Frequently Asked Questions About NVIDIA PC (non-EFI) Graphics Cards

[owbp]

neither are the stock Apple drivers.

That's the thing i don't get when people are bashing nVidia.
With GT220 to GTX980 (that is right now in my cMP) the biggest problems i had are few pixels going mad, and the last time it happened was in El Capitan.
On the other hand i've had numerous screen glitches with HD6850 and more than few system reboots/crashes with HD7950 (official) and R9 280X caused by Apple AMD Controller and Framebuffer kexts.

 

[yukdave]

I got no problems with NVIDIA GTX980Ti. Used the GT120 in slot 2 for boot and worked great with the NVIDIA drivers. They work flawlessly for me. Just flashed the 980 so will pull the GT120 soon since I need the slot. If you don't need the slots then the old GT120 that came with it handles the boot screen and the heavy work happens on the PC version of the GTX980Ti

 

[pastrychef]

Nvidia web drivers for Sierra 10.12.5:
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.15f01.pkg

 

[BillyBobBongo]

Nvidia web drivers for Sierra 10.12.5:
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.15f01.pkg

Damn, that's fast!

Wonder if it fixes the sleep bug on the 1060?!

Edit: It does not.

 

[irked]

I get the feeling all they do most of the time is increment the OS build number the drivers are looking for.

 

[Socket]

Hi...could someone can solve this bug in F1 2016? #48

I tried just now with the new webdrivers in 10.12.5 but still doesn't work :-(

 

[flowrider]

Nvidia web drivers for Sierra 10.12.5:
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.15f01.pkg

And the new Cuda 8.0.83 is here:

http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=292...7/page-3&pref=https://www.google.com/&xtz=420

Lou

 

[m4v3r1ck]

And the new Cuda 8.0.83 is here:

http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=292X457&site=insanelymac.com&xs=1&isjs=1&url=http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/cuda_8_0/cudadriver_8.0.83_macos.dmg&xguid=E52D1B88A0E5E4F16605631B515B2C19&xuuid=066ddf62fec9e1429c9241e4bf7da110&xsessid=&xcreo=0&xed=0&sref=http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302795-cuda-8083-is-out-update-05152017/page-3&pref=https://www.google.com/&xtz=420

Lou

Security update to Mac OS X 10.10.5 (14F2411) / Current version: 346.02.03f12 (Not compatible)

Lou, did you spot any compatible drivers yet?

Cheers

 

[m4v3r1ck]

Solved!

Cheers

 

[Helloha]

I bought a 1060 but it's horribly unstable using the beta drivers and premiere pro.

so, About to bite the bullet on a used 980, specifically this one:

https://www.asus.com/be-nl/Graphics-Cards/STRIXGTX980DC2OC4GD5/specifications/

Does anyone know if the backplate on these cards cause height issues for the card to be in the bottom slot (5,1)? All slots are filled and I need every one of them.

Cheers!
K.

 

[flowrider]

^^^^There's a backplate on my MVC flashed Gigabyte GTX 1080. Not a problem!

Lou

 

[Helloha]

Any idea if this specific card exceeds the power requirements? On the website it states that it's a 300watt card. But the Mac can only provide 225 or something? It has a 6 pin and 8 pin...

 

[pb69]

Seeking recommendation of an affordable video card for a Mac Pro 4,1 that is much better than a GT120.

 

[Theophany]

Seeking recommendation of an affordable video card for a Mac Pro 4,1 that is much better than a GT120.

GTX 680 is affordable if you buy a PC version and flash it yourself, I paid ~£100 for mine. If you bide your time and keep an eye out on eBay you can sometimes get a bargain, my GTX 980 Ti was £200 though it isn't flashed. I'm not really sure what to recommend from the red team though.

 

[Helloha]

Just did some tests with the msi 980 and it seems to work, it's also much snappier to edit raw footage in Premiere Pro compared to the 1060.

Just wondering if it's possible to control the fan on the card. By default it's off and I don't like that. I can change it in windows under bootcamp using the MSI software but the setting doesn't stick around when I boot into osx... Any thoughts on that one?

Cheers!
K.

 

[h9826790]

Just did some tests with the msi 980 and it seems to work, it's also much snappier to edit raw footage in Premiere Pro compared to the 1060.

Just wondering if it's possible to control the fan on the card. By default it's off and I don't like that. I can change it in windows under bootcamp using the MSI software but the setting doesn't stick around when I boot into osx... Any thoughts on that one?

Cheers!
K.

You have to dump the ROM, mod the fan profile inside it, and flash it back to the card. Otherwise, all soft setting in Windows won't carry to MacOS.

Anyway, the card is designed to do that. And 60C is not hot for GPU anyway (fan won't spin up until this temperature), keep the fan running just suck more dust in, increase fan wearing etc, not really necessary a good idea.

 

[pierrox]

The new Cuda Driver is out. 8.0.63:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/cuda_8_0/cudadriver_8.0.63_macos.dmg

Rookie Nvidia user question - sorry if it's been covered a thousand times, though I did some searching before posting:
I'm on OS 10.11.6, hence driver 346.03.15f06. On the Cuda page, it says the corresponding Cuda is v7.5.x.

Can I install the very latest Cuda (v8.x) or am I stuck with v7?

 

[h9826790]

Rookie Nvidia user question - sorry if it's been covered a thousand times, though I did some searching before posting:
I'm on OS 10.11.6, hence driver 346.03.15f06. On the Cuda page, it says the corresponding Cuda is v7.5.x.

Can I install the very latest Cuda (v8.x) or am I stuck with v7?

The newest version usually only cover the latest OS.

 

[pierrox]

That's what it says on their page:

New Release 8.0.83

• General CUDA driver update to support macOS 10.12 and NVIDIA display driver 378.05.05.15f01

Recommended CUDA version(s):

• CUDA 8.0

Supported MAC OS X

• 10.12.x
• 10.11.x

Now that's what I find confusing - hence my question: their page says "10.11.x" but also says "driver 378.xxx" which is 10.12 only.

 

[InuNacho]

I'm overhauling my 4,1 running 10.9.5 and is it correct to assume that the GTX 770 is the most powerful card I can use? I was looking around and it looks like it takes 230w and the slots only provide 225w, in the real world would the 5w make a difference or should I hunt down a 760ti?

 

[Synchro3]

230 Watt is no problem for the Mac Pro. But you need at least one 6 to 8 pin power cable.

 

[DearthnVader]

Has anyone gotten HDMI audio to work with GF10 cards?

 

[pb69]

Need $150 new video card recommendation. Running El Capitan. MP 4,1 with 5,1 firmware.

 

[h9826790]

Need $150 new video card recommendation. Running El Capitan. MP 4,1 with 5,1 firmware.

What do you mean "new" card? New generation? Never use? Newer than your current one? Or simply means need a replacement card?

 

[pb69]

What do you mean "new" card? New generation? Never use? Newer than your current one? Or simply means need a replacement card?

New as in never used.
So far my only choice for El Capitan seems to be a GTX 750 ti.
I have discovered that If I run Sierra I can use a GTX 1050 or a RX 460 both of which are about $30 less than the GTX 750 ti.