GTX 1060 performance on 10.13 High Sierra

[izo1]

It looks right to me... Did you use sudo?

Yeah. It just won't boot anymore. I totally forgot I had to run kext wizard after swapping a kext since I've been in vanilla mode for a while.

I'm in the process of reinstalling HS on top of the current messed up HS (without a format). I may have sudo touched the S/L/E folder incorrectly and erased the cache folder. Also wasn't able to do any of these commands from bash line in recovery mode. Thankfully I always have a cloned SSD of a previous install!

 

[pastrychef]

You could have also used the Recovery Partition.

 

[thenephilim]

good example of the problem when it gets bad after a few hours

 

[jptwist]

4K display definitely is part of the problem. As I mentioned in another post, I have a 1440p and a 2160p display, whole UI would suddenly become extremely sluggish while I am using FCPX, sometimes moving the window around or drag to another display will solve it, sometimes I have to quit FCPX altogether and wait for a min or 2; during those laggy moments, my 1080Ti would sudden used over 9GB of VRAM. If I disconnect the 4K display, I don't have such problem at all.

And if I want full speed over Compressor, I'll have to turn off the 4K display, otherwise I am adding at least 30% - 50% to the processing time.

Yeah. Same problem, Dual 4k set-up, random log outs, Illustrator quitting

 

[izo1]

You could have also used the Recovery Partition.

I probably cooked something....not super comfy with Terminal nowadays (brain is fried from doing real world work).

I reinstalled HS on top of HS and it's all back to normal now.

in EFI I have WhateverGreen.kext, nVidiaGraphicFixup.kext and Lilu.kext. All work well now. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[vulgo]

good example of the problem when it gets bad after a few hours

Why not gather some logs?

man log

 

[jptwist]

Personally, I would use a system definition that best matches your CPU which is iMac17,1. The iMac14,2 system definition is a lowest common denominator system definition that works to get everyone up and through the installation process. On the hacks that I've put together, I also enable the IGPUs in "headless" configurations to better mimic real iMacs.

The closer your hardware and configurations are to real Macs, the better things will behave. The further you deviate from them, the more problems you should expect.

Also, the latest versions of Lilu.kext, NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext, and Shiki.kext when working together with the proper Boot-args make things run much better. I have "shikigva=60".

If/when you ever put your Nvidia card back in there, give these changes a shot.

Sorry what do you mean 'enable the IGPUs in "headless" configurations'? Add to confirm you mean running anyone of those kexts use shikigva=60 or specifically when all three are working together?

 

[izo1]

I have a request for anyone who has a real Mac with an nVidia GPU that came with it.

ie, 2014 MacBook Pro, 2013 iMac. If you can work with me gather some data for Apple, that would be great. I want to get this issue fixed for everyone and the Hackintosh community will be rewarded as well.

This will greatly help the community. Please let me know.

 

[pastrychef]

Sorry what do you mean 'enable the IGPUs in "headless" configurations'? Add to confirm you mean running anyone of those kexts use shikigva=60 or specifically when all three are working together?

When I say "enable the IGPU in "headless" configuration", I mean that the IGPU is eabled in BIOS and working in macOS, but not seen in System Information and can not be used for connecting monitors. It is used to enable things like AirPlay, Quick Sync, etc.

I use "shikigva=60" with an Nvidia card and IGPU in headless mode.

 

[thenephilim]

Why not gather some logs?

man log

bit of a needle in a haystack, especially with debug logging. haven't really seen much that stood out to me.

I have a request for anyone who has a real Mac with an nVidia GPU that came with it.

ie, 2014 MacBook Pro, 2013 iMac. If you can work with me gather some data for Apple, that would be great. I want to get this issue fixed for everyone and the Hackintosh community will be rewarded as well.

This will greatly help the community. Please let me know.

I have a MacBookPro10,1 with Nvidia GT 650M - running 10.13.2. It seems fine but I don't use it for long periods anymore, mainly as a digital source for my DAC Water WebGL is very smooth on it, as is the UI.

ps. did you finish your fresh install? any improvements?