Question Would Mavericks Hackintosh outperform Windows 8 with Identical Hardware

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kneeyuhguh

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The reason I am asking is because I was trying to build a hackintosh to compare performance in video editing and 3d applications. Provided the assumption that the hardware is the same, would OSx (hackintosh) outperform Windows 8.1 by a large enough margin to consider putting in more effort to get a working hackintosh? Are there any benchmarks/research to support?
 
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I am currently running a hackintosh with mavericks and windows. First of all, it may not be as simple as you are thinking: hackintosh OS X is only going to run well (or maybe at all without some serious effort) on certain hardware. For mavericks, you will NEED an intel processor. There are methods for running on AMD systems, but they are much less stable and require a lot more hacking, if you have an AMD system and the only reason you would want a hackintosh is performance I would say do not even bother. Also, some hacking is required to use AMD videocards, and mavericks will also not run on a hackintosh using older nVidia hardware.

Even if you have a perfect system for hackintosh (even with the above a lot is dependent on mobo manufacturer/model and audio/network chipsets), you have to realize that you are still just trying to run OS X on unsupported hardware. So at the very best, you are looking to mimic performance of a mac with similar hardware to your PC.

Finally, it depends on the software you will be running. If by 3D applications you mean videogames, most are ports of PC games and are not going to run better on OS X vs Windows even if it were not a hackintosh system. I personally have grown to really like a lot of UI elements in OS X, and for instance I now find myself using my hackintosh for photoshop and microsoft office, but there are no real differences in performance running those types of programs between the two operating systems. If you are doing truly intensive computing I would imagine it is really going to come down to the hardware you have at your disposal anyhow; an OS really isn't going to be what's limiting your PC's performance.

I know this is a lot to read, but I hope it helps you make your decision. I highly recommend trying out hackintosh if you are interested, but know that it is probably not going to be as simple or stable as installing Windows or Linux to your PC.
 
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The best thing you can do is go out and use them. Otherwise you're asking "Which is best, chocolate or strawberry?" It's very much a matter of taste (no pun intended.) Some people like one, some like the other, some like both.

The deciding factor in some instances is going to be what you want or need to do with the system. Need it for work? The corporate IT department may have policies or preferences you need to adhere to, or you may have a program that runs in one but not the other. You may have a program, work aside, that is only available on one but not the other, or that runs better on one of them. You'll have a wider variety of hardware choices with Windows, of course, so that may be a deciding factor - but that has nothing to do with the operating system itself.

Are you building your own system? In that case, you're going with Windows (or Linux.) Yes, you can buy a "hackintosh," but again, your choice of compatible hardware there is more limited.

Personally, I'm not a fan of Windows 8.1 - I've run 8 since the developer preview and haven't liked it in the least, so for me the choice would really be Windows 7 or OS X. And since I've got a large library of programs on the Windows platform, I'd go with Windows in most instances. But that's just me.

source- yahoo answers
 
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By 3d applications, I mean BLENDER and 3ds Max
I use ALL of adobe CC (the photo/video software)

I have an intel 4930k on a p9x79 pro with 2x 660TIs

And that does help out a bit, thanks

 
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I already have my machine built with win 8.1 pro on it, and I was going to get OSX on it to compare them, because I was considering an apple laptop, and I want see if the difference in performance with identical hardware would justify the price difference.
 
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Well, If you are serious about trying os x, why not both? The hard part is installing os x, dual booting with Windows is not too difficult.
 
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