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Frequently Asked Questions About NVIDIA PC (non-EFI) Graphics Cards
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I am working a flashed Titan Black Super in Mac OS 10.11.1 While the Apple NVIDIA driver doesn't seem to be able to boot from it as I get a black screen with progress bar that goes half way and I waited a few mins to see if it will progress further but it doesn't seems to.
Using the NVIDIA Web driver for Mac OS 10.11.1 will enable regular boot completion. However I encounter a 'Yellow' picture when using Apple Aperture. This had also occurred with the last iteration of driver for Mac OS 10.11 El Capitan.
Prior to this, Yosemite (10.10.5) did not have this 'Yellow' picture issue in Apple Aperture. Anyone else here use Apple Aperture? On a side note (less serious issue), DxO Optics Pro 10 show artifacts rendering and when changing windows...
Any insights anyone?
[Screen Shot of 'Yellow' picture issue in Apple Aperture attached]
Using the NVIDIA Web driver for Mac OS 10.11.1 will enable regular boot completion. However I encounter a 'Yellow' picture when using Apple Aperture. This had also occurred with the last iteration of driver for Mac OS 10.11 El Capitan.
Prior to this, Yosemite (10.10.5) did not have this 'Yellow' picture issue in Apple Aperture. Anyone else here use Apple Aperture? On a side note (less serious issue), DxO Optics Pro 10 show artifacts rendering and when changing windows...
Any insights anyone?
[Screen Shot of 'Yellow' picture issue in Apple Aperture attached]
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Same here
GM Candidate and Beta Driver fine
GM and Beta Driver fine
GM and both drivers yellow box
10.11.1 and current drivers yellow box
I have Pixalmator on my system and when I try their photos extension I get a yellow box too.
I tried hacking the beta driver to work on 10.11.1 with no success yet.
GM Candidate and Beta Driver fine
GM and Beta Driver fine
GM and both drivers yellow box
10.11.1 and current drivers yellow box
I have Pixalmator on my system and when I try their photos extension I get a yellow box too.
I tried hacking the beta driver to work on 10.11.1 with no success yet.
I have submitted a Bug Report to NVIDIA since 10.11. Despite not having any feedback from them, I am hoping that there is ongoing work on a fix (soon too). I do suggest everyone affected to submit a Bug Report to NVIDIA as well.
Hi
I'm experiencing unsolved problem trying to install a non-EFI GTX 980Ti in my 2009 Mac Pro with Yosemite 10.10.5
I of course installed the latest WebDriver 346.02.03f01.
All I get is a black screen.
I have tried several processes, thanx to all the info I got here :
- Uninstalled the previous Nvidia Driver and Cuda Driver
- Booted using a GT120
- Did the "nv_disable=1" trick described in point 24) of the first post of the thread
- Tried to uninstall and re-install the driver using a AMD card
- Reseted NVRAM
- Followed what was described in this thread by DMCDesign, using my AMD card
Well, after a whole day of trying different solutions, I still have the same result: black screen from the 980 Ti
(I have only connected my screen to the DVI port as I don't have any Displayport adaptator at the moment)
The 980Ti is plugged via two cables from the motherboard, one is a 6-Pin, one is a 6-to-8-Pin.
The card green letters lighting is working
In system info, the card appears as NVIDIA Chip Model with... 256 Mo of VRAM (!!)
In NVIDIA Driver MAnager, the slot where the card is says pci10de,fb0
(well actually it's very strange, as the GT120 is in slot 1 but presented in the manager as in slot 3, and same vice-versa with slot 3 where is the 980Ti)
Here is my setup :
Mac Pro 2009 4,1 upgraded to 5,1 / 12X3,46
OS X 10.10.5
Apple HD Displays 30" / 23"
EVGA Standard GTX 980Ti
I have an extra GT120, a GTX 480 from Macvidcards, and another Radeon, if that can help for a process..
I really don't know what to do now, if someone has encountered the same issue and found a way out, please let me know, thanx!
