Graphic card is the most important part of your Hackintosh after your motherboard Apple Mac OS X does not support many range of graphic cards so it’s not always clear which graphic card is the good choice for your Hackintosh
NVIDIA Cards
Latest NVIDIA card are natively supported on Mountain Lion
Supported by Mac OS X
- Geforce 7000 series
- Geforce 8000 series
- Geforce 9000 series
- Geforce 200 series
- Geforce 400 series
- Geforce 500 series
- Geforce 600 series
In the above cards 8k,9k and 200 series cards it doesn’t need any
drivers because they support natively. and others just
need to install NVEnabler kext u can install it using Multibeast from
tonymacx86.& kext.com
GeForce GT 640
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GeForce GTX 670
GeForce GTX 680
These are the latest NVIDIA card which natively supported by MAC OS X
AMD Radeon Cards
All real Macs used AMD Radeon graphics from 2009 to 2011,
However, the newest generation of AMD Radeon graphic cards are still not working
Supported by Mac OS X
- Radeon HD 4000 series
- Radeon HD 5000 series
- Radeon HD 6000 series (not including 6900 series)
- Radeon HD 7000 series
The AMD Radeon 5000 and 6000 series are highly recommended for
any Hackintosh.but less popular cards like 64series 65 series
and 67xx series is less supported & 69xx series are also not supported
AMD Radeon HD 7750, 7770, 7870, 7950, 7970 these also supported
Integrated Graphics Cards(INTEL)
Supported by Mac OS X
- Intel HD 3000
- Intel HD 4000
- Intel HD 4500
- Intel HD 4600
These are the natively supported by MAC OS X so need any kext (Driver)
Not Supported by Mac OS X
- Intel HD 2000
- Intel HD 2500
- Intel GMA (all variations)
But you can use modified versions of kext for intel HD 2000 and intel HD 2500
and remaining about GMA which is now supported (not all) but very few like
GMA-950, GMA-X3100,GMAX-4500
