Gigabyte GTS250 or 9800GT?

[rushko]

I wonder has anyone tried to use NVEnabler64.kext with GTS250 and does it work? Any particular expirience with Gigabyte nVidia cards?

Thanx.

 

[thelostswede]

I'm using nvenabler64 and it's doing the trick for me with a GTS 250

 

[auntyjamima]

gts 250 worked perfectly for me just used tony's boot cd method.

 

[rushko]

Thanx for replies guys, I already ordered Gigabyte 9800GT Silent Cell (I always wanted to build a silent PC) but I'll try to change it for GTS250OC since their prices are equal.

 

[thelostswede]

The performance different might not be big enough unless you're intending to play games with it. The Gigabyte GTS 250's are quite noisy as the fan only runs at a set speed.

 

[Cantello]

What graphics card would you suggest as an energy-efficient *and* powerful one? Was considering the Radeon 4890 but for that one, I'd probably need a new power supply...

Is the 2xy GTX series better in this respect? Maybe the 275GTX?

 

[cbooty]

I know I'm a little late to this topic but I wanted to mention for the record that I've tested an MSI GTS 250 with 1GB ram using the nvenabler64 kext, a specific GTS 250 nvinject kext and Chameleon graphics enabler. Due to the card being based on legacy architecture it works like a charm in a hackintosh and delivers relatively good bang for the buck.

 

[rushko]

The performance different might not be big enough unless you're intending to play games with it. The Gigabyte GTS 250's are quite noisy as the fan only runs at a set speed.

I mostly use OSX for work but I like to play games once in a while, and you're right, the diference is not that big at all. Thanks for the info m8.

What graphics card would you suggest as an energy-efficient *and* powerful one? Was considering the Radeon 4890 but for that one, I'd probably need a new power supply...

Is the 2xy GTX series better in this respect? Maybe the 275GTX?

I owned an ATI 3870 but as there's no support for it under SL, I just swaped it with nVidia, it seams that they are "more" compatible with OSX86. So I suggest that you go for some nVidia card like 260/275GTX (if you want to play games), I think you'll have no problem with 'em and they're powerful enough.

Regarding energy efficiency, I think that ATI cards are better. You need quality PSU of minimum 500W or more. Hope this helps.

 

[rushko]

@thelostswede

Can you please confirm that both VGA and DVI outputs work on GB 250GTS and does HDMI output work? Thanks

 

[thelostswede]

I have only tested the DVI and D-sub, but I can use both in OSX at the same time. Not tried the HDMI as I have nothing to connect it to and no adapter.