This is going to be a weird one but I want to ask. I’ll probably end up trying it out anyway.
I have an RX 590 in my 5,1. I also have Sonoma installed, and Windows 11.
I want to install Windows 2003 (XP 64 NT 5.2). This would just be for fun and on its own disk not interfering with macOS or Windows 11.
However, my GPU is too new for XP/2003. I know it would still display, but the generic graphic driver would be useless for my purposes here.
In the past, before all the Metal GPU and patching non-sense, it was okay to have one metal and one non-metal GPU. But nowadays that no longer works.
But, I’m wondering if I were to install an archaic GPU (like, an ATI Radeon 7000 or 9000) using a PCIe to PCI bridge, if that would cause any issues with the graphics patching under macOS the same way using say the factory GT120 would interfere with it. Come to think of it, I actually have a GeForce GTX 6800 from like 2006 that’s PCIe that I could use, assuming it wouldn’t be recognized by macOS and therefore not be a problem.
I’m hoping not, because macOS at this point shouldn’t even know what the old GPU is and basically ignore it. This way, I’m hoping I can plug one of my monitors into it and use the ancient version of Windows on the fully accelerated ancient GPU.
Anyone ever try this? Lmao
I have an RX 590 in my 5,1. I also have Sonoma installed, and Windows 11.
I want to install Windows 2003 (XP 64 NT 5.2). This would just be for fun and on its own disk not interfering with macOS or Windows 11.
However, my GPU is too new for XP/2003. I know it would still display, but the generic graphic driver would be useless for my purposes here.
In the past, before all the Metal GPU and patching non-sense, it was okay to have one metal and one non-metal GPU. But nowadays that no longer works.
But, I’m wondering if I were to install an archaic GPU (like, an ATI Radeon 7000 or 9000) using a PCIe to PCI bridge, if that would cause any issues with the graphics patching under macOS the same way using say the factory GT120 would interfere with it. Come to think of it, I actually have a GeForce GTX 6800 from like 2006 that’s PCIe that I could use, assuming it wouldn’t be recognized by macOS and therefore not be a problem.
I’m hoping not, because macOS at this point shouldn’t even know what the old GPU is and basically ignore it. This way, I’m hoping I can plug one of my monitors into it and use the ancient version of Windows on the fully accelerated ancient GPU.
Anyone ever try this? Lmao
