In Search of the Best Hackintosh Graphics Card

[midgy]

Sorry I meant there is no macpro3,1 listd in AGPM, but then is that because its a baseline?..

The Nvidia drivers I am wary of, I did download and run the package the other day, was denied because of incompatible system, changed it to one of recommended and it still wouldnt work, so extracted the .Kexts and add them through the normal process, I then had KP's regarding the NVRas or some such, but that said Graphicsenabler was still yes.. would that have made a difference perhaps?...

Ill try these again tonight, but I am tempted almost with the change of card to refresh the system install, all a learning curve.

I couldn't get a DSDT for my ASUS P8h6 board so never went down that route, just mulitple kexts sadly

 

[neilhart]

Here are the scores from two of my machines Sapphire Radeon HD5770 and HD6870.

neil

 

[sfroom]

Sorry I meant there is no macpro3,1 listd in AGPM, but then is that because its a baseline?..

The Nvidia drivers I am wary of, I did download and run the package the other day, was denied because of incompatible system, changed it to one of recommended and it still wouldnt work, so extracted the .Kexts and add them through the normal process, I then had KP's regarding the NVRas or some such, but that said Graphicsenabler was still yes.. would that have made a difference perhaps?...

Ill try these again tonight, but I am tempted almost with the change of card to refresh the system install, all a learning curve.

I couldn't get a DSDT for my ASUS P8h6 board so never went down that route, just mulitple kexts sadly

A fresh install might be in order. The reason the nVidia drivers wouldn't install is because your system identifier was set to iMac instead of MacPro.

I think you're right, the reason MacPro 3,1 doesn't appear in AGPM is because that system identifier doesn't manage the power of the graphics card at all (hence consumes more power, but should perform well). That's why I suggested using it as a "baseline", i.e. to figure out how your card "should" perform, and then making the edits so that MacPro5,1 performs just as well, but uses less power.

The nVidia drivers should work with graphicsenabler off.

 

[Macsure]

Hi Guys,

Just done a fresh install Lion 10.7.3. I run a Asus 550ti. I've never has issues with it,but I am looking to upgrade. I have posted my nova bench score. ( my geek bench score was 9138)

 

[pizzamac]

Thought I'd post my Nova bench score-was wondering if anyone else is using
a Biostar HD5670 (1GB), and if their score is similar. Windows is so much better.
If anyone has similar system parts with better or worse scores, let me know if
we can help each other out, Running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 as a MacPro 3.1

Cinebench = 22.5 Snow Leo 26.5 Lion(Test) 37 Windows
Novabench= 618
Geek score = 5675

 

[Plarker]

ATI Radeon HD 6870

NovaBench Score : 1616
Graphics Score: 452

 

[cableguy11]

Novabench Score: 1330

2012-04-01 19:34:14 +0000
Mac OS X 10.7.3
Intel Core i5 @ 3310 MHz
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 6xxx

16384 MB System RAM (Score: 230)
- RAM Speed: 10586 MB/s

CPU Tests (Score: 577)
- Floating Point Operations/Second: 175831728
- Integer Operations/Second: 369483424
- MD5 Hashes Calculated/Second: 1421795

Graphics Tests (Score: 452)
- 3D Frames Per Second: 2049

Hardware Tests (Score: 71)
- Primary Partition Capacity: 111 GB
- Drive Write Speed: 371 MB/s

New install running great, updated Aperture and Itunes with no problems. Any suggestion to increase performance?

TIA!

 

[saschamt]

Well, here's some evidence that my install is not capable of using all the power it should be able to exploit:



Anyway I still love that system, especially with my new triple monitor setup

 

[bradpaulp]

Thought I'd post my Nova bench score-was wondering if anyone else is using
a Biostar HD5670 (1GB), and if their score is similar. Windows is so much better.
If anyone has similar system parts with better or worse scores, let me know if
we can help each other out, Running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 as a MacPro 3.1

Cinebench = 22.5 Snow Leo 26.5 Lion(Test) 37 Windows
Novabench= 618
Geek score = 5675

Hey ksosx86 can u send me. Msg or reply here?
I was thinking about getting a used samsung qx411-w01 to use for hackintosh. I can trade it with someone for free.
Just wondering how hard it was for you to set it up. And your method. Any help would be great.

 

[westwaerts]

Thought I'd post my Nova bench score-was wondering if anyone else is using
a Biostar HD5670 (1GB), and if their score is similar. Windows is so much better.
If anyone has similar system parts with better or worse scores, let me know if
we can help each other out, Running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 as a MacPro 3.1

Cinebench = 22.5

here cinebench = 41.68
( sapphire HD 5670 1GB )