Very specific graphic card need.

[tadone]

I am currently running Lion on GA-P35-DS4 with 8800GT. This is an older system so I'm looking to build something faster. The 8800GT was always great because it worked OOB with GE-Yes. I would love for my next GPU to be as compatible as my old card. I do some light gaming, mostly FSX, which does not require powerful GPU. FSX does run better on nVidia cards but I would take compatibility with OSX over anything else. And lastly it needs to be fairly quiet.

I already own XFX 5770 (in my media center) so I could reuse that if it's a good option.
I was looking at GFX 470 and Saphire 6850. I just need it to work with minimum effort just like my 8800GT except I'd like something slightly faster.

All the help much appreciated.

 

[samisnake]

which xfx 5770 is it?
most of the xfx 5770s work with just ge=yes, apart from one troubled version

 

[tadone]

It's the HD-577X-ZNFC

 

[samisnake]

that card definitely works oob

 

[tadone]

Well that's the best thing I heard all day. Thanks mate, I'll try it and see how it goes.

 

[Morshu]

My 9800 GTX+ worked oob with graphics enabler. I don't game much either, which is why I bought a graphics card that was the best in its day. It was about $60 on ebay. You can get 'em pretty cheap from gamers who upgrade their graphics cards. It gets about 19 fps in cinebench.

 

[tadone]

I'm not sure if 9800 GTX+ is really that much of a step up from 8800GT. I'd like something with a bit more horsepower

 

[Morshu]

Well it's still a slight increase like you asked for