Question: Q: Nvidia GeForce GT 650M Web Driver
I own a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) that has Intel HD 4000 Graphics and Nvidia GeForce GT 650M Graphics card on board. The web drive issue has been around since 2018 and I needed to finally update to the latest release. The question is this, is Apple ever going to release or allow Nvidia to release their updated Web Driver so those of us that are used to utilizing our Nvidia cards can do when we play games?
Did not solve my issue. I just want to utilize my Nvidia card again. This Mac has lasted me 7 years and I really love having it. If I have to upgrade to a newer model, I’ll find a way to afford it but I don’t want to go the Hackintosh route at all.
Thanks for reading.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14
Posted on May 28, 2019 3:40 AM
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My graphics card is not listed as Mojave compatible (I’m on a 2012 retina MacBook Pro) and without any NVidia updates it is getting a bit tight to have an Nvidia card in your computer.
Both graphic cards used in 2012 MPB (Intel HD4000 and GeForce GT 650M) are Mojave compatible. No CUDA (no webdriver) under Mojave, but your 2012 MPB is supported on Mojave (Metal).
May 28, 2019 2:41 PM
Thanks. I wasn’t sure about Metal. I set DaVinci Resolve — after turning off cuda — to Metal.
I gave that info under the original «solved» post here, but then took it off when I came across a list of Metal compatible cards and mine wasn’t listed. That list was likely a list for workstation cards, which it wasn’t listed. There are a lot of misleading «compatibility lists» on the web.
May 28, 2019 3:08 PM
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The question is this, is Apple ever going to release or allow Nvidia to release their updated Web Driver so those of us that are used to utilizing our Nvidia cards can do when we play games?
Only Apple and/or NVIDIA can answer and neither are here. This is a users forum.
May 28, 2019 4:42 AM
Yes that is true this is a user forum but I have found out that users of any product have better information than the company or those representing it. So, I’m mainly here to see if anyone has found some type of source recently that they are closer to getting a new release done.
May 28, 2019 5:39 AM
And where would anyone get such information other than from Apple or NVIDIA?
May 28, 2019 5:53 AM
I have been getting an error message for about two years every time I start up my computer. It always tells me to upgrade, and, at the same time, that there are no upgrades available.
I use DaVinci Resolve 15, and have simply disabled CUDA there.
The lack of updates is also the reason I’m not updating to Mojave. Developers have reported a much reduced graphic performance in Mojave for Nvidia graphics cards.
My graphics card is not listed as Mojave compatible (I’m on a 2012 retina MacBook Pro) and without any NVidia updates it is getting a bit tight to have an Nvidia card in your computer.
Nvidia on the other hand states it has the drivers, but Apple doesn’t include them in the updates.
If any of these facts are wrong, I’d appreciate a correction. The problematic performance of my MacBook Pro with Davinci Resolve 15 might just be because of the dysfunctional Cuda.
Question: Q: El Capitan not showing NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M of Macbook Pro mid 2012
I have Macbook Pro Retina Display mid 2012, and when I updated to El Capitan, by going to [About This Mac] I can’t see the graphic card NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M anymore!
I have updated cuda to the latest!
How can get it back again?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Posted on Jul 3, 2016 5:32 PM
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It will show the GPU in use at the time.
You can go to Sys Info to see all GPU’s available.
>(option key) System Info>Hardware>Graphics&Displays
Thank you for your reply dear,
I did check that before, and I didn’t find it, that’s why I posted here, please take a look below,
The discreet GPU NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M is not being recognized.
I would take it in—
In or out of warranty you can get a free over the counter ‘Apple Service Diagnostics’ test and ask specifically for the VST (Video Systems Test)
Thank you again for your reply,
I have verified the specs, and here is the result
This particular model — the MacBook Pro «Core i7» 2.6 15-Inch (Mid-2012 Retina Display) features a 22 nm «Ivy Bridge» 2.6 GHz Intel «Core i7» processor (3720QM), with four independent processor «cores» on a single silicon chip, a 6 MB shared level 3 cache, 8 GB of onboard 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (which cannot be upgraded after purchase), 512 GB of flash storage, dual graphics processors — a NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1 GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory and an «integrated» Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics processor that shares system memory, as well as an integrated 720p FaceTime HD webcam. It does not have an internal optical drive.
Connectivity includes 3-stream AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, two USB 3.0 ports, two «Thunderbolt» ports, an HDMI port, an audio in/out port, and an SDXC card slot. It does not have Gigabit Ethernet or Firewire «800,» although adapters are available at extra cost.
In addition, this model has a backlit keyboard, a «no button» glass «inertial» multi-touch trackpad, a «MagSafe 2» power adapter, and an internal, sealed battery that provides an Apple estimated 7 hours of battery life.
