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> Caution for the OP considering using it with a Mac Mini: there are no nvidia OS X drivers for the 1050Ti. You're stuck with 9xx or earlier cards. Yep I'm awa

> Caution for the OP considering using it with a Mac Mini: there are no nvidia OS X drivers for the 1050Ti. You're stuck with 9xx or earlier cards. Yep I'm aware, and most of my games don't have native macOS ports. The ones that do would run fine on the Mac's Iris graphics. I would be dual-booting via BootCamp for heavy lifting. > And TBH, if you want this solution to boost a desktop computer, you're better off just building a Hackintosh. It may make some sense for a laptop, but i think it's still cheaper to build a separate gaming computer. I already have A Windows 10 gaming desktop, my goal would be to consolidate into macOS for workstation duties and Windows 10 for gaming, and free up space on my desk. I'm not keen on building a Hackintosh or turning my current gaming rig into one; I've been there done that and it's just not worth the hassle. I also would prefer to run macOS on a real Mac just for the support side of things. I would then be able to give my 16 year old niece the "old" gaming rig (it's a Skylake based system I just built a few months ago) as a massive upgrade from her Core 2 Quad. She's getting into computer animation and 3D modeling and needs something better.

nottorp 10y ago
I don't know about you, but I used to dual boot and i still have the Windows installation on my Hackintosh (which is beefy enough to handle gaming. Hint: don't buy the gaming hardware and try to make OS X run on it, buy hardware that works well in a hackintosh and is good enough for games instead.). In time though, I simply stopped playing the games that required me to reboot and now I only get stuff that runs on OS X. Of course, it's easier if you have a very strong dislike for the current AAA games. I stopped touching anything from EA/Ubisoft long before i stopped rebooting for gaming.

nottorp 10y ago

I don't know about you, but I used to dual boot and i still have the Windows installation on my Hackintosh (which is beefy enough to handle gaming. Hint: don't buy the gaming hardware and try to make OS X run on it, buy hardware that works well in a hackintosh and is good enough for games instead.). In time though, I simply stopped playing the games that required me to reboot and now I only get stuff that runs on OS X. Of course, it's easier if you have a very strong dislike for the current AAA games. I stopped touching anything from EA/Ubisoft long before i stopped rebooting for gaming.