- Joined
- Aug 22, 2022
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- 9
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z270X UG-OpenCore
- CPU
- i7-7700K
- Graphics
- RX 6600 XT
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hi all! A pre-emptive apology for the wall of text, I'm trying to be as detailed as I can about my situation, partly because I'm very much outside my comfort zone with having to update my beloved hackintosh, and partly because I'm pathologically bad at being succinct. I hope you'll forgive me.
I built my current (and only) hackintosh back in the beginning of 2018. Not knowing much about computer hardware or hackintoshes, I spent weeks in the forum here and did the best I could to assemble a system that would be capable of working with heavy graphics files. I was extremely proud (and relieved) when I finally got the machine working after about a week of tinkering, and she's still purring today, 4 years later. Sorta.
The main issue I'm facing is that I chose an Nvidia card back in 2018, meaning that I'm typing this in mid-2022 from High Sierra. I am now getting to a point where this is becoming a major pain because a lot of the software I use no longer supports 10.13, and having a Pascal card there is no getting beyond 10.13/High Sierra.
In a perfect world, I would love to salvage as much of my machine/hardware as possible, and focus upgrades on motherboard, processor (I'd like to go i9) and GPU. Sadly, this is not economically realistic for me at the moment, having quit my job (workplace turned toxic) and gone independent during the pandemic, and still struggling to pay the bills. I do really need to get past High Sierra, though, meaning that at the absolute minimum I need to switch to an AMD GPU. I'm hoping very much that some of you can help me with suggestions about how to achieve that, while working with my existing hardware.
I know I need to switch to AMD, but know very little about the options. My main requirement is that I need the card to run my two LG 4K 27" screens (at 4K). I work with very high resolution graphics files (think giant high DPI posters in Photoshop), and having all the pixels available is essential to my work.
A secondary, less important requirement is that whatever graphics card I get will work (if at all possible) both on my current motherboard, and on whatever future MB I end up with. I would love to go i9 somewhere down the line, but don't know if it's even possible to get a card that will work on my current Z270x and a future MB that will work with an i9. If this is possible I would be thrilled, but I'll take what I can get, and right now that mainly means getting on AMD so I can get past High Sierra.
I've compiled a list of my current hardware here:
I'm sure I've left out lots of important information here, so please do reach out and I will do my very best to answer any and all questions.
Looking forward to hearing from you, and thanks for reading if you got this far!
I built my current (and only) hackintosh back in the beginning of 2018. Not knowing much about computer hardware or hackintoshes, I spent weeks in the forum here and did the best I could to assemble a system that would be capable of working with heavy graphics files. I was extremely proud (and relieved) when I finally got the machine working after about a week of tinkering, and she's still purring today, 4 years later. Sorta.
The main issue I'm facing is that I chose an Nvidia card back in 2018, meaning that I'm typing this in mid-2022 from High Sierra. I am now getting to a point where this is becoming a major pain because a lot of the software I use no longer supports 10.13, and having a Pascal card there is no getting beyond 10.13/High Sierra.
In a perfect world, I would love to salvage as much of my machine/hardware as possible, and focus upgrades on motherboard, processor (I'd like to go i9) and GPU. Sadly, this is not economically realistic for me at the moment, having quit my job (workplace turned toxic) and gone independent during the pandemic, and still struggling to pay the bills. I do really need to get past High Sierra, though, meaning that at the absolute minimum I need to switch to an AMD GPU. I'm hoping very much that some of you can help me with suggestions about how to achieve that, while working with my existing hardware.
I know I need to switch to AMD, but know very little about the options. My main requirement is that I need the card to run my two LG 4K 27" screens (at 4K). I work with very high resolution graphics files (think giant high DPI posters in Photoshop), and having all the pixels available is essential to my work.
A secondary, less important requirement is that whatever graphics card I get will work (if at all possible) both on my current motherboard, and on whatever future MB I end up with. I would love to go i9 somewhere down the line, but don't know if it's even possible to get a card that will work on my current Z270x and a future MB that will work with an i9. If this is possible I would be thrilled, but I'll take what I can get, and right now that mainly means getting on AMD so I can get past High Sierra.
I've compiled a list of my current hardware here:
- motherboard — Gigabyte Z270X Ultra Gaming with Clover UEFI
- CPU — Intel Core i7 7700 K 4200 1151
- graphics — 8GB EVGA GTX 1070 SC Gaming
- HDD — Samsung MZ V6E2 S24 A450BW SSD 960 Evo Nvme M.2 250 GB
- RAM — 64 GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Single DDR4 DIMM 288 pin Memory 2400 MT/s (PC4 19200)
- cabinet — Corsair Carbide Series 400C PC Case Side Window Midi Tower ATX White
- power — Corsair RM Series ATX/EPS Fully Modular 80 PLUS Gold
- cooling — Corsair CW-9060007-WW Hydro Series H60 High Performance 120mm Rad All-In- One Liquid CPU Cooler
- radio — ABWB 802.11AC WI-FI With Bluetooth 4.0 PCI-Express (PCI-E) BCM943602CS Combo Card For Hackintosh
- screens — dual LG 27" 27UL600-W 4K FreeSync
I'm sure I've left out lots of important information here, so please do reach out and I will do my very best to answer any and all questions.
Looking forward to hearing from you, and thanks for reading if you got this far!
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