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Help me deciding between 2 supported GPUs (in the Buyer's Guide)

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Hi, I am building my Sierra hackintosh. I have been looking on the Buyer's Guide section and I am able to buy one of those on my physic local store.

My setup right now:

Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX
CPU: Intel Core i5 - 6500
RAM: 2x8 DDR4 Crucial
SSD: Samsung EVO 500
Alimentation: Corsair Series VS650

I need to finish my build with one of those GPUs, so I am wondering if both of them are out of the box working, natively supported or if I am going to have any problem with any of those.

So, these are the two:

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https://www.amazon.es/dp/B01MG1MP73/?tag=tonymacx86c03-21
https://www.pccomponentes.com/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1050-d5-2gb-gddr5-reacondicionado



https://www.amazon.es/dp/B01M64G435/?tag=tonymacx86c03-21
https://www.pccomponentes.com/evga-geforce-gtx-1050-gaming-2gb-gddr5

Could you confirm that the second linked ones are the same that the amazon firstly linked ones? I am having a terrible headache organizing the ones that I can afford, the ones that are compatible and at the same time the ones I can physically buy..
 
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I think there is no OOB GPU. Sorry to dissapoint you. You will need some kexts and the nvidia graphics for acceleration...
 
Stick to the guide, and it'll work eventually. Just be sure to check that the GPU are on the buyer's guide:

https://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/may/2017#Graphics_Cards

I can't find the EVGA 1050 gaming there. I would be very careful to only pick things listed on the buyers guide...

Also, be careful with "reacondicionado" from pccomponentes. It means "refurbished", and... it may not work as well as a new piece...
 
Both model that you have linked follow the reference port design and should work with the additional nvidia drivers just fine. Follow the main Sierra installation guide and you can then add the nvidia drivers to get full graphics acceleration once you have installed macOS.
 
Stick to the guide, and it'll work eventually. Just be sure to check that the GPU are on the buyer's guide:

https://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/may/2017#Graphics_Cards

I can't find the EVGA 1050 gaming there. I would be very careful to only pick things listed on the buyers guide...

Also, be careful with "reacondicionado" from pccomponentes. It means "refurbished", and... it may not work as well as a new piece...

Actually, it's this one

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Between the two ones of the photo I uploaded, what would you choose?? :S
 
Both model that you have linked follow the reference port design and should work with the additional nvidia drivers just fine. Follow the main Sierra installation guide and you can then add the nvidia drivers to get full graphics acceleration once you have installed macOS.

Any preference? I will do 4K editing and some gaming (2 SSD connected, Hackintosh and Windows)
 
If you want to do 4K editing and you are therefor likely to be using a 4K screen then I would go for either of these cards. The Gigabyte is a little cheaper, but the EVGA might be a little faster.
Remember that you will need a DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 adaptor and HDMI 2.0 cable if connecting to a 4K TV screen as macOS/Apple do not support HDMI 2.0 at this point in time.

I have cards (of various ages) from several different companies including Gigabyte and EVGA. Both Gigabyte and EVGA make good quality GPUs - you will be happy with either card.
 
If you want to do 4K editing and you are therefor likely to be using a 4K screen then I would go for either of these cards. The Gigabyte is a little cheaper, but the EVGA might be a little faster.
Remember that you will need a DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 adaptor and HDMI 2.0 cable if connecting to a 4K TV screen as macOS/Apple do not support HDMI 2.0 at this point in time.

I have cards (of various ages) from several different companies including Gigabyte and EVGA. Both Gigabyte and EVGA make good quality GPUs - you will be happy with either card.

I will go for the EGVA :)
 
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