me to choose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 4500 is a pretty good score for a Hackintosh. You never sease to amase me with every next post you post. Can you provide me with more information about the configuration of that PC ? Can you actually use it for something more intensive like playing games under OS X for example ? I have put aside about $2000 for my new computer. I pay most attention to CPU, RAM, and videocard. What components, with respect to compatibilty with OS X is best for me to choose ? It has a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard. It works very well, but since it needs 800MHz RAM, we were limited in the amount we could overclock it (his RAM didn't want to do more than about 900MHz). The processor, as I mentioned is the new Core 2 Duo E6320, which is identical to the E6300, except it has all 4MB of cache enabled instead of just 2MB. It has 2GB of DDR2 800 (2x1GB). He only has a Geforce 7600GT, so it's not the top of the line, but it was a good price, and it's still pretty fast. We installed WoW on it, and it ran beautifully at 1440x900, staying at 60 FPS most of the time (I think the Mac version is capped at 60. I've never seen higher. Maybe there is an option I didn't see to let it go higher). The lowest the frame rate got in our short test was when flying through the trees on the way to Stormwind (42 FPS), and all settings were at maximum (you have to restart the game after changing some settings to see the effect). Oops. I just realized I mis-remembered the speed. I looked through the GeekBench results online since we didn't save the result on the computer, and it only got a 4129. Still quite fast. Unfortunately there aren't many 6320 results on their web site to compare it to, so his computer has the four fastest speeds. lol - http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/4574 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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