audrys Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I am looking to buy a new Nvidia PCIe graphics card that works very well out of the box I am only interested in all mac features like QE ..., Dual DVI, dvd basically a card that has no issues with any OSx86 built and I am looking in from $200 to $300 range thank you, your opinions and suggestions really mean a lot to me . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Get the fastest 7-series 256mb nVidia card that you can get. They all seem to work well. 512mb cards don't work. 7900GT? Check out this link at newegg: Categories > Video Cards & Video Devices > Video Cards (x) > Chipset Manufacturer : NVIDIA (x) > Price : $200 - $300 (x) > Memory Size : 256MB (x) > GPU : GeForce 7 series (x) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audrys Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 Get the fastest 7-series 256mb nVidia card that you can get. They all seem to work well. 512mb cards don't work. 7900GT? Check out this link at newegg: Categories > Video Cards & Video Devices > Video Cards (x) > Chipset Manufacturer : NVIDIA (x) > Price : $200 - $300 (x) > Memory Size : 256MB (x) > GPU : GeForce 7 series (x) which one: GT, GTX, or GS also non of the 7 series support DX10, it would be kinda nice to have that (optional ) since I play games in Vista Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kle500 Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 As far as i know, non 8 series that support DX10 are working with hacks. On the 7 series, the best is GTX followed by GT followed by GS. Regards Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Get the 7900GT. It's not all that expensive anymore and it will work well. I haven't read any success stories with the 8 series yet, specially since they have more thatn 256MB of Ram. Another way would be to buy a cheaper card (GS, for example) until OSX86 supports the 8 series. hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintom Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 GS series are very weak... especialy the 7600 GS which is {censored} ! The 7900 GT seems to be a very good compromise. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kle500 Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 GS series are very weak... especialy the 7600 GS which is {censored} ! The 7900 GT seems to be a very good compromise. Have you try the 7600GS series? It's the first time someone mentions that GS is {censored} compared to 7600GT. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 7600GT is faster. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audrys Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 7600GT is faster. what about 7900GT? does it work out of the box with all the mac goodies and dual DVI ?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I was replying to kle500 in my previous post. 7900GT is > 7600 GT >7600GS. It certainly works 100%, I am 99% sure with dual-dvi. (mine does, others0, 7600 and 7900 cards working dual-screen) Check out the wiki - > HCL Wiki 10.4.8 #nVidia As you see, many cards working 100% Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 what about 7900GT? does it work out of the box with all the mac goodies and dual DVI ?? I have a XFX 7900GT. It works absolutely fine and the benchmarks are good too: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry455728 I haven't tried dual DVI. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintom Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Have you try the 7600GS series?It's the first time someone mentions that GS is {censored} compared to 7600GT. Sure I did ! I had a XFX 7600GS fanless. What's the problem ? You might be misunderstanding that GS<GT<GTX. No problem. Cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audrys Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 you guys are awesome, thanks for all your input. I came to this card and thinking of adding to shopping cart this weekend what do you think of MSI? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814127218 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-458871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 you guys are awesome, thanks for all your input. I came to this card and thinking of adding to shopping cart this weekend what do you think of MSI? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814127218 Did you read the reviews there? They don't seem to suggest much reliability. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-459015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audrys Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Did you read the reviews there? They don't seem to suggest much reliability. hi Alessandro17, I read every review and all the 7 series cards have horrible reviews, I don't even know what to pick, maybe I should look at ATI x series cards, can you make a suggestion. I really like to get a card that I can whip any game in Windows and still enjoy all the OS X features and of cource I don't want to spent hours patching the driver. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-459214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 hi Alessandro17, I read every review and all the 7 series cards have horrible reviews, I don't even know what to pick, maybe I should look at ATI x series cards, can you make a suggestion. I really like to get a card that I can whip any game in Windows and still enjoy all the OS X features and of cource I don't want to spent hours patching the driver. I believe the XFX cards should be decent. It is what most people in this forum, including myself, use. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-459252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooly Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Wow! Excellent. I was trying to get Mac. But, Now I am planning for Quad Core 6600. I was worried to go for ATI cards. Now i can go for Quad Core... Can any one let me know how this spec will help me for both mac & Windows ... Intel Quad Core 6600 Intel 975 Board / 2GB RAM (800 FSB )/ Nvidia 7900GS Graphics Card. 160GB + 80GB Seagate SATA Hard drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-459470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Wow! Excellent. I was trying to get Mac. But, Now I am planning for Quad Core 6600. I was worried to go for ATI cards. Now i can go for Quad Core... Can any one let me know how this spec will help me for both mac & Windows ... Intel Quad Core 6600 Intel 975 Board / 2GB RAM (800 FSB )/ Nvidia 7900GS Graphics Card. 160GB + 80GB Seagate SATA Hard drive They look like great specs. Is the mobo the D975XBX2 (Bad Axe 2)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-459496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooly Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Sorry, I am not much aware of Bad Axe 2. I am thinking of Original Intel D975XBX2. And one more quick info needed. Will leopard work on this spec. ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-459619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Sorry, I am not much aware of Bad Axe 2. I am thinking of Original Intel D975XBX2. And one more quick info needed. Will leopard work on this spec. ? D975XBX2=Bad Axe 2 Yes. Leopard should work without problems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-459627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audrys Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 D975XBX2=Bad Axe 2Yes. Leopard should work without problems. I have D955XBK INtel and I can't install Leopard. For some reason my instalation never goes thru. it starts ok and than down the middle it gives me a message that I should restart the installation. My system is completely Intel expect for video card I have: Intel D955XBK Intel P D 3.4 Intel chipset 4 GB DDR2 667 RAM Seagate SATA 3 40GB - OS X ATI FireGL v7100 Series - struggling with it and just recently replaced ATI to Nvidia PNY 7300GT crapiest and the cheapest card I could find in the store, so I have all the QE, Rotations, resolutions etc etc but system still kinda slugish for some reason. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-460859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I have D955XBK INtel and I can't install Leopard. For some reason my instalation never goes thru. it starts ok and than down the middle it gives me a message that I should restart the installation. My system is completely Intel expect for video card I have: Intel D955XBK Intel P D 3.4 Intel chipset 4 GB DDR2 667 RAM Seagate SATA 3 40GB - OS X ATI FireGL v7100 Series - struggling with it and just recently replaced ATI to Nvidia PNY 7300GT crapiest and the cheapest card I could find in the store, so I have all the QE, Rotations, resolutions etc etc but system still kinda slugish for some reason. 2 points: 1)I don't know how OS X compatible is the D955XBK. 2)Where did you find a hacked Leopard? Because only a hacked one will work, of course. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-461003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audrys Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 2 points: 1)I don't know how OS X compatible is the D955XBK. 2)Where did you find a hacked Leopard? Because only a hacked one will work, of course. I tried i nstalling KalyWay Leopard and no go on my system Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-461408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 I tried i nstalling KalyWay Leopard and no go on my system I see. I must admit it is the first time I hear of it. As to it not working on your system, it is still very early days. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-461836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audrys Posted October 3, 2007 Author Share Posted October 3, 2007 so I ended up buying {censored} $80 from BestBuy a PNY 7300 GT card that worked out of the box with titan driver, I have everything I need QE, rotations, resolutions etc etc and I get 107 on xbench, the problem I am facing now is that this card is so crappy that I can't even play BF2 in Vista so I am still looking but this time high performance card. what is the high end card supported by OSx86 project? money is not an issue? looking for one that I can enjoy Vista, Linux or OS X with at least 512MB of RAm or above. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/64734-nvidia-graphics-cards-out-of-the-box/#findComment-462302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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