Nvidia releases Mac driver with support for Titan Xp and GeForce GTX 1000 Series Macs can finally run newer and high-end Nvidia graphics cards with support for Pascal-based GPUs available in beta. So it may be true, that they do not support 'officially' with a native Mac card Product - but fortunately they DO (!!!) support the GTX pc-Cards in Macs via webdrivers:) So it is not a wonder, that the Communities expects driver Support for Titan x Pascal / 1080 in Macs.
Nvidia has largely ignored Apple's Macs when it comes to its high-end graphics cards. That's about to change now that Apple is on the road to Mac Pro redemption—the company recently announced that a modular high-end Mac will return in 2018.
As Nvidia promised during the announcement of the Titan Xp last week, a beta macOS driver is here: version number 378.05.05.05f01. Although the driver notes don't mention it, this is the beta driver that supports the Titan Xp and all GeForce 1000 series graphics cards for Macs running macOS Sierra.
Even though a new Mac Pro is still a ways off, the new driver can be used for all kinds of different Macs: older Mac Pros, Hackintoshes (which are regular PC builds that get hacked versions of macOS to run on unofficial hardware), and standard Macs with an eGPU set-up.
In fact, 9to5Mac recently took the new driver for a test run on an eGPU Mac rig with a GeForce 1050 Ti and got satisfactory results. Unigine's synthetic benchmark Heaven 4.0 scored 44.5 frames per second on a 13-inch MacBook Pro (2016) with the 1050 Ti over Thunderbolt 3 in 9to5Mac's tests. For an eGPU running a lower-end GeForce 1000 Series card, that's a respectable number. It's actually above what you'd get from most console games.
Why this matters: Windows is still the dominant gaming platform, though Linux is seeing some growth thanks to Vulkan. But there's still a healthy gaming community on the Mac, and the new Nvidia support will be a boon for eGPU Mac gamers. Nvidia is also laying the groundwork for a future Mac Pro with a PCIe x16 slot. The new Mac Pro will not only be a desirable option for Mac gamers with money to burn, but also professionals and content creators who want a high-end graphics card.
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The Titan Xp, which Nvidia calls the world's post powerful graphics card, features 12GB of GDDR5X memory running at 11.4 Gb/s, 3,840 CUDA cores running at 1.6GHz, and 12 TFLOPS of processing power.
Priced at $1,200, this year's Titan card is unique because for the first time, Nvidia is making it available to Mac users with new Pascal beta drivers (also available for the entire 10-series lineup) that are set to be released during the month of April.
Earlier this week, Apple announced plans for future high-end Mac Pro machines with better graphics capabilities, so that ultra high-end cards like the Titan Xp are already offering support is a good sign. The Titan Xp could also potentially be used with older Mac Pro machines and Hackintosh machines.
For the first time, this gives Mac users access to the immense horsepower delivered by our award-winning Pascal-powered GPUs.Housed in a die-cast aluminum body, the Titan Xp uses vapor chamber cooling technology. According to Nvidia, the graphics card offers up to three times faster performance than previous generation graphics cards, and it includes support for 'next-gen VR experiences.'
The Titan Xp can be purchased from the Nvidia website starting today.