Yeah, I'd assume the 6 to 8 pin would be fine, as the wattage requirement is acceptable. I'd just like to know it's not going to harm the Mac.
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Yeah, I'd assume the 6 to 8 pin would be fine, as the wattage requirement is acceptable. I'd just like to know it's not going to harm the Mac.
Hehe, I guess until Apple agrees, too, this doesn't matter...
From what I've seen so far Apple didn't change anything with either of the Betas, the GM or 10.11.1 Beta, so I assume they won't bother do update their drivers until a new Nvidia card finally makes it's way into a Mac.
Nobody has ever said this.
Please realize that the NVIDIA cards in 10.10.5 are the very same as the ones in 10.8.5.
So already twice they have moved to a new OS and left supported cards out. The last new cards in default OSX were the GYX780 and GTX Titan.
The GTX780 Ti and Titan Black are in same boat as 980Ti and Titan-X, no basic OSX support. Rather ridiculous and proof that Apple is no longer interested in making best or fastest machines.(or making life easy for those who do)
Hehe, I guess until Apple agrees, too, this doesn't matter...
From what I've seen so far Apple didn't change anything with either of the Betas, the GM or 10.11.1 Beta, so I assume they won't bother do update their drivers until a new Nvidia card finally makes it's way into a Mac.
True indeed!
GTX950 already in drivers.
Nice little card.
Runs 5K with ease, pretty sure these benchmark numbers compare rather favorably with high end cards from 3 years ago.
Amazing how wonderful it is to be able to switch GPU at will. We may end up doing an EFI version.
Thanks again to our friends at Nvidia who keep writing drivers despite Apple's insistence that we all want 2011 era AMD cards.
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Nice little card.
Runs 5K with ease, pretty sure these benchmark numbers compare rather favorably with high end cards from 3 years ago.
Amazing how wonderful it is to be able to switch GPU at will. We may end up doing an EFI version.
Thanks again to our friends at Nvidia who keep writing drivers despite Apple's insistence that we all want 2011 era AMD cards.
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Hello, i just want to tell you i try to put my geforce 970 in PCIe slot2. In slot 2 OpenGL trick don't work, expansion slot run at 1500 rpm in idle and i can't fix that (i can in slot 1). It's really strange. I read a lot of topic about fans problem and i didn't understand why SMC become crazy with this card on my computer. I hope it's not dangerous for my computer...
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Pierre
Be patient, the OS literally just went live. NVIDIA has been good about getting web drivers out within 24 hours of each release.
Hey, great news. I just finished my first final El Capitan install on a 5,1. I was able to leave my EFI 980Ti in the whole time, the key being to first use the:
nv_disable=1
in terminal. The EFI drivers give fine video output, even to a 4K display (SST) to allow the install to run.
Had another user report same thing in our blog. And it gets even better, if you were running the GM with most recent Web Driver and install the Final build over it this way, all you have to do is then turn the Web Driver back on via terminal and reboot. must either clear NVRAM or actually type:
sudo nvram boot-args=nvda_drv=1
If you use the Nvidia driver panel it will ADD to the boot args and leave the disable in, you need to remove it.
The b07 Web Driver just looks for "15A" as build number, so any build of 10.11 should match.
The 5K nv_spanmodepolicy=1 flag can be added as well for 5K to work. Still have to power cycle.
I am sure Nvidia has a final driver coming soon, but nice to know that you can use El Cap on Day 1.
Thanks to Nvidia and Netkas we have wonderful options for cMP.
nv_disable=1
in terminal. The EFI drivers give fine video output, even to a 4K display (SST) to allow the install to run.
Had another user report same thing in our blog. And it gets even better, if you were running the GM with most recent Web Driver and install the Final build over it this way, all you have to do is then turn the Web Driver back on via terminal and reboot. must either clear NVRAM or actually type:
sudo nvram boot-args=nvda_drv=1
If you use the Nvidia driver panel it will ADD to the boot args and leave the disable in, you need to remove it.
The b07 Web Driver just looks for "15A" as build number, so any build of 10.11 should match.
The 5K nv_spanmodepolicy=1 flag can be added as well for 5K to work. Still have to power cycle.
I am sure Nvidia has a final driver coming soon, but nice to know that you can use El Cap on Day 1.
Thanks to Nvidia and Netkas we have wonderful options for cMP.
^^^^I hope they have a driver soon for PB 10.11.1 (15B17c) I have updated on of my SSDs to the final release 10.11, and yes the Nvidia Driver works fine. I think I want to keep the 10.11.1 PB on my main startup SSD however. On a side note, I was surprised to see the Feedback Assistant still remaining in the final public release.
Lou
Lou
Just to be clear, those of us with non-EFI cards (like my GTX 970) won't work at all until nVidia releases 10.11 webdrivers, correct?
Is there a place to keep an eye on for said software? Will the first post be updated with the link for 10.11?
Is there a place to keep an eye on for said software? Will the first post be updated with the link for 10.11?
Thanks very much for this bit of info. I installed the b07 Nvidia web drivers and it's working great with the final build of El Capitan.
I guess it's the other way around, computer model doesn't matter but Maxwell doesn't have Metal drivers yet.
I'm pretty sure I've seen metalinfo showing my gpu in a MacPro3,1 some months ago when I tried.
ah ok so you think that maybe next time, nvidia will create a driver for gtx960 supporting metal?
can i ask you what's your graphic card on 3,1?
El Capitan GM web driver is out:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_Certified/346.03.02f01/WebDriver-346.03.02f01.pkg
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_Certified/346.03.02f01/WebDriver-346.03.02f01.pkg
^^^^As is this page which leads you to the latest Cuda Driver 7.5.20:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/92173/en-us
Still waiting for the Driver for 10.11.1 Build (15B22c).
Lou
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/92173/en-us
Still waiting for the Driver for 10.11.1 Build (15B22c).
Lou
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CUDA 7.5.20 must have been taken down because both those links lead back to 7.0.64...latest I could find was CUDA 7.5.18...it seems to install fine on my 10.11 GM Mac Pro 5,1.
https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
^^^^The link still works for me
Weird even when I start here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/mac-driver-archive.html which lists CUDA 7.5.20, clicking on the link leads me to CUDA 7.0.64...
Also for me, it leads to 7.5.20.
Try this link: http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-cuda-7.5.20-driver.html
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