Is the currently fastest AMD Navi architecture RDNA powered graphics card,
the Radeon RX 5700 XT finally supported in macOS?
Can you use it in your Hackintosh build or with a Mac?
Is this finally the best price to performance ratio GPU for your Hackintosh?
Let’s find out…
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14 days ago I informed on my channel and sites that Apple finally brought some partial support
for the AMD Navi architecture RDNA graphics cards in the macOS Catalina 10.15.1 beta release.
Then went through internet some rumours Apple removed this support.
Few days ago Apple released the final macOS Catalina 10.15.1 version.
So most people are interested if the 5700 series GPUs from AMD are finally supported.
So…. the answer is…
YES, they are.
You can start to celebrate :) This video is not a review, I just wanted to let you know
my personal experience and share with you these positive good news.
So let’s move to the actual build.
This is one of my so called 14-core iMac Pro Killer hackintosh builds.
If you missed my video series about this monster Hackintosh, links to it you can find now in
this video description.
So let’s have a look on the screen.
Here as a proof you can see I’m running the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT inside of latest
macOS Catalina 10.15.1 on my Intel i9-9900K Hackintosh build.
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, latest Metal version fully supported.
So let’s shortly test it in DaVinci Resolve Studio 16.
As you can see the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT automatically picked up by Resolve using Metal.
As always 4K timeline with ProRes 4K 4:2:2 10-bit source footage.
Timeline scrubbing is absolutely fantastic.
So let’s quickly try H.264 export render, using hardware acceleration, 4K resolution,
30fps, and let’s see if the 5700 XT will be fully utilized.
As expected, maxed out 5700 XT, render is even faster than realtime in 4K resolution
on this GPU, so in DaVinci Resolve the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is working really great
on my Hackintosh build.
And for nitpickers - if it’s working great in DaVinci Resolve, there’s no need for
me to show it also in Final Cut, Premiere or any other app, when the system recognized
it and it’s fully utilized :) BTW why would someone want to use that Adobe crap, why not
to use the best tools simply :) So Metal is working great.
Now just shortly put this AMD 5700 XT under heavy load in 3D rendering using the Luxmark
benchmark to see if also OpenCL workloads can this 5700 XT handle as good as Metal ones.
Luxball scene score is 27844.
Hotel scene score 5157.
And Neumann scene 21177.
If you want to compare results on this same hardware with my AMD Vega Frontier Edition,
then watch my huge comparison AMD vs INTEL Hackintosh - Benchmarks Comparison video,
link is in video description.
I chose and tested the reference Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT and now I can hear those haters,
why did you choose this one instead of some 2 or 3 fans custom model?
Answer is easy.
Those who will choose this reference model, can at anytime later easily add to this card
custom water cooling from big brands like E.K.
Custom models with non-reference PCB can’t.
And another reason why I like these reference models with the blower style fan is, better
temperature conditions inside of computer case.
Because it’s sucking air from the case and exhaust the hot air straight away from the
computer.
So temperature inside of the case will be always lower than with those 2 or 3 fans models and
that’s good for lifespan and performance of all your other components.
And because I always strictly recommend only components I personally tested and verified,
I can recommend exactly this model and can’t judge any other models.
So in this video description you can find links where you can buy directly this exact
5700 XT I tested.
BTW you absolutely don’t have to fear about overheating this GPU or insane noise.
The fan during video rendering was noticeble, but not annoying, nothing extreme.
It’s rendering, full GPU utilization, I think now can hear the GPU fan?
I had also my case side panel open and my computer was next to my head on table for
the purpose of this video.
So under my table with closed case it’s really barely noticeble.
Also don’t forget these drivers which Apple included in the macOS Catalina 10.15.1 are
just first version of drivers, I have no doubt Apple will even more improve it over time.
The performance is quite as good as Vega 64, but with lower power consumption.
So can I recommend to buy this AMD Radeon RX 5700 for your Hackintosh build or to real
Mac users?
Well, it’s a good GPU and I will put it into even more in depth testing, but the simple
fact it needs macOS Catalina 10.15.1 to run it holds me back from recommending it to everybody.
There is still lot of people who needs macOS Mojave or older system for their work, also
macOS Catalina is still in early stage.
So if you want to experiment and use macOS Catalina instead of macOS Mojave on your Hackintosh
or Apple Mac, then this 5700 XT GPU will be probably the good choice.
If you will have some further questions, feel free to comment down below.
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for virtualization, ZFS file server, video editing, fine tuning your workflow or just
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links are again in this video description.
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