GTX 1060 performance on 10.13 High Sierra

[izo1]

1. I did try it - nothing changes
2. Didn't try
3. ...

Using 25 inch 21:9 LG Monitor

#2 is very important. Can you try? I think it may have fixed my issues.

FYI I'm on SMBIOS 17,1 (Skylake)

If anyone has the 6700k and can try this, also please put this attached .aml in in your patched folder under EFI.

 

[vipersnake]

@izo1

1) Already off

2) No difference on Gen 3 or Gen 2

I have a request if anyone can try this to see if the issue improves.

1. Disable SIP completely (0x67 in config.plist)
2. Go to your BIOS and from every PCIe setting change from "Auto" (default) to "Gen 3". There should be about 3 places you need to do this. Save and reboot.
3. Report here if it improved a little or not.

PS. For #2, also try Gen 2.

FYI I have a 980Ti Hybrid from EVGA.

I had a 2nd one that I took out (I thought that was the root cause).

Using 2 monitors
1x 27" Apple LED Cinema Display (via DisplayPort)
1x 23" Apple Cinema Display (DVI to Displayport adapter)

I'm moving to an X299 system soon with a 7900x if this issue doesn't get resolved in 10.13.3/.4 then I will get an AMD Vega Frontier Edition 16GB (or whatever the iMac Pro uses). I do need CUDA though so keeping nVidia would be nice.

Sierra did not have this issue, I assume Apple will fix it because they still upport nVidia based MacBook Pros and iMacs from 2012-2014.

 

[izo1]

@izo1

1) Already off

2) No difference on Gen 3 or Gen 2

This is odd.

It made my experience better, including resizing Chrome and regular windows much much faster.

I have a feeling this will be fixed in .4 because Apple still supports Macs with nVidia GPUs.

https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

People need to send them reports.

Also if you have a macOS beta use the "Feedback" app as well.

 

[izo1]

ASUS B250F Mobo here... how could I test this? Haven't seen those options so far...

It should be in the PCH settings and SA (System Agent?)...I'm not near a computer right now but we're basically forcing Gen 2 (PCIe 2.0) instead of Auto which picks the GPU speed automatically.

 

[jptwist]

Hi Guys,

So after about three months of struggling with my 1060-Gaming1 in High Sierra and getting nowhere. Seemed like no one else had the same problem – random log-outs when under load, frozen black screen with white cursor upon wake, Illustrator quitting on my the whole time, and this weird Metal crash log. I gave up and installed an AMD 570 today.

The 1060 worked fine in Sierra, and a 1050 I had worked fine in HS (but I needed two DP for my 4k monitors).

So I think we're looking at the 1060 as a bum card/driver mix. Shame. Onto eBay it goes. and I'll probably need a very good reason to go back to Nividia.

AMD install was easy. Uninstalled Nividia Drivers/Cuda, removed all Nvidia install references in Clover Configurator. Removed NividiaGraphicFixUp.kext, added WhateverGreen.kext (kept Lilu) and ticked RadeonDelnit (whatever that is) in Clover Config, and all fine. Sleep works at last!

I'll keep looking out for driver updates on this issue, but I got burnt by the 1060 and I probably ain't going back.

 

[SubtleGradient]

Ahoy all.
Just built a new CustoMac Pro with all the recommendations on the Buyer's Guide. I wish I had known about this Nvidia issue before paying so much for my GPU (and throwing away the box :'(
I would have gotten a different GPU if I had known.

Since this is such a huge issue right now, maybe it would be best not to recommend the 1080 on the Buyer's Guide. Or maybe include a warning about this issue?

 

[izo1]

Ahoy all.
Just built a new CustoMac Pro with all the recommendations on the Buyer's Guide. I wish I had known about this Nvidia issue before paying so much for my GPU (and throwing away the box :'(
I would have gotten a different GPU if I had known.

Since this is such a huge issue right now, maybe it would be best not to recommend the 1080 on the Buyer's Guide. Or maybe include a warning about this issue?

If you can, use iGPU for now. Or go back to Sierra.

 

[izo1]

Got pissed and took out all GPUs.

Now on iGPU and now it's buttery smooth.

I'm going to wait until Apple/nVidia fixes this or I'll be moving to AMD permanently.

 

[SubtleGradient]

use iGPU for now

I had the iGPU working before installing the 1080. Is there any way to use the iGPU without physically removing the 1080?

 

[izo1]

I had the iGPU working before installing the 1080. Is there any way to use the iGPU without physically removing the 1080?

Try going into bios and enabling iGPU (or iGFX whatever it's called in your specific bios) as primary device. Turn off "Multi Monitor". This is usually under your SA settings under advanced.

I took it out because I'm tired of nVidia issues (Apple's fault mostly).

I can't use my second monitor yet, I'm waiting for HDMI to DVI adapter to come in. My mobo only has DisplayPort and HDMI ports, no DVI.