Hey guys, quick question. Planning a hackintosh build. Any idea what the minimum CPU/GPU might be to run WoW Classic at max settings and maintain near 60 FPS during raiding/PvP on a 28" UE590 UHD Monitor (4K, 3840 X 2160)? Specifically looking at Intel CPU & AMD GPU on an Asus Z370-E motherboard.
If you’re planning on using Catalina or later as your primary OS, then the AMD Radeon VII would be the top of the line card for 4k gaming on the Red Side™. Make sure your system has a beefy PSU though - AMD cards get their power from brute force, not efficiency like nVidia’s offerings. As long as you have at least an 800W PSU, you’re fine. I’d go with a SeaSonic PSU if you’re planning an AMD GPU. Rock solid stable build that way.
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The Radeon VII works on Mojave, but you do need Catalina for the 5700XT.
With that said, I’d go with the 5700XT. It comes very close to matching the Radeon VII in gaming and most non-workstation tasks, and is several hundred dollars cheaper. It’ll also get a lot more support from AMD in the future. The Radeon VII is a discontinued card with a very small user base.
The Radeon VII is by far the best hybrid gaming/workstation card on the market, but if you only do one or the other, you can save a lot of money.
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I had some problems with my Radeon VII and just switched to a 5700 XT. It works much better — 4k at 60 FPS at max settings with everything that I’ve thrown at it so far.
If you’re just playing classic, a regular 5700 would probably work fine. Might even be able to get away with a Vega 64/56 or 580.
For the cpu, any 8th or 9th generation i5 would work with your motherboard. I’ve been happy with my 9600k.
The 5700 XT also has the benefit of having several non-reference models with varying factory overclocks, cooling solutions, ports, price points, etc which can make it easier to find a card that suits one’s build, as well as providing fallback options if the availability or prices are currently bad for one’s top choice. It’s also more likely for 5700 XTs to be included in discounts and promotions.
By contrast there’s only one Radeon VII (other brands are just relabels) which practically never gets discounted, and if one isn’t happy with its cooling they’re stuck unless they want to void the card’s warranty and mod it.
FWIW I’m running a 5700 XT Nitro+ alongside a RX 560 Aero with a 6700k on a 650W EVGA SuperNOVA G2 and have had no issues. The 5700 XT is not all that hard on the PSU, requiring ~25% less power than the Radeon VII and hovering around the same power draw as an RTX 2070 Super, varying by about +/- 5% depending on workload.
Agree that this should only be attempted with a rock solid PSU, though. There’s a lot of cheap crap out there that can’t handle what it’s supposedly rated for.
The radeon 7 vs 5700 basically comes down to 4k gaming. the lower vram hurts trying to 4k on ultra settings. but if you aren’t 4 k gaming or aren’t trying to do it on high/ultra the 5700 is far more bang for buck.
to be honest at this point I’d skip both and wait for 2020 navi cards. we should be hearing about them Soon™ and you can get apple will support them. hopefully they finally bring AMD into 2018 standards with RTX and VRS which wow 9.0 will support both standards, so getting a GPU that supports them will go a long way. Of course nvidia will drop something new out near instantly when AMD catches up to 20x0 series, just in time to be obsolete :D, but as a mac or hackintosh users you get what you can get.
I’m holding out on my 1080ti until then.
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