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New OS doesn't yet have drivers for some cards, got it.
by nisten 8y ago
New OS doesn't yet have drivers for some cards, got it.
- kkarakk 8y agoNo more like new OS does not support any cards except ones specifically branded for it. abandon ship
- mondoshawan 8y agoThis isnt news. Apple has always done this.
- kkarakk 8y agohow come external gpus worked fine on high sierra(there was even fan fare about egpus being supported with an "official" egpu) is that all gone now? I saw the writing on the wall and made a cute little mini pc in a cooler master elite 110 instead of staying in the egpu space
- mikhailt 8y agoOnly AMD graphic cards work fine natively since HS. The problem was that people wanted Nvidia support, they had web drivers from Nvidia for HS but there is no Mojave version yet IIRC. Apple has only been supporting AMD graphic cards natively with macOS since the beginning and they never said Nvidia GPU would be supported out of the box nor do any of their docs say it is. They have a strict list of supported eGPU boxes and GPU for each boxes (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208544 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208544). eGPU support in macOS has been crappy at the start even for AMD cards but they've been steadily improving since then. The problem is Apple takes forever to improve their support after only offering the option to use eGPU for certain apps in Mojave. Nvidia drivers are likely (I doubt given Apple's recent history track) to be added to macOS when they release the redesigned Mac Pro later next year as they'll need to support various cards. Right now, there is no Apple device with Nvidia cards, so no drivers either. On the other hand, Apple may just do the silly thing of releasing Mac Pro with no chance of changing GPUs. If this happens, there will not be any chance of Nvidia drivers for a long time.
- kevin_b_er 8y agoApple hasn't quite tightened the noose of lock-in on OSX as much as they have on iOS.
- mikenew 8y ago"some cards" meaning the vast majority of discrete cards on the market.
- joshstrange 8y agoCards that Apple never formally supported and people knew that when they bought them. This is equivalent to hackintosh people getting worked up over Apple not supporting their MB/RAM/HD/PCI Card/etc.