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Thunderbolt PCI-E Card from ASUS?

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Asus Maximus VIII
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Intel i7 6700K
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Nvidia GTX Titan Pascal
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  1. MacBook Pro
Mobile Phone
  1. iOS
I have finally got everything working on my hackintosh build. I am LOVING it way more than I thought I would!!

I want to use my iMac as a third/fourth display for the machine and I was wondering if I could do this using target display mode. This is where you can use a thunderbolt cable from the host machine to the target iMac, and use the iMac as a display. This requires thunderbolt, which my motherboard (Asus Z87-A) doesn't possess, however Asus sells a PCI-E thunderbolt card. I already know my motherboard is compatible (at least Asus' site appears to say so, I would do more research before purchase) but I am really seeing whether or not it would work in a Haswell hackintosh OS X build.

Would OS X recognize and fully accept a thunderbolt PCI-E card for every usage? Especially TDM (Target Display Mode)?

Thanks!!
 
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Am wondering the same. I am trying to build a hackintosh but to cut costs in buying a new monitor, I would like to use my 27" imac in target display mode. Would a GTX970 into a thunderbolt pcie card work for this scenario? (with an appropriate motherboard that has a TB header)

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