maerten Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Hi! After reading through several guides, I have managed to install MacOS High Sierra 10.13.3, using Clover Vibrant edition. My setup: Intel i7 8700k (not overclocked) Gigabyte z370 aorus gaming 7 Gigabyte NVIDIA 1080 ti LG Ultrafine 5k (over Thunderbolt3 with gc-alpine-ridge card) Dell 4k monitor over DisplayPort The machine works fine under windows 10 (for games) Installation os High Sierra: 1. Installed MacOS with Clover, added EmuVariable kext 2. Installed latest NVIDIA webdriver, but performance was terrible, so I reverted to older version (with webdriver.sh) 378.10.10.10.25.106 3. Enabled video acceleration via IGPU (Intel HD 630) by setting platform id (0x59120003), IntelGFX (0x59128086) and FakePCIID / FakePCIID_Intel_HD_Graphics kexts (verified with VDADecoderCheck) 4. Enabled onboard audio with audio_CloverALC script 5. I have set an ssdt for Coffeelake (generated with ssdtPRGen-coffeelake) Resulting EFI/Clover + config.plist attached The issue: the whole UI micro stutters / lags occuring randomly (about every second), this one issue makes this machine unusable as a hackintosh The stutters are most easily visible in the WebGL water demo: http://madebyevan.com/webgl-water/ ( i have included a video recording of my screen ) Perhaps interesting to note, the audio works fine and music, or the audio of youtube videos doesn't stutter at all (but the video does). When i'm not playing any music, i can sometimes hear electric noise through my headphones, which goes silent during those short periods of lag/freeze. I've tried many things to fix the UI / video / graphics stutters and lags. Things like setting the ids of the Gigabyte mainboard in clover config.plist, or adding a DSDT.aml file, but it didnt work and only made things worse. I also tried looking trrough 'log show' or Console.app to see if there are any obvious errors or exceptions occuring, but I didn't see anything that could be connected. Any help is very much appreciated! CLOVER.zip config.plist.zip hackintosh_lag.mp4.zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Run it send me files RunMe.app.zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maerten Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 Thank you for the quick reply! I've attached the file Send me Maarten’s iMac.zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 CLOVER.zip lag web driver check here, use sip disable http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/323052-guide-sierra-high-sierra-on-intel-5-6-7-8-9-and-x99-chipset-series-nehalem-sandybridge-ivybridge-haswell-broadwell/?p=2575822 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maerten Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hi MaLd0n, sip is disabled, in Clover Configurator > Rt Variables > i can see CsrActiveConfig = 0x67 so no action needed. i uninstalled my nvidia webdriver (.104), .106 rebooted, and then installed InsanelyMacWebDriver(OsxBuild_17C205\)-378.10.10.10.25.104.pkg and patched with NvWeb_Pather. After reboot, the result is the same still random lag/freeze like in the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 take a test disable intelhdgraphics in bios and try btw, u can use only my folder, dont need ssdt for PM, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vusun123 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 The GUI lag is caused by the latest Web Driver. Use 10.13.2 Web Driver and patch it to run on 10.13.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maerten Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 take a test disable intelhdgraphics in bios and try btw, u can use only my folder, dont need ssdt for PM, etc ok i disabled IGPU and installed your CLOVER folder bootscreen looks very nice it didn't solve my graphics issue though, graphics are the same as in the video I posted: smooth animation but about every second there is a stutter/lag Sidenote: I do see better transparency effects in Clover, when switching between screens. But it also sometimes causes some lag. Not sure if the improvement is because of driver .104 or the clover folder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maerten Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 The GUI lag is caused by the latest Web Driver. Use 10.13.2 Web Driver and patch it to run on 10.13.3 Yes the .25.156 driver has extreme lag, but on my machien also 25.104 and 25.106 have more subtle lags every second. (I dont know if it is the drivers or something else though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maerten Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 I've tried a few more things, but the still the same issue (smooth graphics but short lag every second): - tried older webdriver from 10.13.1; same result but maybe even a bit worse - tried changing a few bootflags (copied from my previous config.plist) - tried booting with only the IGPU Intel HD 630 (removed nvidia webdriver, connected DisplayPort from mobo) : boot stops at a black screen with flashing text "WindowServer ... unset ... something" (i can get full message if its important) - i have tried EFI that i found here: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/success-i7-8700k-ga-z370-aorus-gaming-7.238537/ (and adapted config.plist for serial numbers, platform id and fakeid for intel). still the same issue. can there be other things wrong in the system? memory? cpu? any ideas how to debug random system lags? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vusun123 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I've tried a few more things, but the still the same issue (smooth graphics but short lag every second): - tried older webdriver from 10.13.1; same result but maybe even a bit worse - tried changing a few bootflags (copied from my previous config.plist) - tried booting with only the IGPU Intel HD 630 (removed nvidia webdriver, connected DisplayPort from mobo) : boot stops at a black screen with flashing text "WindowServer ... unset ... something" (i can get full message if its important) - i have tried EFI that i found here: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/success-i7-8700k-ga-z370-aorus-gaming-7.238537/ (and adapted config.plist for serial numbers, platform id and fakeid for intel). still the same issue. can there be other things wrong in the system? memory? cpu? any ideas how to debug random system lags? thank you Try installing Sierra and see if the problem persists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maerten Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Try installing Sierra and see if the problem persists Thanks for the suggestion! 1. i installed sierra 10.12.6 (16G29) with MaLd0n's EFI/Clover, 2. and installed the appropriate NVIDIA webdriver 378.05.05.25f01 (which does not need version patching) The problem is not solved, but it has improved slightly: - High Sierra: 1 second no lag, then system freezes for 50ms [repeat] - Sierra: 1 second no lag, then system freezes for 10ms [repeat] The freezes/lags became much shorter (sometimes almost unnoticable), it still happens at the same interval. Still sometimes the freezes are too much, so the system is not usable yet. Any other things I can try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 check nvidia-update.command.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maerten Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 check nvidia-update.command.zip Ok i tried it, the script removed the .104 version, and then installed .106 webdriver. However the lags are still there, no improvement unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelb76 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 .104 and .106 (and later) give annoying lag on 10.13.3, there is no fix for this yet. We have to wait for 10.13.4 and Nvidia driver update, and hope that that will fix it. The situation just sucks at the moment. This issue affects mostly Skylake/Coffeelake CPU's, and the lag is worse for pascal cards. Also real macs with nvidia cards are affected. Running 378.05.05.25f01 on 10.12.6 gives the best results but is also not entirely lag-free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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