Hi,
I want to upgrade the GPU on my budget Hackintosh build. It's dual-booted with Windows 10. Here are some of the main specs:
- Gigabyte H61M-s Motherboard
- Zotac GT-210 GPU
- Intel Core i3-3220
I had earlier decided to get an Asus Strix RX 570 4GB, but on the reviews of all the variants of the RX 570 from different OEMs, people have been reporting variety of issues, such as their cards failing after some time, their games (on Windows) getting crashed because of the card, their cards over-heating badly, their PCs freezing, random screen-flickering, and what not! This is why, I am afraid to get the RX 570. I just want a budget and great value for money card, which is durable, and decent for 1080p gaming (on Windows), while helping me with my minor editing work on FCPX. I mainly use a Mac Pro at my office for all of the editing work, but many times I bring the work home on an external HDD and continue working using this Hackintosh when there's some urgent project. Except for extremely slow rendering times, the current build of mine has been working perfectly for it.
After reading those reviews on RX 570, I'm really considering getting a Zotac GTX 1060 AMP 6GB GDDR5X. For a few more bucks, it performs way better than the RX 570 and is a reliable card. I have always been an Nvidia person and have never used an AMD card. The only thing that has been forcing me to purchase an AMD card instead of Nvidia is my macOS. As you might know, the newer versions of macOS require AMD cards due to metal support. I'll be building an expensive PC for Hackintosh after maybe two years, and I am okay with High Sierra till then. I just want to know if I can make the GTX 1060 work flawlessly with High Sierra or not. Will there be any issues? If yes, are they fixable?
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