# What GPU to get
Please make sure to read GPUs to Avoid First as there's important info there
So you just want a GPU recommendation? Well honestly in the current situation the only cards we'd recommend would be from AMD that are either Polaris(Rx 4xx, 5xx)or newer as GCN 3 and older can loose support at any time and the same applies for Nvidia's Kepler. Here are the cards we recommend and do remember that reference cards are generally the safest solution
# Fanless GPUs(0 DB)
Unfortunately the variety for fanless GPUs are quite small, while there are many GPUs with fan-stop these aren't perfect solutions. Models with no fan at all are limited to either GT 1030s which are unsupported past High Sierra or the GT 710 which could loose support some time soon.
# Fanless models:
- GT 710 (opens new window)(basically every model is single slot, half height and many are fanless)
# Navi(Fan Stop)
Fan-Stop models(no fan spin under 50/60C generally):
- Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700 XT (opens new window)
- Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 XT (opens new window)
- Gigabyte Gaming OC RX 5700 XT (opens new window)
- Asus Strix RX 5700 XT (opens new window)
# Vega(Fan Stop)
Fan-Stop models(no fan spin under 50/60C generally):
- Asus Strix Vega 56/64 (opens new window)
- Gigabyte RX Vega 56/64 Gaming (opens new window)
- Sapphire NITRO+ RX VEGA 56/64 (opens new window)
- Sapphire Pulse Vega 56 (opens new window)
# Polaris(Fan Stop)
Fan-Stop models(no fan spin under 50/60C generally):
- Asus Strix RX 580 (opens new window)
- ASUS Dual series RX 580 (opens new window)
- Sapphire Pulse RX 580 (opens new window)
- Sapphire Nitro RX 580 (opens new window)
- Gigabyte RX 580 Gaming (opens new window)
# Single Slot GPUs
# Navi
# Vega
# Polaris
- Radeon Pro WX 5100 (opens new window)
- Radeon Pro WX 4100 (opens new window)
- Yeston RX550-4G LP D5 (opens new window)
- Gigabyte RX 550 D5 2G (rev. 2.0) (opens new window)
- Sapphire PULSE RX 550 4G G5 640SP (opens new window)
- Sapphire PULSE RX 550 2G G5 640SP (opens new window)
- ASUS AREZ-PH-RX550-2G (opens new window)
- ASUS PH-RX550-4G-M7 (opens new window)
- For 550 models, ensure it's Baffin based, this is one of the first RX 550 models that run a baffin core instead of Lexa
- See What GPUs to Avoid for more info
# Nvidia
- GT 710 (opens new window)(basically every model is single slot, half height and many are fanless)
# Quadro
- Quadro K4200 (opens new window)
- Quadro K2000D (opens new window)
- Quadro K2000 (opens new window)
- Quadro K600 (opens new window)
- Quadro K420 (opens new window)
- Quadro 410 (opens new window)
# Half-height GPUs
# AMD: GCN 1-3
# AMD: Polaris
- Radeon Pro WX 4100 (opens new window)
- MSI RX 460 LP (opens new window)
- MSI RX 560 LP OC (opens new window)
- Yeston RX 550 640 SP (opens new window)
# Nvidia: Kepler
- GT 710 (opens new window)(basically every model is single slot, half height and many are fanless)
- Quadro K600 (opens new window)
- Quadro K420 (opens new window)
- Quadro 410 (opens new window)
# The Most Powerful GPUs
While it may seem obvious that the most powerful GPU would be the Radeon VII, do keep in mind drivers aren't as mature as Vega 10's drivers. For the best reliability you'll want to either grab a Vega 10 series GPU(RX Vega 64)or wait for the issues with the MacPro7,1 to be ironed out.
- Radeon VII (opens new window)
- Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700 XT (opens new window)
- Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 XT (opens new window)
- Gigabyte Gaming OC RX 5700 XT (opens new window)
- Asus Strix RX 5700 XT (opens new window)
- Asus Strix Vega 64 (opens new window)
- Gigabyte RX Vega 64 Gaming (opens new window)
- MSI Airboost Vega 64 (opens new window)
- Sapphire Reference Vega 64 (opens new window)
# Cheapest Hackintosh GPUs
- Literally whatever iGPU came with your CPU
# Overall Best Hackintosh GPUs
# Polaris
- Sapphire Pulse RX 580 (opens new window)
- MSI Armor RX 580 (opens new window)
- Asus Strix RX 580 (opens new window)
# Vega
- Asus Strix Vega 56/64 (opens new window)
- Gigabyte RX Vega 56/64 Gaming (opens new window)
- MSI Airboost Vega 56/64 (opens new window)
- Radeon VII (opens new window)