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NVIDIA Releases Alternate Graphics Drivers for macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (378.05.05.25)

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NVIDIA has released alternate graphics drivers for macOS Sierra 10.12.6. These are separate from the drivers Apple ships as standard, and should be considered experimental. These drivers have been known to solve OpenCL issues with certain applications, as well as providing better native GPU power management for certain devices.

NOTE: These drivers are currently the only method to get full acceleration for GeForce GTX 1050, 1050 Ti, 1060, 1070, 1080, 1080 Ti, TITAN Pascal, and TITAN Xp 'Pascal' graphics cards and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, 750 Ti, 950, 960, 970, 980, 980 Ti, and TITAN X 'Maxwell' graphics cards. There are no current Macs with these cards, so support is absent natively in macOS.

If you've installed the drivers before, you may get a notification to update to the new drivers from the built in System Preferences pane.
NVIDIA Alternate Graphics Drivers for macOS 10.12.6 (16G1710)
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.25f12.pkg
Method to use old drivers here.

NVIDIA Alternate Graphics Drivers for macOS 10.12.6 (16G1408
)

https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.25f09.pkg

NVIDIA Alternate Graphics Drivers for macOS 10.12.6 (16G1314)
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.25f08.pkg
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.25f07.pkg

NVIDIA Alternate Graphics Drivers for macOS 10.12.6 (16G1212)

https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.25f06.pkg

NVIDIA Alternate Graphics Drivers for macOS 10.12.6 (16G1114)

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/127672/en-us

NVIDIA Alternate Graphics Drivers for macOS 10.12.6 (16G1036)

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/126539/en-us

NVIDIA Alternate Graphics Drivers for macOS 10.12.6 (16G29)
https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/378/WebDriver-378.05.05.25f01.pkg

How to Install the Web Drivers:

In order to use the alternate drivers on a CustoMac, you must first install the driver package.
As of macOS Sierra, nvda_drv=1 in config.plist under Boot > Arguments is no longer working to initiate drivers. Clover has been updated with a new System Parameter setting called NvidiaWeb.

There's a new method for enabling the NVIDIA Web Drivers in the latest versions of Clover. It can be turned on and off by editing /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/config.plist to add SystemParameters/NvidiaWeb. This takes the place of nvda_drv=1 boot flag, which will not work in macOS Sierra.

1. Mount EFI Partition
2. Open /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/config.plist with text edit, Xcode, or Plist Editor Pro
3. Edit as shown below:

Code:
<key>SystemParameters</key>
<dict>
<key>InjectKexts</key>
<string>YES</string>
<key>InjectSystemID</key>
<true/>
<key>NvidiaWeb</key>
<true/>
</dict>

4. Remove Boot/Arguments/nvda_drv=1 if necessary
5. Save and reboot

For full information:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/new-method-for-enabling-nvidia-web-drivers-in-clover.202341/

Common Problems and Solutions:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/graphics/161256-solving-nvidia-driver-install-problems.html

NVIDIA Drivers - Latest:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/nvidia-drivers/

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I just came here to say that this update installed this morning has fixed a load of problems I was having on my recent build - GTX1080 Sierra Asus Maxiumus IX 7700K o/c 4.5GHz 64Gb.

I was having problems with my 3 screens not being detected at initial boot, black screens and Xcode not displaying 3D assets in the SceneKit editor - now they all seem to be working! outstanding!
 
Hold off on this update for now if you use the Adobe apps. The accompanying CUDA update is not out yet.
 
Damn, bit to late for that, I use photoshop...
Photoshop doesn't use CUDA much, Premiere and After Effects do though.
 
So, hey, for the 1060 owners, is the sleep bug fixed?
 
Hey! The above instructions didn't solve problem with my card (1050ti)
What do you think: what is the problem?
 
All right!! :))) thank you!! ahm.. not sure to whom first Apple for the first releasing the update or nVidia for releasing this after Apples update. but, I am happy :))
 
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