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by goodburb 548 days ago
Despite these being optional tweaks in the menu, I'm also surprised by how this is the default. I guess the options are for PVE updates.

"Disclaimer for dev/student/test purposes only." Shouldn't be used with enterprise license, which may be against ToS.

The original intent is to avoid custom hardware configurations by using PVE as a layer. Hackintosh on bare metal can take days to figure out on new hardware.
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shortformblog 548 days ago
Yes, this is correct. There seem to be a lot of people confused about the benefit of this in the thread, but it’s very simple: This tool exists essentially as a replacement for doing a full Hackintosh build of a system. You install Proxmox on a machine with a GPU, set this up, pass through the GPU and any other PCIe cards you want to run, and you’re in business.

It turns a days-long process into something that you can be up and running within like an hour. With OSX-KVM you have to set up the machine to be ready to do all the stuff like passthrough. This leverages the fact that Proxmox makes all that stuff super-simple.

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TacticalCoder 548 days ago
> ... pass through the GPU

I've got GPU passthrough working under Proxmox but not for Hackintosh. Will a Hackintosh work with most GPUs or only with certain brands/models?

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shortformblog 548 days ago
It has to be AMD specifically, with some cards working better than others. Really old Nvidia cards work if you’re willing to go all the way back to High Sierra, though I haven’t tested it with this specific setup.

Intel iGPUs work on bare metal up until about tenth gen Core series, but I don’t know if you can pass them through with Proxmox.

This list is a good place to start: https://dortania.github.io/GPU-Buyers-Guide/modern-gpus/amd-...

If you just want to mess around, RX 580s are pretty cheap on eBay these days and are fast enough to handle most tasks on a Mac.

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