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)