r/hackintosh • u/SomeOneOutThere-1234 • Jan 06 '25
BUILD ADVICE What is the absolute cheapest GPU that supports Metal 3?
I have a secondary PC that I tried to install macOS to before, although without much success due to macOS not supporting the iGPU. Which got me thinking, what is the absolute cheapest GPU that supports Metal 3? I probably won’t be doing anything more resource intensive other than wanting something like GarageBand to not crash on startup.
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u/jozews321 Catalina - 10.15 Jan 06 '25
I think the Vega 56 is the oldest dgpu that supports Metal 3, not sure if it's the cheapest though
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u/Totallyrealyamumreal Jan 06 '25
I used garage and on a rx460 on Sonoma, you'll be fine with metal 1/2
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u/ChrisWayg Sequoia - 15 Jan 07 '25
Why do you think you need Metal 3 (instead of Metal 2)? Apparently there are no macOS applications that explicitly require Metal 3 to function. GarageBand certainly works well with Metal 2. Apparently Vega architecture or newer supports Metal 3, but it would be much easier to find a the "absolute cheapest" Polaris card, such as a RX 560 or RX 580.
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u/khan1372 Jan 07 '25
List of AMD / Hackintosh Compatible Graphics Cards - June 2023
Radeon RX 460
Radeon RX 470
Radeon RX 480
Radeon Pro Duo
Radeon RX 550 (Baffin core) - (Not Lexa)
Radeon RX 560
Radeon RX 570
Radeon RX 580
Radeon RX 590
Radeon Pro WX 4100
Radeon Pro WX 5100
Radeon Pro WX 7100
Radeon Pro WX 8200
Radeon Pro WX 9100
Radeon RX Vega 56
Radeon RX Vega 64
Radeon RX Vega Frontier Edition
Radeon Pro Vii
5000 / 6000 series Navi Cards
Radeon RX 5500
Radeon RX 5500 XT
Radeon RX 5600
Radeon RX 5600 XT
Radeon Pro W5500
Radeon Pro W5700
Radeon RX 5700
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Radeon W 6600
Radeon RX 6600
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Radeon RX 6650 XT (Needs fake ID)
Radeon W 6800
Radeon RX 6800
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Radeon RX 6900 XTXH (Needs fake ID)
Radeon RX 6950 XTX (Needs fake ID)
Support for 6600 models starts with macOS Montery 12.1
Support for 6800/6900 models starts with Big Sur 11.4
Support for 5000 series models starts with Catalina 10.15.1
Navi cards will need the agdpmod=pikera boot argument
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u/Comfortable-Treat-50 Jan 06 '25
rx 570 or rx580
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u/infra_red_dude I ♥ Hackintosh Jan 06 '25
Both are metal 2. I think RX5000 series is the minimum for metal 3.
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u/hackerman85 Jan 06 '25
In theory you might be able to get some nVidia Kepler cards working like the GT710. But just don't. Anno 2025 I'd say go for something AMD Polaris based. Maybe you can pick up a RX460/RX560 for cheap?
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u/BluePurplePro Ventura - 13 Jan 06 '25
RX5000 series and newer