So you want a MAC that flies FSX like a dream come true-build a Hackintosh!

[txnetcop]

So you want a MAC that flies FSX like a dream come true-build a Hackintosh!

Build an Intel and load Snow Leopard on it for MAC and dual boot for Win7 to run FSX! $750

I just did this for a friend:

Using a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P motherboard, 4GB G.Skill PC2 9600 stable at 1290 mhz, a Q9650 CPU stable at 4.0 on air, combined with an MSI N260GTX OC 655mhz. It runs FSX at no less than 22fps anywhere and as high 80fps in places UNLOCKED! All sliders right except autogen at Normal! Awesome graphics. Very fluid and makes for a VERY VERY Fast MAC PRO Quad!
Benchmarks beat MAC PRO Quad Core to death all for less than $750 as opposed to MAC's ridiculous $2499.00!

• One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor
• 1TB

$2,499.00


How to build it:
http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow-leopard-on-your-hackintosh-pc-no-hacking-required

Enjoy
Ted

 

[rohan]

Ted,
that's a really interesting idea and I'd love to try it. Sadly, there's one little, itsy, bitsy teeny snag - you need access to another Mac to prepare the "thumb drive". Since there is no way that I could do that short of buying another Mac first, is there any way in which those changes can be performed on a Windows or Linux machine instead ?
best regards,
Ro

 

[txnetcop]

Yep I have a MAC at the office I can get what I need from.