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

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flowrider said:
I can not guarantee the safety of this link:

https://www119.zippyshare.com/v/3JGIU4e2/file.html

But the 108 driver is there.

Lou
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After installing the driver you posted my password is not accepted (locks me out of my system) and it prompts me to use my apple ID to reset it. Needless to say it seems suspicious to say the least. People may want to stay away from it. Luckily I installed it on a test installation, so no harm done but people should proceed with caution.
 
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After installing the driver you posted my password is not accepted (locks me out of my system) and it prompts me to use my apple ID to reset it. Needless to say it seems suspicious to say the least. People may want to stay away from it. Luckily I installed it on a test installation, so no harm done but people should proceed with caution.
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Hi, it seems that the Nvidia driver is blocked in your Security Preferences. 😉
I was stucked at the same step, yesterday evening.

So, I've taken out the GTX 1070, I've replaced it by the old Radeon 4870 EFI, after a reboot on a different partition, with the clone of High Sierra, and reselection of the previous drive, I can say that I could login, without reseting my password. 😉

I've just authorised the driver in the security panel, and rebooted.
Now, I'm on 387.10.10.15.15.108 with High Sierra 10.13.6 17G3025
 
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https://send.firefox.com/download/f166c78ae0/#5pcG0NtRp-O3ZqDYGjercQ

(in case other gets pulled, should be good for 24 hours)
 
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Le_Cactus said:
Hi, it seems that the Nvidia driver is blocked in your Security Preferences. 😉
I was stucked at the same step, yesterday evening.

So, I've taken out the GTX 1070, I've replaced it by the old Radeon 4870 EFI, after a reboot on a different partition, with the clone of High Sierra, and reselection of the previous drive, I can say that I could login, without reseting my password. 😉

I've just authorised the driver in the security panel, and rebooted.
Now, I'm on 387.10.10.15.15.108 with High Sierra 10.13.6 17G3025
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Thank you so much for the heads up. I was worried there for a minute.
 
Just as a head's up: There MIGHT be some bugs with certain applications accessing CUDA with 387.10.10.15.15.108 on High Sierra 10.13.6 17G3025 with CUDA 410.130.

Adobe Media Encoder CC 2019 renderer options were limited to Metal & Software only. Quit and restart application, same. Quit and restart application with Premiere Pro CC 2019 open, CUDA & OpenCL magically appear. Never have run into this one before. Could be an Adobe quirk, but guessing it's a CUDA-related driver issue.

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Briefly tested in DaVinci Resolve 15, with an export of a 1080P video. Cuda works. 🙂

Open CL, Cuda and Metal are proposed. 😉
Export made with 387.10.10.15.15.108 on High Sierra 10.13.6 17G3025 with CUDA 410.130.
 

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^^^^My understanding is they are gone. the new 108 driver is a modification of the old 105 driver. BTW, since the old 108 driver has worked well for me, I am leaving it installed. I have the new 108 driver on standby just in case.

And the Driver Manager CP shows it up to date

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Lou
 
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GPU Driver Version 387.10.10.15.15.108 still shows up to date for me as well. The info page still exists, but driver is still not linked: https://www.nvidia.com/drivers/results/137592

Downloaded 387.10.10.10.40.108 to have it, but not installing. Interestingly, it is NOT showing in the NVIDIA driver updater source code at the moment.

Really appears that Apple may have put the brakes on the older driver because of VOLTA, especially if 387.10.10.10.40.108 does not include. Based on build/release number it likely would not include VOLTA.

Theoretically, would adding the NVDAGV100HalWeb.kext from 387.10.10.15.15.108 when using the 387.10.10.10.40.108 driver allow VOLTA to be supported? May backup that entire group of extensions before updating drivers again, just in case.
 
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[/doublepost]From 2009-2018 I was happy to use Apple products, I only have Apple Computers with Nvidia graphics.
Maybe IPhone5s with ios9 (because of 32bit apps I need for other hardware I connect to) and Mac Pro 2012 with Sierra/ maybe High Sierra (if there is no multiGPU driver Bug)
will be my last Apple products .

