legendariske_harehjort Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Hi, Why is this board often recommended? D975XBX2 (Bad Axe) As far as I can tell it needs patching, does not have on board video, and is much more expensive than other boards with those features? What an I missing? (I'm looking for a stable board likely to work with 10.4 -> 1.6) Thank you, Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72395-d975xbx2-bad-axe-come-again/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Hi, Why is this board often recommended? D975XBX2 (Bad Axe) As far as I can tell it needs patching, does not have on board video, and is much more expensive than other boards with those features? What an I missing? (I'm looking for a stable board likely to work with 10.4 -> 1.6) Thank you, . . this mobo & the Asus P5WDH are popular & well-proven for Linux/OSX86; & because they are 'clocker's boards are stable by design. The Asus will work with 45nm C2Ds with the latest firmware, & for all I know the Intel will too. . . they'll last till the EOL of s775, so 'nuff said. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72395-d975xbx2-bad-axe-come-again/#findComment-512609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntsmkfob Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Hi, Why is this board often recommended? D975XBX2 (Bad Axe) As far as I can tell it needs patching, does not have on board video, and is much more expensive than other boards with those features? What an I missing? (I'm looking for a stable board likely to work with 10.4 -> 1.6) Thank you, With a GeForce 7600GS or GT and the IDE set to AHCI, the only patch needed is sound (you only get 2 chan out). Everything else works straight out of the box for Leopard. It runs EFI with vanilla kernel, so future updates are likely to be easy. And it overclocks well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72395-d975xbx2-bad-axe-come-again/#findComment-512619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendariske_harehjort Posted November 20, 2007 Author Share Posted November 20, 2007 Thank you for the reply Shoarthing,So it is "just" a good card, and not recommended for OSX compatibility?For compatibility, a cheaper mobo may be better?Thank you,waltherntsmkfob,Thank you for the reply, your reply came before my reply, so I was replying to the first reply, thx again for the reply,... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72395-d975xbx2-bad-axe-come-again/#findComment-512624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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