- When will the Nvidia Web Drivers be released for macOS Mojave 10.14 -

[pastrychef]

@pastrychef
I have read this and i have looked into it and your claims are false and this Oleg is not an Official Nvidia employee. Rather this is propaganda and is fabricated as it is fake.

I didn’t claim anything.

[pastrychef]

in my opinion, i believe that to be fake, some one pretending to be a nvidia employee
i will believe it if i read it here
why?
because we will get to see the description in the name
if you look at tom name and description then you will see the diference between a regular avg user

what i find the most suspicious is this
the person answer in TM forum but we don’t get any answer in the nvidia forum

so if i a true or real nvidia employe can share some info please be my guess

i think that nvidia silence can be a good indication that they are working on web drivets and they are going to give us a surprise any time soon

maybe the web drivers are already done and nvidia is waiting for apple
who knows

i think we will get an answer or a clue of what’s going on or what is goung to happen, in apple next even in Oct 30

i will not count nvidia out yet

i still believe in the heart of the cards

The guy didn’t reply on the tonymacx86.com forum. It was a quote presumably from small2133’s email.

[dmz.mmb]

- Archives Page 1 | NVIDIA Blog

NVIDIA promised support.

[pastrychef]

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2017/04/06/titan-xp/

NVIDIA promised support.

Yes and they did indeed add support for High Sierra. I haven’t seen/heard any such promises for Mojave.

The only thing they’ve said is that Apple has full control of drivers… I guess back in 2017, Apple didn’t have full control of drivers.

[bpresles]

The only thing they’ve said is that Apple has full control of drivers… I guess back in 2017, Apple didn’t have full control of drivers.

No they said that Apple has full control of drivers for the real Macs with NVidia hardware (Macs that come with NVidia GPU included). Which is indeed true and always have been:

@P_Ramarao

Developers using Macs with NVIDIA graphics cards are reporting that after upgrading from 10.13 to 10.14 (Mojave) they are experiencing rendering regressions and slow performance.
Apple fully control drivers for Mac OS. But if Apple allows, our engineers are ready and eager to help Apple deliver great drivers for Mac OS 10.14 (Mojave).

And so that the slow down reports that NVidia received from real Macs users with NVidia GPUs on Mojave can’t be directly fixed by NVidia, Apple will have to let them help, and that NVidia is willing to help, on this matter to include fixed drivers in future 10.14.x macOS update (so delivered by Apple directly).

As of NVidia Web drivers (which are not developped nor delivered by Apple, but NVidia directly), NVidia already stated in this forum that the developers are working on both Web driver and CUDA driver support for Mojave.

But considering the amount of work for them (which include: Metal 2 support, RTX 20xx support, CUDA support, at least), I wouldn’t expect them before several months (4-6 months at minimum)

[pastrychef]

As of Web drivers, NVidia already stated in this forum that the developers are working on both Web driver and CUDA driver support for Mojave.
But considering the amount of work for them (which include: Metal 2 support, RTX 20xx support, CUDA support, at least), I wouldn’t expect them before several months (4-6 months at minimum)

Where and when did Nvidia make this statement? I completely missed it.

[pastrychef]

imagine if nvidia goes up the stage in apple event and tim pull out a new mac with a nvidia card

Judging by the way Nvidia is trying to place blame on Apple, I don’t see this happening.

Also, usually, ahead of new products and device support, hints can be found in beta releases of macOS. I haven’t read about anything new from Nvidia.

[rluke]

I wrote a support Ticket about upcoming turing Support for macOS and he says there are no plans for macOS Support.
Maybe the employee was not informed or there really will be no support for Apple

[infob2ao2]

This is really bad, I updated my Mac Pro computers with nvidia titan x cards to mojave and nothing works!!! How long until we get those drivers???

[pastrychef]

I wrote a support Ticket about upcoming turing Support for macOS and he says there are no plans for macOS Support.
Maybe the employee was not informed or there really will be no support for Apple

Life ain’t fair…

Why was I called out for making false claims and spreading propaganda and you weren’t when we both basically said the same thing?

[rluke]

Anyone can send an email to support. Will probably also get different answers.
I don’t have the mail from nvidia any more but Nvidia can post my request and their reply here.

[jluvall]

I had purchased a Titan V back in March. Of course there were no MacOS HS drivers, but given the procurement cycle, it was get it now or never. So I have been impatiently waiting for the driver.
Finally the Titan V drivers were here. However they are part of the latest web driver that gave everyone so much trouble & was pulled. Its been over a month & still no new driver.
WebDriver-387.10.10.15.15.108 -NVDAGV100HalWeb.kext
using the macOS-eGPU.sh GitHub - learex/macOS-eGPU: Make your Mac compatible with NVIDIA and AMD eGPUs. (macOS High Sierra)
I have done a few quick Geekbench 4 benchmarks for High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G2307)
Sonnet BA 650w (upgraded)
This same setup supports the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 out of the box.