The new Mac mini is ridiculous
For 3D users and Apple preventing Nvidia to provide best products for MacOS platform is forcing me to move to Windows
At this moment I can not imagine MacPro 2019 become a product, with which Users can decide the brand of their graphics hardware in future

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New driver for SIERRA, nothing for HIGH SIERRA yet:

https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/139508/en-us
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_Certified/378.05.05.25f11/WebDriver-378.05.05.25f11.pkg

Version: 378.05.05.25f11
Release Date: 2018.10.31
Operating System: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
CUDA Toolkit: 8.0
Language: English (US)
File Size: 62.18 MB

New in Release 378.05.05.25f11:
Graphics driver updated for macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1618)
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How huge can be the risk if it is the last Apple Operating System now working with multi Nvidia GPU Efi and non Efi to be broken by this new Update, playing with TM-backups is not fun 4 me?
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Last Apple Update @Sierra with last Nvidia WebDriver DESTROYS Metal Support if Using MultiGPU, secondary Screen has glitches in Safari and Finder...
GFX-Metal-Benchmark has black screen/ no content is displayed
Rolling back now

The Last working Configuration
Was 004-Update with official webDriver release for Build 16G1510
378.05.05.25f10
 
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Speedstar said:
How huge can be the risk if it is the last Apple Operating System now working with multi Nvidia GPU Efi and non Efi to be broken by this new Update, playing with TM-backups is not fun 4 me?
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Carbon Copy Cloner.
Always have a bootable clone. Make two or more if your job depends on it. Always have versions that you know work and do not update that trusted clone until 2-4 weeks after an OS change/update, when you know it works.

10.13.6 will be my OS until December 2018. Beyond that, I’m asking for extensions for required system upgrades. There is enough official NVIDIA documentation that will allow those at least for a few more months.

Once all manufacturers transition to METAL (or get out of supporting Apple/macOS) decisions will be easier.
 
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Le_Cactus said:
Is it possible to add to the wiki the incompatibility issues with multi GPU (Nvidia WebDriver)?

I've experienced problems when adding recently a GTX 1070 Katana to my GTX 1050 single slot.
With the card alone, no problems in 10.13.6 with the last driver and Cuda version.

I've read that it's better to stay with GPU of the same version.
So if I want to add one or two GTX 1070, will it work correctly?
Thanks
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Since El Capitan I have huge trouble every Update, my MultiGPU configuration with EvGA 680 MacEdition, and PC-Quadro k2200( first Kepler, second Maxwell)
I tested so many combinations,
As far as I can see, here are Many people having experienced trouble with certain Pascal chips.
There is a GoogleDoc spreadsheet
With Mojave compatibility found in Mojave unsupported Mac thread, what about a general spreadsheet here for
Sierra, HS, Mojave for Nvidia's graphic cards? I would like to participate, with it we can avoid Updates and Backups.
I remember Webupdates, destroying functions in Adobe Programms with Cuda or OpenCL
With this spreadsheet or WIKI it could be easier to use Nvidia until it will be prohibited😉
 
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macgirl-mx said:
Checking https://gfe.nvidia.com/mac-update found new driver:

https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/387/WebDriver-387.10.10.10.40.108.pkg
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Good to see this being added to the source code. Should elevate some concerns with random links for some people and make the install process a lot easier for the non-technical. Still no info page posted for this driver.

The removed VOLTA .108 page is still live without a link.

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EDIT: Info page is now available.
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/139585/en-us

QUADRO & GEFORCE MACOS DRIVER RELEASE 387.10.10.10.40.108

Version: 387.10.10.10.40.108
Release Date: 2018.11.6
Operating System: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
CUDA Toolkit: 9.1
Language: English (US)
File Size: 60.98 MB

New in Release 387.10.10.10.40.108:
Graphics driver updated for macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G3025)
 
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FYI, I don't know if this is the correct location for this posting since everyone was waiting for the Mojave Web Driver from Nvidia.
Today Nvidia just released Web Driver 387.10.10.10.40.108 for the latest High Sierra Version 10.13.6 (17G3025).
As of this posting Nvidia has the driver under the Quadro update and not the GeForce GTX 680 update.
 

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If I have 387.10.10.15.15.108 should I install 387.10.10.10.40.108? The 1060 still seems a bit unreliable for me.
 
^^^^That's entirely up to you. I am choosing to keep the old 108 web driver. I am having no issues with it and my GTX 1080. However, I have the newer 108 driver on hand in case something comes up.

Don't know what your issues are with your GTX 1060, but others have reported problems with that card.

Lou
 
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