Guess I need to consider switching to AMD graphics?

[wckdkarma]

I'll need to to update to Mojave/Catalina at some point and as best I can tell, my current graphics card (NVIDIA GTX 970) is not compatible.
I'm not sure which card would make the best replacement. I'm hoping that someone with more hardware knowledge might offer some advice?
My profile shows my current hardware. Would RX 590/580/570 work in this machine? Does one make more sense than the others? Is there another card that I should consider?
Thanks so much!

 

[Jamesbond007]

I'll need to to update to Mojave/Catalina at some point and as best I can tell, my current graphics card (NVIDIA GTX 970) is not compatible.

I'm not sure which card would make the best replacement. I'm hoping that someone with more hardware knowledge might offer some advice?

My profile shows my current hardware. Would RX 590/580/570 work in this machine? Does one make more sense than the others? Is there another card that I should consider?

Thanks so much!

I recommend a RX 580. It is natively supported in MacOS High Sierra / Mojave / Catalina.

I use a Sapphire RX 580 Pulse which works with MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 / High Sierra 10.13.6 / Mojave 10.14.6.

 

[antieatingactivist]

I'll need to to update to Mojave/Catalina at some point and as best I can tell, my current graphics card (NVIDIA GTX 970) is not compatible.
I'm not sure which card would make the best replacement. I'm hoping that someone with more hardware knowledge might offer some advice?
My profile shows my current hardware. Would RX 590/580/570 work in this machine? Does one make more sense than the others? Is there another card that I should consider?
Thanks so much!

also consider a Vega 56. You can flash the bios to the Vega 64 bios and get one heck of a gpu for a little over 200. If that's too much for you rx 580's are going for around 100 it looks like. They all work beautifully.

 

[remington]

also consider a Vega 56. You can flash the bios to the Vega 64 bios and get one heck of a gpu for a little over 200. If that's too much for you rx 580's are going for around 100 it looks like. They all work beautifully.

I wouldn't get Vega 64. I would get RX 570/580 for now and later buy 5700 XT when the driver is more mature since it's new.

 

[antieatingactivist]

I wouldn't get Vega 64. I would get RX 570/580 for now and later buy 5700 XT when the driver is more mature since it's new.

I suggested getting a Vega 56 and flashing the bios to that of a 64. You end up with most of the performance of a 64 minus a few compute cores. It's a good bang for your buck and the Vega driver works well now.

 

[wckdkarma]

Thank you all for your input! Greatly appreciated. At the moment, I think I'm leaning towards the RX 580. Now just gotta find a good deal. Thanks so much!