Upgrade Inquiry for Hackintosh System to macOS 14 Sonoma

[jerry]

Hi,

My system specs are:

• Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
• Operating System: MacOS 11.6.1
• RAM: 32 GB

It's a Hackintosh installed by my service provider.

I want to upgrade it to the latest version of macOS, 14 Sonoma, but it's my first time, and I'm a bit afraid. Do I need to upgrade my graphics card? If so, which graphics card do you recommend? Are my other specs fine?

 

[EliteMacx86]

Hi,

My system specs are:

• Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
• Operating System: MacOS 11.6.1
• RAM: 32 GB

It's a Hackintosh installed by my service provider.

I want to upgrade it to the latest version of macOS, 14 Sonoma, but it's my first time, and I'm a bit afraid. Do I need to upgrade my graphics card? If so, which graphics card do you recommend? Are my other specs fine?

Yes, you need to upgrade the GPU for a native support. But can patch the system using OCLP if you don't want to go with that route.

 

[jerry]

AMD Radeon RX 580
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon RX 6600

Which one do you prefer? I noticed that macOS 15 was recently released. Considering that, could you please recommend one of the following graphics cards? Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[EliteMacx86]

AMD Radeon RX 580
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon RX 6600

Which one do you prefer? I noticed that macOS 15 was recently released. Considering that, could you please recommend one of the following graphics cards? Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

It actually depends on your use case. All of the models you listed are fully supported and have native support. If you have the budget, go for RX6600 or RX6800. XT is better.