I'm experiencing unsolved problem trying to install a non-EFI GTX 980Ti in my 2009 Mac Pro with Yosemite 10.10.5
I of course installed the latest WebDriver 346.02.03f01.
All I get is a black screen.
I have tried several processes, thanx to all the info I got here :
- Uninstalled the previous Nvidia Driver and Cuda Driver
- Booted using a GT120
- Did the "nv_disable=1" trick described in point 24) of the first post of the thread
- Tried to uninstall and re-install the driver using a AMD card
- Reseted NVRAM
- Followed what was described in this thread by DMCDesign, using my AMD card
Well, after a whole day of trying different solutions, I still have the same result: black screen from the 980 Ti
(I have only connected my screen to the DVI port as I don't have any Displayport adaptator at the moment)
The 980Ti is plugged via two cables from the motherboard, one is a 6-Pin, one is a 6-to-8-Pin.
The card green letters lighting is working
In system info, the card appears as NVIDIA Chip Model with... 256 Mo of VRAM (!!)
In NVIDIA Driver MAnager, the slot where the card is says pci10de,fb0
(well actually it's very strange, as the GT120 is in slot 1 but presented in the manager as in slot 3, and same vice-versa with slot 3 where is the 980Ti)
Here is my setup :
Mac Pro 2009 4,1 upgraded to 5,1 / 12X3,46
OS X 10.10.5
Apple HD Displays 30" / 23"
EVGA Standard GTX 980Ti
I have an extra GT120, a GTX 480 from Macvidcards, and another Radeon, if that can help for a process..
I really don't know what to do now, if someone has encountered the same issue and found a way out, please let me know, thanx!
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Have you sorted your issues? I have the same set up (MacPro 4, 1, intel-xeon 2.26,32gb ram) but it's all haywire, the system worked fine with 10.10.4, I have a GTX 960 which now isn't recognised by 10.10.5 and the 10.11 won't update, it keeps telling me an error has occurred when I tried to load. NVIDIA and its drivers seems to have regressed, even given up on allowing a MacPro 4,1 use a GTX 960. Or am i wrong. The annoying thing is my system works fine with my 10.9.5 start up drive and GT120 graphics card. I'm sick of Mac and it's tinkering!
I'm sick of Mac and it's tinkering. What was working fine before an upgrade to 10.10.5 is not now and 10.11 won't install. the 10.11.1 which says it fixes with installation issues can't install unless 10.11 is installed! MyMacPro 4, 1, intel-xeon 2.26,32gb ram with 10.10.4 and GTX 960 which now isn't recognised by 10.10.5, worked fine with 10.10.4. Now the 10.11 won't install, it keeps telling me an error has occurred when I try to load. NVIDIA and its drivers seems to have regressed, even given up on allowing a MacPro 4,1 use a GTX 960. Or am i wrong? The annoying thing is my system works fine with my 10.9.5 start up drive and GT120 graphics card.
You double posted basically the same thing in the last two posts.
In any case, I have a 4,1 (flashed to 5,1) with a GTX970 and I haven't had any issue (apart from forgetting that ANY update caused my video to go black and having to wait for nVidia to release a new web driver).
10.10.5 -> 10.11 -> 10.11.1 just fine.
I'm thinking it may be something with your OS X configuration? Uninstall the nVidia webdrivers, put in your GT120 and try installing 10.11.1 (if you haven't installed 10.11 at all, you should be able to download and install 10.11.1 directly from the app store).
Hi,
possibly you've done this already. But don't go searching for 10.11.1 in your Updates tab. Instead, click the El Capitan banner on App Store, it will take you to the page where you can download full installer (6.17 GB).
Best of luck!
Since I've just come across this thread perhaps I can ask the following:
If I don't need extreme amounts of graphics power (the heaviest I run is Photoshop CS6; no games) but would like a card that:
1) doesn't run very hot,
2) can be connected to the logic board using the normal cables, and
3) costs reasonable money,
which PC (non-EFI, unflashed) card should I look for to put in a Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) which runs 10.9.5 but will eventually be upgraded to El Cap?
