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06-20-2009, 09:42 PM
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#1 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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| OSX PC question
So I have been out of the computer scene for a bit now, but I want to build a PC to use OSX and Vista Ultimate on it.
What kind of specs should I be looking at? I would like both operating systems to run quickly, and I'm by no means a gamer, that's why I have my Xbox.
I'm looking for the best bang for my buck. Maybe a AMD Phenom II 920 or 940 or something.
Thanks for your help guys.
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06-20-2009, 09:58 PM
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#2 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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OS X86 will be easier to install and have less problems if you build with components that are identical to a real Mac. I recommend Intel everything. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page | |
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06-20-2009, 11:12 PM
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#3 | | Media Officer / MOD
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^ exactly!
use intel and most compatible hardware as possible
I used q6600 with an Intel mobo, intel on board graphics 2Gb of ram and 250GB harddrive
ran with no problems but once I used my 4870 didnt work, 9800GT didnt work GTX250 worked, so sometimes it might be trial and error
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06-20-2009, 11:30 PM
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#4 | | Resident Bullshitter
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i'd just buy a mac and install windows
OSX86 is a pain in the ass to install and get it working, and i had the most compatible hardware. best i could do was install 10.5.2 and found updating it was too annoying so i gave up on OSX86
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06-20-2009, 11:53 PM
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#5 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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hmm this is interesting, so i'm guessing OSX wont work on a full blown gaming machine eh.
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06-21-2009, 08:21 PM
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#6 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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you need to get more specific than bang for your buck.
do you really need OSX? I hackinoshed for a bit but I found it was useless to me anyways so I scrapped it.
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06-21-2009, 10:54 PM
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#7 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by .Renn.Sport best i could do was install 10.5.2 and found updating it was too annoying so i gave up on OSX86 | You should probably forget about doing updates to OS X unless someone else has tested the updates first. You can easily wreck the whole install. The updates aren't really necessary. I haven't update my XP since SP3 came out.
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06-21-2009, 10:59 PM
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#8 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by RX_Renesis hmm this is interesting, so i'm guessing OSX wont work on a full blown gaming machine eh. | OS X will work fine for a gaming machine as long as there is driver for the video card. In most case there is a Linux or generic driver that will work. All the other gaming extras like lots of RAM and Overclocking are invisible to the OS. A SoundBlaster card usually never works in OS X (because Macs don't use them).
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06-21-2009, 11:15 PM
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#9 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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^ ok thanks for the info, BUT, if i use generic video card driver, will it affect rendering performance, like let say, in photoshop?
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06-22-2009, 08:32 AM
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#10 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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I'm thinking the best bet is to pick out a Mac with the specs you like, then build it as a PC for half the price, and you shouldn't have any driver issues
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06-22-2009, 09:06 AM
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#11 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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the ideneb release (osx 10.5.6) has a pretty decent list of PC video cards that would work. you can try looking into that one.
this release worked very well for me with the exception of audio but i found linux drivers that worked for my ALC889 onboard sound. here's the system i have with windows 7 and leopard 10.5.6
Gigabyte P35-DS3P Mobo
Intel E6750 OC'ed to 3.2 Ghz
OCZ DDR2-800 Platinum RAM 4GB
E-VGA Nvidia 8600GT
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06-22-2009, 10:56 AM
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#12 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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i tried looking up OSX86 tutorials on google, and most of them seems to be dead links??
anyone have a GOOD tutorial site? lol.
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Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma its like.. oh yeah oh yeah.. ohhhh yeah... OOoooOohh... why's it suddenly feel a bit better... ohhhh yeahh... ohhh...oh..fuck... it probably ripped. | | |
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