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Re:MacOS finally gains external GPU support by mirthflat83 on Friday March 30, 2018 @01:56PM (#16718314)
Perfectly? The latest drivers lag like crazy
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Re:MacOS finally gains external GPU support by SloopJon on Friday March 30, 2018 @02:58PM (#16718827)
The drivers were great for a GTX 650Ti in 10.8 and 10.9. They worked fine for games like Borderlands 2 and Arkham Asylum.

The drivers are terrible for a GTX 1060 in 10.12. After running for a while, even basic desktop operations bog down to the point of being unusable. I haven't tried 10.13 yet.

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Re:MacOS finally gains external GPU support by jakemauer on Friday March 30, 2018 @02:39PM (#16718692)
This is unfortunately a known issue, at least in the community if not by nVidia. The current workaround is to patch an earlier known-good driver version to work on whatever release of High Sierra you're on. I'm currently running 387.10.10.10.25.106 on 10.13.3 without lag.

https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/nvidia-update

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Re:MacOS finally gains external GPU support by mirthflat83 on Friday March 30, 2018 @02:58PM (#16718829)
Interesting that some people have no lags. I have also used that script, but stutters are still present.
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Re:MacOS finally gains external GPU support by pzduniak on Saturday March 31, 2018 @05:31PM (#16725280)
I might be still using Sierra after hearing about all the issues with High Sierra. I don't want to spend a few days configuring my Hackintosh again!
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