Upgrading from Catalina to Monterey - i7-6700k, Radeon rx480, GA Z170X UD5 - current guide?

[bhuether]

Hi, I just read here:

Catalina (Clover) to Monterey Update

Hello, I'm trying to finally update my Catalina Hackintosh to Monterey. I'm not sure what's the best way to do it. I downloaded an updated version of clover that completely messed up my boot (had to revert to the old one) - when I booted in verbose the only thing I saw was...

www.tonymacx86.com

So as I understand, I should make OpenCore bootloader. When I go to the instructions for SkyLake I see

Desktop Skylake​

Support	Version
Initial macOS Support	OS X 10.11, El Capitan

​

Does the Version El Capitan mean something here? Or is it irrelevant?

Just want to make sure I perform this upgrade precisely. And want to make sure that the upgrade preserves the full functionality of my rx480 card. As I recall there was quite a bit involved in optimizing that card, making sure all cores were enabled, etc.

thanks

 

[Feartech]

Hi, I just read here:

Catalina (Clover) to Monterey Update

Hello, I'm trying to finally update my Catalina Hackintosh to Monterey. I'm not sure what's the best way to do it. I downloaded an updated version of clover that completely messed up my boot (had to revert to the old one) - when I booted in verbose the only thing I saw was...

www.tonymacx86.com

So as I understand, I should make OpenCore bootloader. When I go to the instructions for SkyLake I see

Desktop Skylake​

Support	Version
Initial macOS Support	OS X 10.11, El Capitan

​

Does the Version El Capitan mean something here? Or is it irrelevant?

Just want to make sure I perform this upgrade precisely. And want to make sure that the upgrade preserves the full functionality of my rx480 card. As I recall there was quite a bit involved in optimizing that card, making sure all cores were enabled, etc.

thanks

Irrelevant

the initial support is for El Capitan, anything prior then it is not supported

using Monterey will be fine

also you could spoof your system as kabylake and upgrade to Ventura if you wanted to