GTX 650 or GTX 660

[Mate94]

GTX 660 is the odd one out. It only works after installing an nVidia driver. If it isn't bother you but I don't want to convince you.

Check the "Graphics" section, there is a topic about the card.

 

[TheM0rk]

What do you think would be the best choice for me: the GTX 650 or GTX 660?

What i do most is ProTools and FCPX/Compressor.

Will FCPX or Compressor benefit from the 660 or would the 650 be enough for me?

How much do FCPX or Compressor use GPU?

Screen Resolution is 1920x1200.

Yo man,

I believe the gtx 570 is better for video editing. Check out this thread:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/buying-ad...ng-hackintosh-budget-do-i-have-right-gpu.html

 

[mrazster]

My 660 Ti OC 2GB worked right out of the box with bootflag GraphicsEnabler=No.
However I got some performance improvments and sleep functionallity after having installed nvidia drivers, cuda drivers and enabled openCL.

The performance you get from this card is more than enough for just about any graphics related work.

 

[MacMerlin]

If can't afford it, maybe for for 650ti?

Got GTX 650 Ti fully working

Steps I took:
Used internal HD 4000 to set system up.

Made sure to include GraphicsEnabler=No in Multibeast

Installed Nvidia drivers for 660 Ti from http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-...02-driver.html
(note: there are BOTH graphics drivers and Cuda drivers available for OS X. Some people have gotten mixed up thinking only Cuda drivers were available. Cuda are available at another link on their page.)

Installed AppleACPIPlatform.kext for ML, from this link http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-l...2-problem.html

Installed FakeSMC and NullCpuPowerManagement kexts from this link http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/top...install-guide/
(note sure of Null... was needed, but did it anyway)

Shut down. Inserted GTX 650 Ti, made sure it was enabled in BIOS (PEG). And it... worked!