I have uploaded these to the Geekbench website
TitanV Metal 266851
GTX 1080 Metal 173054
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 148732

TitanV CUDA 564811
GTX 1080 CUDA 198774

TitanV OPENGL 226579
GTX 1080 OpenGL 158386
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 137022

TitanV LUX 41316
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 28115
GTX 1080- ran it but don’t have the results with me.

Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro15,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i9
Processor Speed: 2.9 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 6
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Boot ROM Version: 15.16.6805.0.0,0

NVIDIA TITAN V

Chipset Model: NVIDIA TITAN V
Type: External GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x4
VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 12287 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x1d81
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: VBIOS 88.00.41.00.03
Automatic Graphics Switching: Supported
gMux Version: 5.0.0
Metal: Supported, feature set macOS GPUFamily1 v3

[maxfohs0]

Also curious about this thread, presumably just like many others whom have silently followed this thread. I’m desperately in the market for a new card. I could find a cheap Mojave GPU, but the RTX is exactly what I need. I can hold out for another month or two, theres no way I can purchase one now until theres an official guarantee. Guess I’ll stick to my blazing fast 4800 for the meantime…

[candyman.the.only.one]

Soo after a huge research and thinking I decided to but my GTX 1070 back into the packaging and switched to an RX 580.

Regarding the statement of nvidia, beginning the sentence with “But if Apple allows” it is clearly communicating a political problem here.

If there won’t be any big surprise tomorrow, where Apple will present new Macs with Geforce cards or eGPU support for Geforce, let me tell you: there won’t be any official drivers soon.

Apple has always been egocentric and will be.
Don’t waste your hope, if you need to work with a custom Mojave system, get a natively supported graphic card or go back to High Sierra. It is still a good OS, Mojave has litterally hardly any improvements.

[alexv4wb3]

Reluctantly switching back to High Sierra.

For referenece, here’s the donwload link:

‎macOS High Sierra

[bratescu1]

sorry but this is my opinion, nothing personal, just buisness
Tim has to go and go fast
no Mac Pro
20 year aniversary of imac and no imacs
i guess i have the sign and the clue that i ask for
apple just love AMD low price so they can rip off their clients with their over price Macs

really Tim 8 gen intel CPU when the 9th generation just came out that have many improvements over the 8th generation
i really hope nvidia can help us with the web drivers or that’s it for me

i really don’t like AMD
apple used to build good computers at a high price
now they sell you old, obsolete, cripple and cheap hardware for an arm or a leg

soon they ship will sink because there is no captain
just a clown pretending to be one

I guess it all boils down in the end on the performance of the machine you are using and for what.
At the end of the day, no matter how much you love or hate one product, you need to do your job on it.

It’s true though, Apple is not giving too many choices and Nvidia may or may not provide drivers. It all hangs out in the air with what I consider extremely grey perspectives.

I have moved several machines to AMD and to be honest they work smooth and I don’t really care (at this moment) about the fact Nvidia’s cards are faster.
AMD is faster under Apple because it allows me to do my work now and it’s natively supported.
They are eGPU cards and, again, I do have one machine with an Nvidia card waiting a couple more months in case something may show at the horizon.

Like anyone else here, I do wish I would get a more clear and conclusive statement from Nvidia regarding the future, but that seems very unlikely to happen.

All the best.

[shawn.tavassoli]

Ask yourself this question… What is going to work, and help me get my work done on the system and OS I use? Also ask yourself why did Blackmagic use a AMD card in there current eGPU? Do they know something we dont? Or did they think the same thing as all of us and wanted a box that worked with all of the systems they are supporting.
Yes they have great CUDA support, and Open CL/GL. But they are spending more time on Metal 2 now. So is Adobe all of a sudden. Why are all theses guys working on support for apples products but nothing form Nvida?

Just food for thought, only asking questions.

[pastrychef]

really Tim 8 gen intel CPU when the 9th generation just came out that have many improvements over the 8th generation

I don’t know if you’ve read about Intel’s 9th gen CPUs. They run hot, really really hot. There’s no way a Mac Mini can cool them.

[rurufusu]

antoniooninato you clearly haven’t done any research into the 9th gen. please stop spamming, I’m tired of seeing your incredibly uninformed messages pop up on my inbox. thanks.

[xtrmepcgamer]

I started this forum 4 weeks ago and at this time (9:46 PM., Tuesday, October 30, 2018), This forum has 99,267 Views. This driver issue is a major concern for all kinds of MAC/Nvidia owners.