stantemo Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Just got the UT3 demo Realized I need a new gfx-card. Since I primarily run osx86 I dont want to loose the stability I've got with my current rig. So I turn to you gurus for some guidance in this djungle of performance/compability. My current card is a Sapphire x1900gt. Got it fully working (I think). I testet the Halo 2 demo and it worked perfectly. Since gaming in osx doesn't matter, the performance of games in osx isn't primarily. What I'm looking for is a DX10 card that is fully compatible (CI/QE, dual screen etc.) with osx86 and has great game performance in Windows Vista. got a Asus P5B Premium MB. It has crossfire support. So basically what im looking for is: dx10-card stability in osx (CI/QE, dual monitor support.) game performance in vista preferably a gfx card with same fittings for the fan as my x1900gt. There for i can use my watercooling block with the new card. I currently got a EK-FCX1900 block (yes i know it suck buying a full cover block. this is my first watercooling rig). price range: $0-$450 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66290-best-dx10-card-for-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 . . . So basically what im looking for is:dx10-card stability in osx (CI/QE, dual monitor support.) game performance in vista preferably a gfx card with same fittings for the fan as my x1900gt. There for i can use my watercooling block with the new card. I currently got a EK-FCX1900 block (yes i know it suck buying a full cover block. this is my first watercooling rig). price range: $0-$450 . . . you're asking quite a lot. I don't think there's any chance whatsoever of finding a DX10.x vid-accelerator that'll accept your nice EK waterblock - I speak as a longterm 'investor' in the products of the waterblock industry. AFAIK the AMD/ATI R600~RV670 family [in practical terms right now, the HD 2600] is likeliest to be fully supported in OSX86 - see netkas' blog Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66290-best-dx10-card-for-osx86/#findComment-469962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stantemo Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 shoarthing>> thank you for your reply. great help. I gues my demands is a bit unrealistic. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66290-best-dx10-card-for-osx86/#findComment-469976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 shoarthing>> thank you for your reply. great help. I gues my demands is a bit unrealistic. . . am going through approx the same buying-a-new-watercooled-vidcard process [tho' I couldn't care less about DX10 support]: it looks as if it would be sensible to wait until late November - by that time the Leopard-dust should have settled; & the next crop of smaller-proceess/higher spec vid-cards should have been announced. . . . the power-consumption of the present generation of DX10.x cards is just plain silly [per realworld performance], so I really would suggest holding back a bit longer . . plus of course we'll then see what the OSX86 devs/hackers kindly give us all in well-supported vid-cards in Leopard. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66290-best-dx10-card-for-osx86/#findComment-469991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stantemo Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 didn't think of all that. just got so excited about UT3 that i forgat all about Loepard. Ill probalby just wait santa clause to bring me som nice gifts then Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66290-best-dx10-card-for-osx86/#findComment-470314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizbot Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Shoarthing posted what I was going to say: new nvidia chips in october/november, leopard compatibility to be seen in a couple weeks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66290-best-dx10-card-for-osx86/#findComment-470335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenle Z. Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 they got the 8800 working Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66290-best-dx10-card-for-osx86/#findComment-470337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 8800, the only one Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66290-best-dx10-card-for-osx86/#findComment-470361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Can anyone with a new iMac run this demo using bootcamp with XP/Vista and tell us how bad it is? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66290-best-dx10-card-for-osx86/#findComment-470398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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