Upgrade GPU but not OS X

[Melodeath]

I have a GTX 970 in my hackintosh running OS X 10.10.5. I don't want to update OS X, but I would like to upgrade the GPU for use in Windows. Do I have any options here besides building a brand new system? Thank you

 

[UtterDisbelief]

I have a GTX 970 in my hackintosh running OS X 10.10.5. I don't want to update OS X, but I would like to upgrade the GPU for use in Windows. Do I have any options here besides building a brand new system? Thank you

Hi there.

Good idea but ... Yosemite will run a newer NVidia GPU as long as it is covered by their Web-Drivers, or is natively supported by Apple. We know that the newest non-native cards you could use with the web-drivers are Pascal GPU chipsets like the GTX1050 for example etc. so check the drivers work with Yosemite. None of the latest Nvidia cards have macOS drivers at all.

Natively supported Nvidia GPUs and non-supported types:

Will my Nvidia Graphics Card work with macOS ? List of Desktop Cards with Native Support

Preamble for those new to Nvidia graphics card choices for a Hackintosh 1. You will only have success choosing macOS compatible graphics if you remember that: macOS is not Windows 2. Apple incorporates all their graphics drivers into the Mac Operating System. There are only drivers in macOS...

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As for AMD, you are more limited to Apple's built-in support. For example my RX570 is not recognised by El Capitan so runs without hardware acceleration.

There is a useful AMD guide here:

Radeon Compatibility Guide - ATI/AMD Graphics Cards

Radeon Compatibility Guide ATI/AMD Graphics Cards Last Change: December 2nd, 2017 The "boot to black screen" issue as well as the broken sleep/wake have been fixed! Read below for details. 0. Introduction Most of you might have noticed that the Buyer's Guide doesn't list a single...

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We have all the NVidia web-drivers in our Downloads section so check your Yosemite build number and match it to the driver.

 

[Jamesbond007]

I have a GTX 970 in my hackintosh running OS X 10.10.5. I don't want to update OS X, but I would like to upgrade the GPU for use in Windows. Do I have any options here besides building a brand new system? Thank you

Graphics cards newer than the GTX 970 are not supported on Yosemite either natively or by Nvidia drivers.

So if you want to run Windows using a newer and better graphics card you basically have to build a new system for Windows only and keep your current system with Yosemite.