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This is possibly a silly question, and a luxury question...

 

I am about to build my first hackintosh,

 

so after a few weeks of research on this forum

i purchased a badaxe 2 mobo, and a intel e6600 cpu,

from before i had 2 gb corsair ram and a xfx 7900 gt 256mb ram grafic card

 

plus my beloved dell 3007 30" monitor :P

 

before i start building, i am wondering if i can get 2560x1600 resolution supported?

been reading a few different perspectives, so i am a little confused..

 

i am just trying to remove as much troubleshooting as i can,

 

thank you

 

z4t0

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I don't have a 30" monitor to test on (well, I have a 43" DLP, but it's only 1280x720 lol), but so far I haven't found a resolution that isn't supported. My hackintosh shows all the same resolutions for my monitor that my PowerBook did. At first you will be at 1024x768, but once you get drivers for the 7900GT installed, my guess is everything will be fine.

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thanks sarahbau,

 

that is what i wish to hear,

 

i guess i will just have to go slowly ahead,

 

and learn as i go,

 

really looking forward to get this show on the road :P

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hello !

 

 

i have 2 ACER AL2216W (witch are 1680 / 1050 normaly...), connected to a 7600 gt nvidia with natit dual screen...

 

in france : 300$ each display...

 

it's simply magic...

 

and with the SwitchResX, you can allocate 1920 / 1200 on each (only on 60 hz)

you can install SwitchResX, configure your screen, reboot, select the res for each display,

and remove SwitchResX : the customized res still on the pref panel...

 

hope this help you...

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  • 2 weeks later...

well i just built my first hackint0sh :)

 

and all i needed to do was use Diaboliks 10.4.9 NVidia Installer

and now all seems to be working sweet

the grafic card is supporting 2560x1600

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  • 2 years later...
the only reason i am using the onboard gma950 is because my 8800gtx is not supported by apple YET. visit the wiki to see the list of supported pci-express graphics cards. i saw a 7800gt running on an osx86 pentium D box really well.... and pushing a 30-inch dell at 2560x1600.

(From another forum)

 

Which PCIe / PCI Express / PCI X card (s) have driver support for 2560 x 1600 resolution on a Leopard or Snow Leopard?

 

Which PCIe / PCI Express / PCI X card (s) have driver support for 2560 x 1600 resolution on a Leopard or Snow Leopard?

 

It could be any brand. NVidia, ATI or other.

 

Preferably it can fit an Advanced Dock for T61.

As I understand it, I will need a full-height, half-length PCIe video card.

 

Please advise.

 

Thanks.

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