[SOLVED] Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080/1070

[XQC]

I see the targeted combination of Intel + ARM chips more threatening for the hackintosh scene.
But at least it will be another 3 years, when Sierra and the current hardware builds will reach EOL. Nobody knows what will come until then.

 

[Wolfie81]

Im confident there will always be work arounds but I concede the future looks more challenging in a few aspects.

 

[orhanyor]

as long as vega is powerful(seems like it is from doom demo), power efficient and has a proper hackintosh support im happy to ditch nvidia and switch to amd for good. i lost my hope for gtx 1x00 support and kinda regret putting my faith in them think they are the best, obviously they are not. they dont even respond to 24 page thread in their official forums, im running a business too and thats not the way to treat customers. at this point im just looking forward to vega release and see what comes after.

 

[Wolfie81]

We may never get full AMD support either. Just like current lineup has AMD yet you don't see it working properly in hacks.

 

[Fl0r!an]

Well, AMD support is a different story. We have drivers for almost all AMD cards ever made, including all current-gen GPUs. Some cards require hacks (e.g. Polaris 10 or Fiji), but in the end the drivers are working fine for those cards.

The only major drawback is the fact that those cards won't boot into OS X when they've been init'ed by the UEFI before. In contrast to the lack of Pascal support this is a issue which can (and has to!) be solved by the Hackintosh community. The drivers are there and work perfectly fine in genuine Macs (with Apple EFI).

This topic should receive some more attention as it might be our only option to use fast discrete graphics in the future.

 

[nunziantimo]

Well, AMD support is a different story. We have drivers for almost all AMD cards ever made, including all current-gen GPUs. Some cards require hacks (e.g. Polaris 10 or Fiji), but in the end the drivers are working fine for those cards.

The only major drawback is the fact that those cards won't boot into OS X when they've been init'ed by the UEFI before. In contrast to the lack of Pascal support this is a issue which can (and has to!) be solved by the Hackintosh community. The drivers are there and work perfectly fine in genuine Macs (with Apple EFI).

This topic should receive some more attention as it might be our only option to use fast discrete graphics in the future.

In fact it is right now the only option. nVidia can drop the support for web drivers as soon as the Mac Pro gets dropped, so we will be stuck with older nVidia or newer and tricky AMD.

If I shoud buy now a new card, I will go with the RX 480 all the way, it's the only right priced card with good macOS support right now. There isn't really anything else. We can talk about 9xx card, but only used one are right priced. Same thing with 7xx or older, and AMD r9 3xx and 2xx.

 

[Wolfie81]

Personally it's going to come down to individual use.

If you want a powerful card for Mac gaming, switching between 2 cards might be the best option.

If you need a powerful gpu for Mac work... things get trickier.

 

[DanRegueira]

Well, AMD support is a different story. We have drivers for almost all AMD cards ever made, including all current-gen GPUs. Some cards require hacks (e.g. Polaris 10 or Fiji), but in the end the drivers are working fine for those cards.

The only major drawback is the fact that those cards won't boot into OS X when they've been init'ed by the UEFI before. In contrast to the lack of Pascal support this is a issue which can (and has to!) be solved by the Hackintosh community. The drivers are there and work perfectly fine in genuine Macs (with Apple EFI).

This topic should receive some more attention as it might be our only option to use fast discrete graphics in the future.

Wait, so does this currently apply to all AMD graphics cards in Hackintosh machines? Sounds like a moderately large hurdle to overcome.

Ultimately when it comes to Pascal it seems we're at the whim of Apple on this one. And it also seems they've settled on AMD.

 

[shampoo]

In fact it is right now the only option. nVidia can drop the support for web drivers as soon as the Mac Pro gets dropped, so we will be stuck with older nVidia or newer and tricky AMD.

If I shoud buy now a new card, I will go with the RX 480 all the way, it's the only right priced card with good macOS support right now. There isn't really anything else. We can talk about 9xx card, but only used one are right priced. Same thing with 7xx or older, and AMD r9 3xx and 2xx.

Wait, if the RX 480 is the best priced card with good macOS support, why isn't a recommended card on TonyMac's suggested GPU list ?

I have a 750 ti and I am looking to upgrade.. Right now, the 980ti seems like the best bet.. especially used. But correct me if I am wrong, but getting the RX 480 requires that you also use the graphics chip on the mobo ?

J

 

[Fl0r!an]

The RX 480 requires (beside some kext patching) a method to prevent it from getting initialized at boot time, otherwise the macOS drivers will crash. There are several ways to accomplish that, e.g. using iGPU=Primary, using a 2nd "helper" GPU or patching the VBIOS.
All of this method have in common that they'll prevent the Radeon GPU from showing any pre-OS video output (e.g. BIOS splash screen or Clover boot manager), which can be very annoying when using a dual boot system (and that's what most people here do).

That's why it isn't recommended in the Buyer's Guide. People expect the listed hardware to be compatible with only minor fixes, which isn't true for modern AMD GPUs. For the more advanced (or let's call it "adventurous") Hackintosh users, there's lot of information in this subforum to get things going.