macOS High Sierra 10.13 slow graphics after battery sleep

sff29 don't worry, I didn't take it that way ;-)

My guess about the low media coverage is either a) the problem is not as widespread as we might think or b) many people just don't notice it.

I am awaiting yet another call of apple support tomorrow, let's see what they have in store for me this time. There is no way I am going to reinstall the OS though, so fingers crossed xD

spadilha I thought so, too. But forcing macOS to always use the dGPU via the energy options didn't resolve this issue for me. I can also choose which GPU Blender is using for GPU rendering, and fixing the setting to dGPU only doesn't do the trick either.

Is there another way to force only the dGPU to be used?

Got the same issue, but I don't think it's Nvidia related, cause I have only the Intel Iris adapter. MacBook Pro 15'' mid 2015. It was working like a charm on Sierra and now, after wake up from sleep it's graphics works like a low-budget Windows laptop.

andytran93 reported that the issue is still there on 10.13.2 Beta 6, so it will not be fixed in the imminent final release of 10.13.2, probably. I wouldn't be surprised to know that Apple still isn't working on a fix at all.

Thanks for the info andy.

Of course that is very disappointing.

I wish we knew if Apple are onto this, are they denying it, looking at it, will it ever be fixed? Being in limbo makes a bad situation even worse.

And I certainly hope "fixed" does not mean it's just running fast - there is a huge variation in the frame rate from second to second. Many game engines work out an average in order to keep everything running smoothly - but that only works "within reason". If the variations are so great, as they are with High Sierra, even the smoothest games will become "clunky". Jerking movements and explicable "hanging" does not make for a good game experience.

Frankly this platform is now unusable for game play or game development.

Sad.

Folks, I apologize for a bit of off topic here, but don't you face with another graphics issues like strange glitches on the login screen on the Guest avatar or while playing some games some textures could start "twisting" around?

I'm just feeling that this recent macOS update also very noticeable on Radeons at all.

So my MacBook's symptoms are the same as topic starter plus glitches.

MacBook Pro 2017 15", Radeon 555.

I'm saying it again – I'd be surprised if the final release of High Sierra 10.13.2 doesn't deal with this in one way or another since it seems to be a ubiquitous issue. Maybe it even comes out today (crossing fingers)? 🙂

I’m not too hopeful of this being fixed in .2. None of the 6 betas have fixed it. If it’s not fixed in .2 I’m definitely going back to Sierra, and waiting 6 months at least before I even consider High Sierra again.

Same problem on HighSierra and AMD Radeon R9 M370X

Apple and gaming/graphics are still in a confused relationship ...

Sierra vs High Sierra on NovaBench: (siera is high, like really 'high' 🙂)

Great hardware, good ideas, bad software lately 😟

So, Apple released macOS 10.13.2 today, just installed the update some hours ago and... guess what? Yeah, the bug is still there. Wake up Apple! We need our overpriced ridiculously priced machines to work as intended, at least, **** it!

That's good to hear that there is at least one person at Apple knowing about the problem ;-) please let us know if you get any more information out of them (in case you have a follow-up call scheduled).

I also tried switching the automatic graphics switch option off when the MacBook is in low performance mode, but it didn't bring it back to high performance for me either.

Hmm... That’s just strange. Makes me tink there's more to this problem than we think. Maybe everyone doesn't experience it? Is it related to some third party software? The 10.13.2 update did include updated graphics drives for Intel, Nvidia and AMD, so at least something has happen there.

Or so we have to wait all the way to 10.13.3 for this problem to get solved? :-/

More or less every "point update" to OS X/macOS has included graphics driver updates, and it's yhe the same in this case.

You can find info about the drivers in System Report. I can show more in detail once I get home, on the move right now...

So it's not fixed. That's it, I'm going back to Sierra 10.12.6 which ran fantastic for me.
I guess I will reconsider High Sierra when it reaches update 10.13.6. But until then, HS goes into the trashcan.