Lag removed with latest driver on 1080 Ti.

[tmikaeld]

Using the latest of:

https://github.com/lvs1974/NvidiaGraphicsFixup/releases

And:

https://github.com/vit9696/Lilu/releases

Dropped into /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other

With latest Nvidia driver 387.10.10.10.30.103

Completely remove lag for the first time on my 1080 Ti, even after long-time usage.

[lucatze]

I can confirm this. Thank you for the hint.

[jabwd]

Not sure if its a good idea to remove them from the blacklist then either way. Not everyone prefers using these kexts as cleaner methods exist.

[tmikaeld]

Agree, you should leave it on the blacklist until they have fixed it.

Add instructions and/or a commandline option that will install the kexts automatically.

[lucatze]

I think a comment and links to the original kexts is enough. This tool is supposed to be as clean as possible. Im still working with 387.10.10.10.30.103. Performance and stability in pro apps (DaVinci, Premiere) seems OK. However, there are still some slight lags but nothing in comparison to before. The lags appear mostly when closing tabs in Safari (it takes a short moment until window is updated). But resizing Finder window is almost fluffy. Don't know how much of the remaining lags are only in my imagination / OS related.

[jabwd]

Safari tabs have been pretty laggy for me in every iteration of high sierra so far. Not sure if this is due to osx using metal for rendering rather than openGL and nvidia supporting this poorly or other issues.

Though knowing that upgrading from a 760 ( which was natively supported by osx ) to a 980ti wasn't an upgrade desktop wise, games on osx also seemed to perform as good or better with the 760 so I think nvidia has some work cut out for them. It is also highly unlikely that apple will ever make nvidia drivers again, since they're still a bit angry about that whole macbook 960m fiasco.

[theupriser]

Also fixed it for my 1080 :)

[lucatze]

Recent Test

• SMBIOS: iMac Pro (10.13.4 (17E202))
• Driver: 387.10.10.10.30.107
• Need for Lilu / NvidiaGraphicsFixup: NO

Result

Rendering in DaVinci increased by roundabout 5%. OSX GUI OK so far, still some little freezes here and there. Especially when closing tabs in Safari. 10.13.2 on the same machine with iMAC Smbios and old NVIDIA driver still performs better in terms of overall fluffiness. Its not a big thing but for those who want the 100% experience worth a thought.

[tmikaeld]

@lucatze Did you remove lilu/nvidiagraphicsfixup? (They aren't removed when installing a new driver)

Best way to test the lag issues is to use the computer for a few hours and then run the WebGL water test in a browser, always lags without the fixups. http://madebyevan.com/webgl-water/

[lucatze]

@tmikaeld I removed them manually. Thanks for the link. The computer just booted so the animation was running fluently. Will report back soon.

Shouldn't we constantly blacklist all drivers that are still laggy? As is said, on my 10.13.2 installation things run very smooth. I feel like this repo should contain only drivers known to deliver 100% happiness. At this stage, the recent drivers are very good, but not perfect.

[tmikaeld]

@lucatze Please do, and please load a few graphics heavy sites, some videos and some graphic apps if you have them. The issue starts occuring when the VRAM is filled, it doesn't empty it properly.

[lucatze]

@tmikaeld
Until now, system seems fine (concerning lags). Running DaVinci, Premiere, Safari and some other stuff since this morning.