a good graphic card for my mac?

[M͂͒̀λgi͡caℓ Ήo͓̽ﻇo̴]

can anyone point me in the right direction?

thx

[Jt]

About my mac-More info-Overview

[Slow-pC]

I'm sure most people would have to ask first... what type of mac and most answers will be none as most macs produced now are integrated into the machine.

[gods plan]

Well, it depends.

Do you have a desktop or laptop?
Laptop? Can't upgrade, because the chip will be soldered to the motherboard.
Desktop? The mac pro is the only one I know that you can easily upgrade, and even that is pretty limited. If you do have a mac pro, apparently most GTX 500/600 cards work, as well as the HD 5770/5870

[Son Maikeru - 孫まいける]

in the near future, macs with thunderbolt can external GPUs via PCIe Chassis.

[Jim Bond]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&SrchInDesc=mac&Page=1&PageSize=20

there are two choices, assuming you have the latest Mac Pro and $500

[M͂͒̀λgi͡caℓ Ήo͓̽ﻇo̴]

thanks for the replies and sorry i have been pretty busy
but here r my specs, and i have a lap top

Processor 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB
Software OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)

[Jim Bond]

╙Ϻλgíċaℓ Ήøﻇσ╜님이 먼저 게시:

thanks for the replies and sorry i have been pretty busy
but here r my specs, and i have a lap top

Processor 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB
Software OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)

:beatmeat:

So this is definitely not a Mac Pro, so you have no options in upgrading your gpu. I'll assume it's a MacBook Pro, please post the model identifier.

Your best bet for maximum performance out of that Mac is to always keep mac os up to date (that means get 10.9 Mavericks when it comes out); that's how to get the latest graphics drivers for OS X.

You could also bootcamp with the x64 versions of windows 7 or 8 and download the latest drivers from intel. games still run better in windows on like hardware.

[M͂͒̀λgi͡caℓ Ήo͓̽ﻇo̴]

ya its a macbook pro

and where is the model identifier at?

thanks for the reply

[Jim Bond]

╙Ϻλgíċaℓ Ήøﻇσ╜님이 먼저 게시:

ya its a macbook pro

and where is the model identifier at?

thanks for the reply

http://www.everymac.com/mac-identification/where-to-find-apple-model-identifiers-model-id-machine-model-for-identification.html

[Benji]

Gaming on a mac? HAHAHAHA

[M͂͒̀λgi͡caℓ Ήo͓̽ﻇo̴]

Jim Bond님이 먼저 게시:

╙Ϻλgíċaℓ Ήøﻇσ╜님이 먼저 게시:

ya its a macbook pro

and where is the model identifier at?

thanks for the reply

http://www.everymac.com/mac-identification/where-to-find-apple-model-identifiers-model-id-machine-model-for-identification.html

it is MacBookPro9,2

[Tacospiff]

Reasonable gaming: AMD Radeon 6750 HD 512MB/1GB
All games maxed out with smooth fps: Nvidia GT 630 1GB/4GB
Best in world: AMD Radeon 7990 HD / Nvidia Geforce 690 GTX

[tvertner]

Benji님이 먼저 게시:

Gaming on a mac? HAHAHAHA

Real clever on the "Steam for Mac" forum. Very original.

Seriously, though, OP. You bought a Macbook; you're locked in for hardware until Thunderbolt enclosures and external monitors somehow come into your budget. It's better to figure out what games will run well on the hardware you have. I game on a 13" Macbook Air with similar specs and I'm surprised at what runs at ~30FPS. I usually do a search before buying any big name titles.