Will my Nvidia Graphics Card work with macOS ? List of Desktop Cards with Native Support

[Crazylegsmurphy]

Yes, there is. RehabMan came up with a solution a few years ago. It involves disabling the Nvidia card via SSDT while macOS is running. Use search to find out how. Note that your Intel iGPU can also run the latest macOS. The Nvidia card would need to be removed to do that.

Sorry if this is the wrong thread and has been answered (if so what is the best thread for this?), but I would like to use 2 Nvidia cards in my setup for Catalina. The 1080ti (and higher) for Windows, but a compatible older Nvidia card for Catalina.

This would work great because I could A) get Catalina working B) use the older card to handle some of the physics.

What I don't understand is how do do this with multiple monitors in a way that isn't super annoying to switch them every time I want to boot into Windows or back.

 

[trs96]

Sorry if this is the wrong thread and has been answered (if so what is the best thread for this?), but I would like to use 2 Nvidia cards in my setup for Catalina. The 1080ti (and higher) for Windows, but a compatible older Nvidia card for Catalina.

You could try the Golden Build thread by CaseySJ as he may be able to help you with the SSDT needed to "hide" the 1080 when you're in macOS. First though you'd have to put the hardware you are using in your profile.

This thread is for posting about questions on the natively supported Nvidia cards. I'd assume you are looking for a kepler based Quadro ?

 

[Crazylegsmurphy]

This thread is for posting about questions on the natively supported Nvidia cards. I'd assume you are looking for a kepler based Quadro ?

I have an older Nvidia card that is still compatible, but could never figure out how to make it work in a way that wasn't a total pain.

 

[trs96]

I have an older Nvidia card that is still compatible

What brand and model ? Did you search it at the GPU Zoo site to see which Kepler core it has ?

 

[poles]

I need CUDA cores to programming. I'm disappointed. Still amd not up to par on AI

The AI market is booming right now and what Apple is doing I would say that in next few years there will be a significant changes of mac users unless you use mac to build some mac, iOS apps or video, photo editing. Though Adobe, Maya are more inclined to make there applications AI friendly in future, an integrated gpu with AMD cards are not fit for this job. FYI, most of the AI libraries supports CUDA core which is only available in intel & nvidia's graphics card right now.

 

[poles]

@trs96 There is a little bit of shortage of RX 570/580 AMD cards right now as a local distributor told me that AMD is pushing there new navi based 7nm graphics cards (RX 5700, 5700XT). And these cards are not yet supported by Catalina or Mojave. I know I can get those from online too but I'm thinking about future also as discrete graphics cards investment should be very well planned.

So what do you think about it? Should we wait for the new series cards or buy RX 570/580 without hesitation?

Short Story: Went to a shop to buy AMD RX 570 and distributor told me fews left and these cards will be unavailable due to RX 5700/5700XT.

 

[Shiitaki]

@trs96 There is a little bit of shortage of RX 570/580 AMD cards right now as a local distributor told me that AMD is pushing there new navi based 7nm graphics cards (RX 5700, 5700XT). And these cards are not yet supported by Catalina or Mojave. I know I can get those from online too but I'm thinking about future also as discrete graphics cards investment should be very well planned.

So what do you think about it? Should we wait for the new series cards or buy RX 570/580 without hesitation?

Short Story: Went to a shop to buy AMD RX 570 and distributor told me fews left and these cards will be unavailable due to RX 5700/5700XT.

I find that odd since the new AMD cards are not replacements for the 580/590 cards. Guess the 5500 is about to come out?

Hmm.... How about eBay? That's where I buy most of my graphics cards.

It is not uncommon for Apple to be behind in computer hardware and especially graphics cards. The Vega cards are still good options if you find a deal on one. It's still the fastest thing that comes in an Apple computer so far.

 

[trs96]

So what do you think about it? Should we wait for the new series cards or buy RX 570/580 without hesitation?

For those with a graphics budget of $130 to $180 I would say buy your RX 570/580 now while you can still get them new. You get a warranty and have one month return privleges if you need that. It's a great time to buy Polaris based cards. The average selling price of a new RX 5700 is $330 to $360. Not everyone can spend that much on graphics. It puts the Navi cards in another tier altogether. This thread's focus still should be on supported Nvidia Graphics as it states in the title.

