There is another group of macOS users who were buying Nvidia cards: hackintoshers (those who hack macOS to run on generic PCs). For several years, by far the mo

There is another group of macOS users who were buying Nvidia cards: hackintoshers (those who hack macOS to run on generic PCs). For several years, by far the most cost effective, powerful, and flexible “mac” available was one that you built yourself from a selection of known-compatible components. Many in this group were buying Nvidia GPUs for use in these machines since Nvidia was furnishing macOS drivers at that point. It’s hard to tell how numerous this group was, but I saw them come up surprisingly often in photos and discussions online, even appearing in production environments (despite legal dodginess). Wouldn’t be surprised if at times this is where most Nvidia cards purchased for use with macOS were sold.