The Right Graphics Cards For Your Hackintosh

NVIDIA Cards

After a short hiatus in which they switched to AMD Radeon cards, Apple has recently started using NVIDIA cards for their Macs again. As a result, Mountain Lion, the newest version of OS X, has relatively comprehensive support for NVIDIA's newest graphics cards.

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
Geforce 700 series

AMD Radeon Cards

From 2009 to 2011, all real Macs used AMD Radeon graphics cards. This means that Hackintosh support for AMD cards from these years is pretty good. However, support for the newest generation of AMD Radeon graphics cards in Mac OS X is still very spotty.

Supported by Mac OS X

Radeon HD 4000 series
Radeon HD 5000 series
Radeon HD 6000 series (mostly the 6600 and 6800 series)
Radeon HD 7000 series (mostly the 7700, 7800, and 7900 series)
Radeon R9 200 series (not including the R9 290 series)

Not Supported by Mac OS X

Radeon HD 6400 series
Radeon HD 6500 series
Radeon HD 6900 series
Radeon R7 200 series

Integrated Graphics Cards

If you're just interested in Mac OS X for some light web browsing or checking your email, then you might not even need a separate ("discrete") graphics card at all. To many people, the built-in graphics card on their processor or motherboard will be enough. Unfortunately, Mac OS X may not necessarily agree.

Supported by Mac OS X

Intel HD 3000
Intel HD 4000
Intel HD 4600
Intel HD 5000

Not Supported by Mac OS X

Intel HD 2000
Intel HD 2500
Intel HD 4400
Intel HD

Intel GMA (all variations)

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