old hackintosh - may I install ventura?

[plxmas]

have a good day
I've a old hackintosh with El Capitan

may I install (new) Ventura?

Motherboard Gibabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H
CPU is a Intel i7-4790
GPU is a Intel HD4600
16gm ram

any advice will be appreciate

 

[trs96]

The HD4600 iGPU isn't supported by Ventura. The i7-4790 has AVX 2.0 instructions so that can work. Just need to get a supported AMD graphics cards. See: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...monterey-ventura-or-sonoma-hackintosh.325942/

You will also need to learn about OpenCore boot loader. Spend some time on that before attempting to install.

Desktop Haswell and Broadwell | OpenCore Install Guide

 

[plxmas]

The HD4600 iGPU isn't supported by Ventura. The i7-4790 has AVX 2.0 instructions so that can work. Just need to get a supported AMD graphics cards. See: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...monterey-ventura-or-sonoma-hackintosh.325942/

You will also need to learn about OpenCore boot loader. Spend some time on that before attempting to install.

Desktop Haswell and Broadwell | OpenCore Install Guide

which is the latest OS version I could install?
the problem is I cannot use the latest browser and cannot update them

 

[trs96]

which is the latest OS version I could install?

When using HD4600, Monterey is the latest. You'd need to use Macmini 7,1 SMBIOS for it to work. Those have a Haswell iGPU so it's relatively easy to get it working without a dGPU.

the problem is I cannot use the latest browser and cannot update them

Even if you upgrade to Catalina, you'll get the latest Chrome and Firefox browsers. Not sure if Safari for Catalina still gets updates.

 

[plxmas]

Even if you upgrade to Catalina, you'll get the latest Chrome and Firefox browsers. Not sure if Safari for Catalina still gets updates.

may I upgrade to Catalina directly with installer on usb pen?

 

[trs96]

may I upgrade to Catalina directly with installer on usb pen?

Not a good idea if you're on El Capitan now. Try a clean install to a separate drive first (Disconnect the El Cap drive) and see how it goes. If you want to use Clover via Unibeast for Catalina that will probably be the easiest way to go.

UniBeast 10.3.0 - Catalina

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[plxmas]

I could not disconnect El Capitan drive, it is inside the pc and I cannot open to remove the drive.

Is there another way?

 

[trs96]

it is inside the pc and I cannot open

Why can't it be opened ?

 

[plxmas]

I'm lazy

 

[trs96]

I'm lazy

Funny. Just remove the 't from can't then and it is possible.