I will try to pay a visit to Apple Dubai, and let’s see,
Видеокарты для хакинтоша. Nvidia — часть первая.
Приветствую Вас, дорогие друзья.
На этот раз мы коснемся темы подбора видеокарт и пойдем по пути «наименьшего сопротивления» — рассмотрим варианты подходящих видеокарт для хакинтоша от компании Nvidia.
Я хочу сказать, что большинство видеокарт от Nvidia или Intel HD Graphics подходят для хакинтоша. Но лучше всего брать ту видеокарту, которая заводится из коробки и не требует каких либо манипуляций с загрузчиком Clover.
В частности идеально подходят реверсные видеокарты на базе GK107, GK106 Kepler.
Список подходящих видеокарт Nvidia:
- Nvidia GT 640 1gb, 2gb
- Nvidia GTX 650
- Nvidia GTX 650 Ti
- Nvidia GTX 660
- Nvidia GTX 660 Ti
- Nvidia GTX 670
- Nvidia GTX 680
- Nvidia GTX 690
- Nvidia GT 730
- Nvidia GTX 750
- Nvidia GTX 760
- Nvidia GTX 780
Будьте осторожны, при покупке видеокарты Nvidia GT 730, дело в том, что данная видеокарта может быть как Kepler, так и Fermi, который, работает в современных OS X, но к сожалению дает сбои.
Видеокарты, представленные выше не требуют завода, поэтому в конфиге необходимо отключить инжекцию видеокарты или прописать флаг GraphicsEnabler=No.
Nvidia выпускает для своих видеокарт веб драйвера, которые заменают родные драйвера в OS X. Тем самым, мы имеем официальную поддержку видеокарт от Nvidia в OS X. Если у вас версия операционной системы OS X 10.9.5 скачать веб драйвера можно по этой ссылке:
Скриншот использования видеокарты Nvidia GT 640 (Palit) + WebDrivers:
Какого производителя видеокарты выбрать?
Лучше всего подходят для хакинтоша видеокарты Asus или Gigabyte. Работать будут точно без проблем. Далее можно посмотреть EVGA, MSI. Подойдет и Palit, но с ним будьте осторожнее, из-за того, что они многое меняют по сравнению с обычными видеокартами, шанс того, что система не запустится — равен 50%.
Question: Q: GT650m slow performance under 10.13 High Sierra
I have an early 2013 15″ Retina MacBook Pro with intel HD4000 and Nvidia GT650m dedicated GPU.
Since installing High Sierra I have had issues where the laptop switches over to the discreet gpu and performance drops, photoshop becomes unbearably slow, indesign slows, illustrator slows and so do other applications, in fact one ‘predict wind’ for visualising wind/weather patterns from grim files is also slower using the discreet GPU than using the onboard video.
None of this was the case when using Sierra 10.12.
Has anyone else noticed this?
I am assuming it is not a hardware issue as up until the installation of High Sierra everything was working fine, there have been no hardware mods of any kind since the new OS was installed, everything else seems to be fine, just anything/everything that requires the discreet GPU slows to a crawl.
Posted on Nov 14, 2017 1:26 AM
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P lease run EtreCheck and post the report here.
Click”Download EtreCheck” button, open Downloads folder, click on it to open, and then select ”Open”.
Click on the bouncing EtreCheck icon in the Dock.
“Choose a problem” from the popup menu box, and then “Start EtreCheck” in the dialog.
Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” .
Paste it when you reply.
Nov 14, 2017 3:48 AM
I’ll run that and post the results when I get home.
Nov 14, 2017 3:56 AM
Here is the report from etrecheck, I had just rebooted my Mac, if that has any bearing on the results.
GPU still running mega slow too.
EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)
Report generated 2017-11-14 21:19:20
Runtime: 1:57
Performance: Excellent
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Problem: Other problem
Hardware Information: ⓘ
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
MacBook Pro — model: MacBookPro10,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 (i7-3635QM) CPU: 4-core
16 GB RAM Not upgradeable
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: Health = Normal — Cycle count = 250
iCloud Quota: 4.15 GB available
Video Information: ⓘ
Intel HD Graphics 4000 — VRAM: 1536 MB
Color LCD 3360 x 2100
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M — VRAM: 1 GB
Disk Information: ⓘ
APPLE SSD SD256E disk0: (251 GB) (Solid State — TRIM: Yes)
[Show SMART report]
EFI (disk0s1 — MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI]: 210 MB
(disk0s2) [APFS Container]: 250.79 GB
USB Information: ⓘ
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Virtual disks: ⓘ
Macintosh HD (disk1s1 — APFS) / [Startup]: 250.79 GB (121.71 GB free)
Physical disk: disk0s2 250.79 GB (121.71 GB free)
(disk1s2) [Preboot]: 250.79 GB
Physical disk: disk0s2 250.79 GB
(disk1s3) [Recovery]: 250.79 GB
Physical disk: disk0s2 250.79 GB
(disk1s4) /private/var/vm [VM]: 250.79 GB
Physical disk: disk0s2 250.79 GB
System Software: ⓘ
macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 (17B48) — Time since boot: less than an hour
Gatekeeper: ⓘ
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ⓘ
/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.getdropbox.dropbox.kext (1.8.1 — SDK 10.11) [Lookup]System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks
[loaded] 178 Apple tasks
[running] 103 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] 37 Apple tasks
[loaded] 185 Apple tasks
[running] 108 Apple tasks
Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. — installed 2017-07-26) [Lookup]
[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a2 3d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. — installed 2017-01-14) [Lookup]
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. — installed 2017-09-26) [Lookup]
[running] com.bjango.istatmenus.agent.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd — installed 2017-11-07) [Lookup]
[running] com.bjango.istatmenus.status.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd — installed 2017-11-07) [Lookup]
Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[running] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. — installed 2017-01-14) [Lookup]
[running] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. — installed 2017-01-14) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.adobe.acc.installer.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. — installed 2017-09-26) [Lookup]
[running] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. — installed 2017-10-02) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.apple.installer.cleanupinstaller.plist (? 1963bf56 0 — installed 2017-09-26)
[running] com.bjango.istatmenus.daemon.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd — installed 2017-11-07) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.bjango.istatmenus.installerhelper.plist (Bjango Pty Ltd — installed 2017-11-07) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.daisydiskapp.DaisyDiskAdminHelper.plist (Software Ambience Corp. — installed 2017-04-11) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.linotype.FontExplorerX.securityhelper.plist (Linotype GmbH — installed 2016-08-16) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.quadro.QuadroInstaller.HelperTool2.plist (Actions s.r.l. — installed 2017-02-27) [Lookup]
[not loaded] org.virtualbox.startup.plist (Shell Script 700b9385 — installed 2015-08-02) [Lookup]
User Launch Agents: ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. — installed 2017-07-26) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. — installed 2017-08-10) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. — installed 2017-09-28) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.linotype.FontFolderProtector.plist (Linotype GmbH — installed 2017-11-13) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (? 1046f612 91c14e3e — installed 2016-07-07) [Lookup]
User Login Items: ⓘ
iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. — installed 2017-11-02)
(/Applications/Adobe Acrobat DC/Adobe Acrobat.app/Contents/Helpers/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Backup and Sync Application
(/Applications/Backup and Sync.app)
ScreenSharingMenuletHelper SMLoginItem — Hidden (Apple, Inc. — installed 2015-06-26)
Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2017-03-26) [Lookup]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.012.20098 (installed 2017-11-14) [Lookup]
AdobePDFViewer: 18.009.20044 (installed 2017-11-14) [Lookup]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-09-21)
AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2017-09-26) [Lookup]
Safari Extensions: ⓘ
[disabled] FastestTube — Kwizzu — http://fastesttube.kwizzu.com/ (installed 2016-03-22)
[enabled] feedly — The feedly team — http://www.feedly.com (installed 2015-06-26)
[enabled] Adblock Plus — Eyeo GmbH — https://adblockplus.org/ (installed 2017-01-19)
[enabled] Save to Pocket — Read It Later, Inc. — http://getpocket.com/ (installed 2015-11-06)
[enabled] Tampermonkey — Jan Biniok — http://tampermonkey.net (installed 2017-10-22)
3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
Time Machine: ⓘ
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
1% iStat Menus Status
Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
1.23 GB kernel_task
233 MB Backup and Sync
173 MB Backup and Sync
165 MB Adobe CEF Helper
Top Processes by Network Use: ⓘ
Input Output Process name
105 KB 595 KB Dropbox
41 KB 5 KB mDNSResponder
2 KB 578 B netbiosd
Top Processes by Energy Use: ⓘ
1.12 Adobe CEF Helper
Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
10.42 GB Available RAM
6.96 GB Cached files
Software installs (last 30 days): ⓘ
PredictWind Offshore: 3.0.5 (installed 2017-11-13)
Adobe Acrobat DC (18.009.20044): (installed 2017-11-14)
Install information may not be complete.
Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events): ⓘ
2017-11-14 21:10:46 Last shutdown cause: 3 — Hard shutdown
Files deleted by EtreCheck: ⓘ