 

[trs96]

Lowest Cost Way to 4K
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There are many low profile prebuilt desktops that work with macOS Mojave or Catalina.
See these Dell and HP Guides: Optiplex 7010 -- Optiplex 9020 -- HP Elite 8300

Here are some options you've got to get into 4K hackintoshing on a low budget.

I've owned a number of Dell and HP SFF desktops that work quite well the latest versions of macOS. These are Ivy Bridge and Haswell based so you can use integrated graphics with specific Intel CPUs. The problem with HD4000 is that it's not 4K capable. HD4600 is 4K capable but it doesn't really work OOB on these machines. Takes too much effort just to get it working.

The good news is that you can easily install a sub twenty dollar Nvidia Kepler LP card and get 4K via DP output. You can use a single 4K @ 60 Hz monitor with no problems. Everything works OOB. All brands of the Quadro 410 have the GK107 chip. PNY sells their cards to Dell, HP and Lenovo and they just put their brand name on them. All of them are Mojave/Catalina compatible. If you want a new PNY Quadro 410 with 3 year warranty and all the adapters and brackets, buy it from Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008PK7J8I/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

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Q: Why not get the GT 710 instead ? That performs just as well.

A: That Kepler card works too. There are few differences though.
All of the GT 710 cards have the GK208 core so they work fine. They do not have a DP 1.2 output. They have HDMI 2.0 instead. So if you have a 4K TV with HDMI 2.0 that's a better choice. If you have a 4K PC monitor with DP inputs you will get 4K @ 60Hz on your monitor when using the Quadro 410 or K600. With my GT 710 I can only get 4K @ 30Hz on a 4K TV. It's a much better experience reading text on a 4K monitor as opposed to a 4K TV. If you code or work on spreadsheets you definitely want the PC 4K monitor instead of a 4K television with only HDMI 2.0 inputs and no DP 1.2.

The Quadro 410 gets all it's power from the PCIe slot so you can keep the existing PSU. If you want more Vram (1GB) then pay about 5 dollars more for the LP Quadro K600. It's got the same GK107 core plus an extra 512MB of 128 bit Vram.

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The 512 MB of the 410 Quadro should be enough for general use with a single 4K monitor. Perfect if you are an iOS developer and need to use a 4K monitor for coding or want to do some basic CAD work when using macOS. The 410 or K600 will also work well if you dual boot with Windows or Linux. Something that many people do.

 

[nickonline]

It's my first post, been downloading the Web Drivers from here for a while and wanna start by thanking those who brought them to us!

So I have a MacBook Pro late 2013 with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M and as I checked on gpuzoo.com it does indeed have a Kepler base GK107.

As it is stated in the original post, the drivers are included in macOS and should be compatible with Mojave and Catalina.

But I am kinda confused, as I have been holding off on upgrading to Mojave for this whole year and installing the Web Driver, honestly mainly because when I first upgraded to High Sierra from Sierra, I got the infamous 'your NVIDIA driver is not up to date' message in System Preferences and after digging I found that the only way to get things to work is to get the Web Driver from here. So that's what I've been doing for a year.

But now apparently my card is supported in Mojave and Catalina. So my questions are: is it fully supported (i.e. will it be using its full potential, or is that where cuda and the web driver come in)?

So I'm a big photoshop user and on adobe's website they posted this notice: https://theblog.adobe.com/important-information-on-gpu-acceleration-with-cuda-and-apple-metal/ on the section titled "NVIDIA GPUs on macOS" pretty much says that you shouldn't upgrade to Mojave to use Adobe products unless you have AMD.

What would you realistically advise me to do? Stay with High Sierra or upgrade to Mojave/Catalina since my Kepler card has drivers that ship with macOS?

Thanks

EDIT: Apologies just realized this is the desktop forum, got carried away in the thread without checking, couldn't find a way to delete this message, if OP/Moderator can delete this post to keep in line. Sorry again for the trouble.