Help deciding on a video card. $200 Budget

leglez

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I am in the process of building a hackintosh. So I need a video card off of here: Here It can be ATI or Nvidia I don't care, My motherboard is GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L.

I run dual monitors, a 25" Dell running 1920 x 1080, and a 32" Vizio running 1360 x 768. I want to run DVI to the Dell and HDMI to the Vizio (a DVI-HDMI converter is fine) I am not much of a gamer, I play world of warcraft, but that is it. I do edit in final cut daily though. I don't want to spend more than $200, but if there is a good deal I might grab. I like the GeForce 9800 GX2, but the cheapest I can find them is $285. So now I am looking at other 9800 cards but not really sure what is good.

Thanks!
 

octopus41092

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At $200 I'd go with an HD4850 and buy an Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 + 120MM Fan and OC it. Otherwise if you're willing to go a little bit more you should get the HD4870.
 

leglez

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That is what I was wanting to do but neither of those are on the compatibility list for OSX86
 

OCGuy

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Or you can get a 9800GTX+ and not have to worry about voiding your warranty and using an aftermarket fan.