macgirl Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I am about to change my desktop hackintosh for a newer one and one of the components is the video card. For the same price I can get the 7600GS or the 8500GT, which is better, obviously in Mac OS X86 terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 See for yourself: http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?ca...7&card2=514 Overall the 7600GS is better I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 See for yourself: http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?ca...7&card2=514 From that side by side comparison some might conclude that the 8500GT looks better, but the extra texture units on the 7600GS seem to make quite a difference. You can see real world comparison of the two at tomshardware.com with the interactive VGA charts. Here's the overall fps chart with those two cards: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_200...6&chart=318 My guess is the Geforce 7 series driver on OS X is probably much more robust than the series 8 right now also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspirina750 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 How much are they? and how much would it be for a 8600GT? Between those 2 I would get the 7600GS, but if there´s not much difference I prefer the 8600GT, in spain the difference is less than 20€ and you get a newer card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 Here in mexico I can get the 7600 and 8500 for 88 dollars plus taxes (15%) and the 8600GT for 128 dollars plus txs. I know they are not cheap, damn import taxes :angry2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Yes, the 7600GS is better supported in OS X and the performance between the two is identical, the 7600GS is even better in some areas. You could get a real cheap deal on a 8600GT for about $90: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....amp;x=0&y=0 And if I'm not mistaken, the 8600GT is better than the 7600GS :angry2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socal swimmer Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I think the 7600GT is better than the GS, and not much more expensive, maybe you could get that? That is what I have and it is awesome with Leopard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Gray Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I'm using the 8600GTS, it's fully supported by OS X by using NVInject 2.1 and the 10.5.2 kexts solution. It is capable of running high end games (HL2 Ep2) with EVERYTHING on VERY HIGH running at 1680x1050. You can pickup the card for mad cheap (in my opinion): http://www.serversupply.com/products/part_...p?q=VCG86GTSXPB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenbird Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 yeah, 8600gt is best bang-for-buck if you can pay the extra ~$40 more. If not stick with the 7600gs. I used to have one, it gave me great performance, but I had the (used-to-be) incompatible 512mb version, so I bought a 256mb 7900gs for $130 from newegg.com. I don't think they have it any more though. If they do I HIGHLY recommend it. It works perfectly with OSx86 and handles absolutely everything I can throw at it beautifully. I get ~65fps in F.E.A.R max settings when I overclock RAM, CPU, and GPU. Be forewarned, it does produce a bit of heat, and it's 9" long. pretty big. and it needs (2 X) 4pin power or pcie power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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