macOS High Sierra 10.13 slow graphics after battery sleep

Just updated to 10.13.3 Beta 1 and I'm still able to reproduce the issue.

For now I'm using a utility called NoSleep to prevent my MacBook Pro from sleeping when I close the lid (display turns off though), because restarting multiple times a day for the correct dGPU performance is a hassle.

https://andytran93.com/2017/11/12/dgpu-low-performance-bug-in-macos-10-13-high-s ierra/

Installed 10.13.3 beta 4 yesterday to test for this issue. Ran Diablo III after install and worked on the PC using multiple applications (including Safari mentioned above). Let computer sleep for 8 hours, woke it from sleep, and immediately started Diablo III again. To my surprise, there was no slowdown in graphics performance this time.

This is the first time any version of High Sierra hasn't slowed down Diablo III after any amount of sleep (I've tried them all!). Had to roll back to Sierra to address the issue until now. Fingers crossed the bug is squashed on the next High Sierra release.

Forgot to mention I'm running a 2017 15" MacBook Pro w/Radeon Pro 560.

Agree...the problem is the dGPU not working properly.

My mac performs better with automatic graphic switching turned on.

An update to my previous reply: disabling automatic graphics switching did not resolve the issue. The graphics were slow again after the computer woke from sleep the next morning. Restarting OSX fixed the issue.

Got the same problem. MacBook itself is just about 3 months old, so no technical problems to be expected. Same as with you guys, bad FPS after long sleep. Only reboot fixes the problem.

Software that I could confirm to be affected:

- Photoshop CC 2018

- World of Warcraft

- Diablo 3

- Blender GPU Rendering

- Unigine Heaven Benchmark

On the phone with Apple support somewhen around the next few days, I'm letting you guys know if there is any news.

My System:

Unigine Heaven benchmark results (left: after some hours of sleep, right: after reboot)

Sg1team, I think the problem is related to Intel Iris Graphics that all MacBook Pro have ( https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204349 ).

My Macbook (mid-2015) have only Intel Iris Pro Graphics, but some Macbook Pro also have a second (dedicated) graphic from AMD or NVIDIA. On these machines, macOS use the Intel Iris graphics as default and just move to the dedicated graphics when needed. That's to save energy/battery life.

When the user of those machines force macOS to always use the dedicated card (AMD/NVIDIA) it seems that the issue doesn't happen.

That's why I believe the issue is something related to Intel Iris graphics. This graphics share the machine memory with the system and provides slower performance but better battery life.

I believe it's easily fixable but I can't wait lazy Apple and move back to Sierra.

Just to sum my attempts and trying:

- Changing hibernate mode from 0 to 3 and backwards has no effect;

- Nvidia GPU users can try Web drivers, i have AMD and no chances to try it;

- Logging out and in had no effect;

- The one and only helpful solution is full reboot (which may be veeeery annoying for HDD and old machines users);

- High bitrate videos and heavy web-sites become laggy and freezing (WebGL-powered sites like http://ufomammoot.de/en/ or iPhone X page on apple.com with all that JS-transitions and parallax);

- Games like World of Warcraft and software with intense GPU usage (Vray + C4D GPU rendering) may be unstable and notebook became very hot. I got full system hang and had to hard power-off computer few times in two days.

Hi Spearer (not ho_ax here but ...)

Unfortunately disabling automatic graphics does not workaround the problem, it is suppose to lock in the discrete graphics - the Console and all indicators say it is engaged ... but the speed is same as integrated graphics.

As for simple fix, they are putting Metal 2 on top of the existing OpenGL foundation so I'm not surprised there are issues, especially in recovery from sleep/hibernate.

Hopefully it'll be fixed in 10.13.2

Just to keep you guys updated: Got off the phone with apple support just now, the guy had two treats for me:

- uncheck "put hard disk to sleep when possible" in energy options

- clean install of macOS high sierra

-.-

I am SO looking forward to testing the reinstall and getting all my stuff back from a backup :-/

I think many people already have tried full reinstalls, but the results are the same.

If I were doing a full reinstall I would simply use 10.12.6 Sierra and wait 6 months (.5 patch) before I tried High Sierra again.

So... I've turned off Night Shift, restarted, installed Flux and then restarted again.

So far so good, I can even see improvements in how the system performs overall before it hit that annoying fps drop.

I suggest you try this and see if it works. I tried it before and it didn't work, have no idea if this time is fixed for 100% though.

Like @sff29 shows in the screenshot you can Go to Apple menu --> About This Mac --> System Report… and then choose Extensions in the left column under Software. There the version of the graphic card kernel extensions are shown. For example in macOS 10.13.1 the ”GeFore.kext” is at version 10.12.6 while in mac OS 10.13.2 it is at 10.28.10.

@borgeindergaard

Did you report it using https://bugreport.apple.com or https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html?

Hello,

Try this: before closing the lid run up WoW and left it on the login screen.

Yes, computer will consume more energy and produce heat, but it will be ready to rock when you get back to it next time.

For now I became "High Sierra Fail Guru" and I can fall into GPU throttling even without Sleep mode in one session:

1. Few hours of Arnold 2 CPU+dGPU rendering (with C4D R18 and Substance Painter 2 running). Powered by adaptor, high heat and noise production, all power savings are off;

2. Publish WIP and results via Safari. During that process laptop became quiet and cold.

3. And not C4D nor World of Warcraft couldn't engage dGPU again in same session - fans are not running, very poor performance and all I can do is ruin my progress and my mood and go reset...

4. Raise and repeat 🙂

Same here - also with newest update. Why isn’t Apple responding in this thread?

I have had luck with making the machine going into sleep with the game open and wait for it to go completely to sleep and then open again. And voila normal FPS in the game again.

I can’t understand why Apple doesn’t do anything?