[SOLVED] Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080/1070

[DANISSIMO9699]

I finished right now installing the last kexts to my Sierra Hackintosh. I have managed to setup everything and it seems to be working fine. I'm stuck with the iGPU HD530 though. I really hope that a driver for the 1060 will be released soon. How does the release look? any hope?

 

[pgriss]

I finished right now installing the last kexts to my Sierra Hackintosh. I have managed to setup everything and it seems to be working fine. I'm stuck with the iGPU HD530 though. I really hope that a driver for the 1060 will be released soon.

@DANISSIMO9699 Is the GTX 1060 installed in your build while everything else works fine with the HD530? Are you using it from another OS (Windows or Linux)? Do you have to jump through any hoops to make that happen?

I am considering a build with GTX 1080. I would boot to Linux when I want to use the 1080 card and maybe use the integrated GPU with OS X. It would be nice if I could switch between the two without much effort...

 

[clipper99]

@DANISSIMO9699 Is the GTX 1060 installed in your build while everything else works fine with the HD530? Are you using it from another OS (Windows or Linux)? Do you have to jump through any hoops to make that happen?

I am considering a build with GTX 1080. I would boot to Linux when I want to use the 1080 card and maybe use the integrated GPU with OS X. It would be nice if I could switch between the two without much effort...

I have the GTX1060 card installed for Windows but use HD530 with OSX. I had to add "nv_disable=1" to the Clover boot args to get it to boot. When I want to use Windows I boot into the BIOS and change the primary graphics card from igfx to pcix, then change the input on my display to that of the 1060. A bit of a pain but it will have to do until (if) we get drivers from Nvidia.

 

[pgriss]

Thanks @clipper99 !

 

[tanmays]

@pgriss The way I have it is, in the bios enable multi GPU support and set iGFX as primary. No other option required to set in Clover.

Simply switch monitor cable from iGFX to graphics card *after you've booted into Windows*.

Switch monitor cable from graphics card to iGFX *before you restart Windows*, and all works smoothly.

 

[MadMac1969]

What a dirty solution... Just use a compatible GPU if you really want to use MacOS, these are really miserable hacks, you jut kill the very purpose of MacOS of plug and play... Come on, get a grip.

 

[tanmays]

What a dirty solution... Just use a compatible GPU if you really want to use MacOS, these are really miserable hacks, you jut kill the very purpose of MacOS of plug and play... Come on, get a grip.

If he just wanted to use macOS, there wasn't any need of buying another GPU cause the HD530 works great. But since he's interested in a 10xx series card and probably wants to use it for gaming/work on Windows/Linux, this is the only easy way to do that. Please read the problem carefully before making useless comments.

 

[MacAddict4Life]

I have my integrated graphics system connected from HDMI using an HDMI to VGA adaptor (my monitor has DVI and VGA only), and my 1060 connected via HDMI to DVI cable. Set BIOS to default to the IG system. Turn off the "monitor" Windows sees that is connected to VGA. When I boot and run macOS, the monitor automatically detects the signal and uses the VGA input. When I boot to Windows, once Windows loads it automatically changes to DVI.

 

[matpic]

I have my integrated graphics system connected from HDMI using an HDMI to VGA adaptor (my monitor has DVI and VGA only), and my 1060 connected via HDMI to DVI cable. Set BIOS to default to the IG system. Turn off the "monitor" Windows sees that is connected to VGA. When I boot and run macOS, the monitor automatically detects the signal and uses the VGA input. When I boot to Windows, once Windows loads it automatically changes to DVI.

same exact configuration for me BUT it still feels a little bit sad :/

 

[MacAddict4Life]

I'm fine with it, as nothing I do in Mac OS X really exceeds the capabilities of the HD 530 system. If only I could get rid of the glitches and flashes at the top left corner (in the menubar), I'd be fine with this solution.