Many TIA
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If I don't need extreme amounts of graphics power (the heaviest I run is Photoshop CS6; no games) but would like a card that:
1) doesn't run very hot,
2) can be connected to the logic board using the normal cables, and
3) costs reasonable money,
which PC (non-EFI, unflashed) card should I look for to put in a Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) which runs 10.9.5 but will eventually be upgraded to El Cap?
Many TIA
P
Well after a new Clean install of Yosemite 10.10.5 and several test with different procedures, exactly same result: Black Screen from GTX 980Ti, and card doesn't seem to be recognized properly by the system. Could it be a card issue?
In your case a card that is natively supported by OS X drivers, I would propose a Kepler card like GTX 680.
Thanks very much for the reply. I see only one of those here in Holland - the MSI N680GTX - which costs 380 EUR. That seems a bit steep since I don't need very heavy graphics capability. Are there any alternatives for (considerably) less?
Best value graphics card is a used GTX570 for about $50 (or local equivalent) it's probably faster than a GTX680 for apps that support CUDA. You won't have a boot screen so if that's important to you keep the original graphics card in case you ever need it.
Have you considered the second hand market. Tweakers or Maarktplaats?
Here's just one example - http://tweakers.net/aanbod/865043/evga-geforce-gtx-680-sc-signature.html
This website also has an HD 7950 (I have this particular model 'flashed' in my machine) for just over 200 euros - https://www.yorcom.nl/hardware/vide...eon-hd-7950-13series-3gb-ddr5-dvi-hdmi-minidp
Of course the latter model listed here is AMD. But as with the GTX 680 support is baked in to OS X. All you need do is order two 6 pin PCIE cables (I got mine from 7systems off eBay) and you're good to go.
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Thank you both for the replies.
I've checked Tweakers and Marktplaats but I haven't really known which card to search for - there's a bewildering amount of cards out there.
Is there anywhere one can find how older cards stack up against each other? I've seen that sometimes sellers have new old stock of cards. I bought my current HD 5870 (Mac) used and it's lasted a year only so ideally I'd like a slightly older, but new, card if possible.
I've checked Tweakers and Marktplaats but I haven't really known which card to search for - there's a bewildering amount of cards out there.
Is there anywhere one can find how older cards stack up against each other? I've seen that sometimes sellers have new old stock of cards. I bought my current HD 5870 (Mac) used and it's lasted a year only so ideally I'd like a slightly older, but new, card if possible.
My wife & I each have a Mac Pro with a GTX570 that were purchased used nearly three years ago. GTX570s were much more expensive then but at current prices you could buy several for the price of a singe new card for which the warranty is only going to be one year in any case.
Thank you Nigel. This is very helpful. Would you know if there is any big difference between the many different brands of GTX 570? Are some more reliable than others?
Since you guys are on the topic...
Which video card would be a good upgrade for my cMP, which currently has a flashed Radeon 6870 in it? Primarily for Boot Camp gaming (GTA V, Wolfenstein New World Order, etc).
I run dual displays, Dell UltraSharps.
Something in the mid-range price and performance-wise, say, $400.00 to $500.00.
Which video card would be a good upgrade for my cMP, which currently has a flashed Radeon 6870 in it? Primarily for Boot Camp gaming (GTA V, Wolfenstein New World Order, etc).
I run dual displays, Dell UltraSharps.
Something in the mid-range price and performance-wise, say, $400.00 to $500.00.
You can get a GTX 980 with that amount and it's a pretty awesome video card. One of the things I like most about the GTX 980 is how cool it runs.
I should've mentioned... I'm in Canada, and I'd have to send it away to have it flashed, which increases the cost substantially. I've been looking on MacVidCards site and there's a few cards just below the GTX 980 that are more in my price range though.
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