[opensource-dev] Mac viewer and Apple maintained opensource libraries

[Geir Nøklebye]

Whirly Fizzle said:

> Switching over to using the Nvidia web drivers fixes the frequent crashing but some systems suffer poorer viewer performance with the Nvidia web drivers.

You can use the so called NVIDIA web driver as it gives the current viewer code access to the direct hardware address of the extension, but this viewer does not support Metal, which is why you see reduced system performance at a typical loss of 7-10 fps at a minimum (what you actually see is performance loss in compositing the desktop that the viewer runs windowed in.)

Also this driver is made for the Mac Pro (trash can models) and they just “happen to work” for the time being.