Nvidia web driver freeze macOS Sierra

[mugwump]

I shouldn't expect that nVidia can write drivers to work well in an aging mac running the newest macOS, but I had to remove my 750ti last night after repeated freezes and kernel panics.

I need to move to an AMD card. I've read all the threads, is the final conclusion that the rx480 is working solid with Sierra, or is the rx470 the recommended route?

Mac Pro 2009 flashed to 5,1. The usage is mainly in the mac realm: video rendering type of things with a 4k screen. Not much gaming.

 

[pastrychef]

I'm on a hackintosh and have no problems with the Nvidia web drivers and Sierra.

 

[Synchro3]

Is it an ASUS GTX 750 Ti? These are known for issues with OS X.

EVGA GTX 750 Ti is preferable.

 

[Asgorath]

I'm on a hackintosh and have no problems with the Nvidia web drivers and Sierra.

Same here, I'm on a GeForce TITAN X and have had no problems with 10.12 so far.

mugwump, what application are you using? FCPX? Can you post your kernel panic logs? Do they say something like "read error panic"?

 

[mugwump]

Meh, it was just general system panics then with deadness also upon restart. Popped in the old ancient card and problems are non-existent.

It's an EVGA 750ti. I read on here a while back of others having issues and going with other nVidia cards, but the later El Capitan driver versions were quite good and without issues.

 

[Fuchal]

All good in Sierra on a Mac Pro 3,1 with unflashed GTX970

 

[raymanster]

I have an eVGA 750ti on a flashed 4,1 (5,1) and upgrading to the latest nVidia driver on MacOS Sierra works fine for the past few days.

 

[bsbeamer]

I shouldn't expect that nVidia can write drivers to work well in an aging mac running the newest macOS, but I had to remove my 750ti last night after repeated freezes and kernel panics.

I need to move to an AMD card. I've read all the threads, is the final conclusion that the rx480 is working solid with Sierra, or is the rx470 the recommended route?

Mac Pro 2009 flashed to 5,1. The usage is mainly in the mac realm: video rendering type of things with a 4k screen. Not much gaming.

Did you perform an uninstall of NVIDIA Web Drivers, then fresh install of the Sierra NVIDIA Web Drivers after system OS upgrade/update? Or was it just an update?

Do you have any other PCIe cards installed?

 

[mugwump]

Hmmm, I wonder if the fact that I am booting from a PCI ssd is causing the issue. I should move the system drive off the Velocity Apricorn pci card to troubleshoot.

 

[tomvos]

EVGA 680 GTX — rock solid since I got the 680 GTX a few years ago.