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

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MacGamver,
Use a GT120 or Radeon 5780/5770 to install everything on your Mac Pro. After migrating install the nvidia wedriver and install then the nVidia card in your cMP. Use screensharing and a 2nd computer to install future updates.
 
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MacGamver,
Use a GT120 or Radeon 5780/5770 to install everything on your Mac Pro. After migrating install the nvidia wedriver and install then the nVidia card in your cMP. Use screensharing and a 2nd computer to install future updates.
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Well, I'm going to install the system from the main existing startup drive to the SSD; After that I can start up on the stock drivers to install the web driver. There should be no trouble doing this, right?
 
Is there any way to check the fan speeds of a 1060 under macOS? I'm worried that I've never felt any air coming from its slot even when under load. I've also been having performance issues with World of Warcraft, which in the past has been more "sensitive" to card overheating than other programs.
 
assoc said:
Is there any way to check the fan speeds of a 1060 under macOS? I'm worried that I've never felt any air coming from its slot even when under load. I've also been having performance issues with World of Warcraft, which in the past has been more "sensitive" to card overheating than other programs.
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No, but the 1060 should have "silent fan feature", it only spin when the GPU above certain temperature.

In macOS, the fan will completely follow the VBIOS fan profile. If under high stress, you should able to see it spin (just need to open the side panel have a look). But gaming not necessary stressful enough for 1060. Benchmarks (e.g. Unigine Heaven) should able to make the fan spin.
 
h9826790 said:
No, but the 1060 should have "silent fan feature", it only spin when the GPU above certain temperature.

In macOS, the fan will completely follow the VBIOS fan profile. If under high stress, you should able to see it spin (just need to open the side panel have a look). But gaming not necessary stressful enough for 1060. Benchmarks (e.g. Unigine Heaven) should able to make the fan spin.
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Thanks. The WoW issue turned out to be a bad addon, but the silent fan thing is nice to know about.

I didn't notice fan noise even running a Unigine benchmark, but it's possible that even that is cpu-limited or something.
 
I did the following upgrades on my 2009 dual core: OS 10.13.4, Zotac Nvidia GTX 1070 TI, Nvidia Web driver 387.10.10.10.30.106 and cuda 387.178. Its been running about 2 weeks and no problems. Its nice to have the extra cuda cores, Premiere pro renders much faster. Thanks for the input. Is there a program to benchmark the Graphics card with Cuda not just open CL
 
rcstek said:
I did the following upgrades on my 2009 dual core: OS 10.13.4, Zotac Nvidia GTX 1070 TI, Nvidia Web driver 387.10.10.10.30.106 and cuda 387.178. Its been running about 2 weeks and no problems. Its nice to have the extra cuda cores, Premiere pro renders much faster. Thanks for the input. Is there a program to benchmark the Graphics card with Cuda not just open CL
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OctaneBench
 
Hi everyone, hope anybody can help me.

I Have Mac Pro 4.1 upgrade to 5.1 with GeForce GT 120 and GeForce GTX 960.

I have a serious problem, I just installed the drivers for 10.13.5 and now when starting with the Nvidia web drivers for the GTX 960 it does not stop flashing the screen, the only way to work correctly is to start with the native drivers and the screen connected to the card GeForce GT 120, any solution?.

I have uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them and the problem continues.

Thank you very much.
 
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Head's up for those without boot screen - the 10.13.5 build 17F77 update takes a bit longer than "typical" point updates in the past (both on MP5,1 and MBP11,3). Give it an extra 5-10 minutes before you start to panic. VNC was quicker to connect during the install to monitor progress than Apple Screen Sharing, so maybe keep an alternate connection method available.
 
Updated my Mac Pro 4,1 to 10.13.5 (17F77) and NVIDIA driver to 387.10.10.10.106. Everything boots just fine with my GT 120, but when I connect my 1060 the boot stalls on the gray loading (spinner) screen and does not boot.

The 1060 was working fine on 10.13.2. Any ideas to get my 1060 working again on 10.13.5? Thanks!!
 
badger15 said:
Updated my Mac Pro 4,1 to 10.13.5 (17F77) and NVIDIA driver to 387.10.10.10.106. Everything boots just fine with my GT 120, but when I connect my 1060 the boot stalls on the gray loading (spinner) screen and does not boot.

The 1060 was working fine on 10.13.2. Any ideas to get my 1060 working again on 10.13.5? Thanks!!
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If you suspect it's the new driver causing the issue. You may try roll back to the previous one.

1) Disable SIP

2) Run the following command in terminal
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bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Benjamin-Dobell/nvidia-update/master/nvidia-update.sh) 387.10.10.10.30.107

But for your info, my 1080Ti + GT120 combo works fine in 10.13.5 with the latest web driver.
 
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2) Run the following command in terminal
Code: 
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Benjamin-Dobell/nvidia-update/master/nvidia-update.sh) 387.10.10.10.30.107
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Odd. I followed your instructions for rolling back my nvidia driver and was able to boot with my 1060. Wondering what it doesn't like about the new driver...

Thanks a lot for your help though!!
 
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badger15 said:
Odd. I followed your instructions for rolling back my nvidia driver and was able to boot with my 1060. Wondering what it doesn't like about the new driver...

Thanks a lot for your help though!!
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You are not the first person with a X/XX60 card that has an issue with drivers lately. Is your 1060 a founders edition or something else? Does it have an NVIDIA logo on the board next to the pins, or the manufacturer logo?
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Theophany said:
I'm not sure, but theoretically any card that can handle Metal should qualify the Mac.
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Will be interesting to see if Apple publishes a list that includes any modern GPUs, aside from the officially released Mac versions. The EVGA GTX 680 for Mac 2GB cannot be found anywhere "brand new" retail these days and does not even make the FCPX recommended GPU list (officially OpenCL in Yosemite at the highest). Believe that was the last NVIDIA based card with official EFI?

Might this be a sign that NVIDIA (or EVGA) will make one last new model EFI card for Mac Pro 4,1/5,1? Now that the 10XX series has been out for awhile, it would be an easy way for them to get additional unit sales.
 
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bsbeamer said:
Has there been a specific list of approved Metal graphics cards that will be required for Mojave?
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If I didn't misunderstand that statement. METAL supported graphic card is just recommended. Not a requirement to run 10.14.
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bsbeamer said:
Might this be a sign that NVIDIA (or EVGA) will make one last new model EFI card for Mac Pro 4,1/5,1? Now that the 10XX series has been out for awhile, it would be an easy way for them to get additional unit sales.
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We can dream for that, but I will say the chance is nearly zero.
 
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macOS Mojave will be available this fall as a free software update for Macs introduced in mid-2012 or later, plus 2010 and 2012 Mac Pro models with recommended Metal-capable graphics cards. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages.
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A Metal capable card is required, but the way this is worded suggests that being able to run Metal might not be enough. On the face of it that is any AMD GCN or later card or any nVidia Kepler or later card.
 
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