macOS High Sierra 10.13 slow graphics after battery sleep

I'm also experiencing this issue.

It was never an issue in Sierra 10.12.6, but ever since upgrading to High Sierra (10.13.0 and 10.13.1) this issue is present. I have to reboot my computer every time it's been to sleep, otherwise the graphical performance is reduced by about 70%. I have a MacBook Pro 2017 with an i7 2.9GHz, 512GB SSD and Radeon Pro 560M.

This issue is also widely documented on macrumors and on multiple gaming forums (Blizzard, WoW, Diablo, etc).
It needs to be fixed asap as this also severly affects rendering times in Final Cut Pro X byt A LOT.

It's not fixed in 10.13.1, 10.13.2 beta 1 or beta 2.

Very disappointing to say the least.

Reported on Reddit: GPU Performance in High Sierra drops after sleepmode - MacOS
Reported on the MacRumors forums: 2017 MBP 15" Radeon GPU does not work after resume from long sleep

Reported on Blizzard's Diablo forums: High Sierra 10.13 - Low FPS - Diablo III forums

Reported on Blizzard's WoW forums: Frame-rate problems after DL'ing High Sierra - World of Warcraft forums

I'm having this same issue too—maybe not as bad as some on this thread. I did the NVRAM reset and thought it was gonna do the trick, but it seems to have come back after sleep-mode.

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1 GB

Hi!

I just managed to solve this by installing nvidia drivers, available from nvidia's site: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/114670/en-us

My card is actually not listed in the supported cards list (I have a gt750m), but it still did the trick for me. I was about to throw my computer out the window.

Hi everybody

I'm also experiencing this issue.

I'm now busy testing a few things to see if it makes any difference.

Is anybody using Google Chrome??

As soon as I start Chrome I can see graphics performance deteriorating. Chrome is also not playing nicely with the Magnet app.

I've now done a SMC reset, NVRAM reset. Booted without using Chrome and no graphics issues so far.

System has slept twice and still working great.

It does start of a little laggy after the wakeup, but that goes away after a few seconds....

I am using Google Chrome but graphics performance is not slowing down when using Chrome. When performance drops (after sleep or after a long day of work), I logout and -in again, performance is restored. I use Chrome all day long. I cannot reproduce the performance slow-down in a reproducible way.

I found a couple things thought you all would find helpful. 1) Page of Nvidia archived Mac drivers. You'll see the latest was actually Nov 2, 2017. 2) A thread on Nvidia's Devtalk forum that runs through some steps to potentially fix the issues we're all having. I haven't tried it yet, but will be and will report back.

Let us know if this works for you too.

Okay, he said both, but the CUDA driver second after the other driver. With that said, this has worked for me thus far! If you try this and it works be sure to let others in this thread know. I'll let you know if the issues come back. TTFN

You Nvidia guys have it good! Is there any way to obtain and install a AMD Radeon Pro driver that can potentially fix this issue? I couldn't find anything on AMD's website.

Chrome or not, it doesn't matter. I don't notice the sluggishness outside of apps and games that taxes the GPU (Final Cut Pro X, Photoshop, World of Warcraft, etc).

Same here! #frustrated!

Tried the nvidia update but got an error:

(Mac OS X version 10.13.1 (17B48) is not supported with this package. Please see NVIDIA’s website for further driver information)

Macbook specs

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)

2,8 GHz Intel Core i7

16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB / NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M

For what its worth, I’m experiencing the same issue with my mid-2015 rMBP 15” 2.2ghz/iris pro/512gb

A wake from sleep on battery (not plugged in) or any extended period of use without reboot or shutdown seems to trigger a noticeable drop in frames throughout the UI and desktop environment. A reboot does solve the problem.

This is very annoying. I’m glad to see though that I’m not alone; and it’s not only my machine specs with this issue since upgrading to high sierra.

Same problem here.

A full Shutdown / Reboot seems to workaround the issue which is good.

But even when the Radeon is working fast it does not always go at the same rate.

I'm getting average FPS figures like: 25, 67, 76, 87, 102, 24, 72, 107, 62, 59. It's all over the place.

Each figure is the average of a particular run. I expected spikes moment by moment but these are averages of completely different runs. These averages should be pretty consistent, say +/- 1 and not a range between 67 and 107. I've never seen that before.

These inexplicable fluctuations are sadly making this new 2017 MBP 15" worthless for game programming. I cannot know if what I'm doing is ruining the FPS or if it's just in a slow mood.

(I'm not including the 24 and 25 FPS - thankfully those low numbers do not occur after a full shutdown / reboot.)

Anyway I'd rather have a steady FPS of 17 +/- 1 rather than the wild fluctuations I'm seeing ...

I believe it's all fixable, so hopefully it'll get fixed soon.

Thanks.

(MBP 15" 2017 model with Radeon 555, High Sierra 12.13.1 and Xcode 9.1)

Also check this Page, down below, for new NVIDIA OSX Drivers for "High Sierra":

Link: http://www.macvidcards.com/drivers.html

10.13.1 (17B48)378.10.10.10.20.107

This one worked for me.

I hope, it will help anybody of you, too.

Update:
The Driver alone will not fully fix the problem.

You also need to install the Nvidia CUDA Support.

Link to the Tutorial:

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1025945/mac-cuda-9-0-driver-fully-compa tible-with-macos-high-sierra-10-13-error…

After another week of testing, I have found that when I change my macbooks sleep mode to "sleep" instead of the default "safe sleep", this problem does not occur anymore...

Use this command to check your current sleep mode...

pmset -g | grep hibernatemode

Default is 3. I set mine to 0.

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 - to set the desired sleep mode.

0 - Old style sleep mode, with RAM powered on while sleeping, safe sleep disabled, and super-fast wake.

1 - Hibernation mode, with RAM contents written to disk, system totally shut down while “sleeping,” and slower wake up, due to reading the contents of RAM off the hard drive.

3 - The default mode on machines introduced since about fall 2005. RAM is powered on while sleeping, but RAM contents are also written to disk before sleeping. In the event of total power loss, the system enters hibernation mode automatically.

5 - This is the same as mode 1, but it’s for those using secure virtual memory (in System Preferences -> Security).

7 - This is the same as mode 3, but it’s for those using secure virtual memory.