Graphics Considerations and Recommendations - AMD GPUs and Intel iGPU

[pidimensions]

Hello, I am curious as to the role of the iGPU in graphics and to the adequacy of the RX 580 for MacOS. Does having the desktop iGPU being used for "compute-only" affect performance of a hackintosh? And is the RX 580 really all that bad, or is there a workaround to make it perform decently?

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SOLVED - AMD RX580 Low performance on big sur

Hello everyone. My system: iMacPro1,1 / 2620v3 / RX580 4GB / X99 v102 / DDR4 16GB 1866 / SSD SATA 512 / macOS 11.7.4 / OC 0.8.9 In short: when you turn on the hackintosh, the video card gives a low result on the graphics (first link), also the consumption of 300mhz gpu / 300mhz memory in idle...

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[EliteMacx86]

Hello, I am curious as to the role of the iGPU in graphics and to the adequacy of the RX 580 for MacOS. Does having the desktop iGPU being used for "compute-only" affect performance of a hackintosh? And is the RX 580 really all that bad, or is there a workaround to make it perform decently?

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SOLVED - AMD RX580 Low performance on big sur

Hello everyone. My system: iMacPro1,1 / 2620v3 / RX580 4GB / X99 v102 / DDR4 16GB 1866 / SSD SATA 512 / macOS 11.7.4 / OC 0.8.9 In short: when you turn on the hackintosh, the video card gives a low result on the graphics (first link), also the consumption of 300mhz gpu / 300mhz memory in idle...

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Having IGPU will help to enable functions like SideCar, and AirPlay. Secondly, you can utilize the QuickSync function. Third, you can utilize the IGPU and dGPU simultaneously to speedup the rendering.

 

[pidimensions]

But does it make using only an RX 580 usable?
Or should I go with a 5700 xt
For the use case of some gaming and general use

 

[EliteMacx86]

But does it make using only an RX 580 usable?
Or should I go with a 5700 xt
For the use case of some gaming and general use

If you have normal work and want to do slight gaming, then go for RX580/590. If you have some mid-level graphics usage (such as editing) and gaming, go for RX6600/6600XT. Of course, you can consider RX 5700XT. But RX6600/6600XT is faster than that.

 

[pidimensions]

Alright I'm looking to have no lag and crank up the shaders on Minecraft (a little bit) so I think I'll go for the 5700 xt. The 6000 series is a bit above the budget for me. Thanks for the help

 

[EliteMacx86]

Alright I'm looking to have no lag and crank up the shaders on Minecraft (a little bit) so I think I'll go for the 5700 xt. The 6000 series is a bit above the budget for me. Thanks for the help

RX5700XT should be fine. Go for Sapphire/GIGABYTE/ASUS. MSI has a couple of issues. Avoid Chinese brands.

 

[pidimensions]

Alright I will make sure to do that. Thanks

 

[EliteMacx86]

Alright I will make sure to do that. Thanks

Sounds good!

Good Luck with your purchase!

 

[pidimensions]

Thanks

 

[EliteMacx86]

Thanks

You're welcome.

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