iMac Pro + Bootcamp

Hi, thanks for the update. I've logged a bug report as well, no response yet. I'll update the thread here when I get a response. Good to know AMD is at least aware of the problem. I understand it's a niche group of users that requires Windows to run properly on their iMac Pro, but I still find it quite a big oversight that this wasn't completed as part of the process of integrating the new Radeon in the iMac Pro and releasing it to the public.

Hypno_Penguin wrote:

"Apple requests drivers/features from AMD and we then develop them. If you have additional feedback, it should be provided directly to Apple which they share with us from their customers.

A new driver will be made available via Apple Bootcamp Assistant as soon as it is ready, there is no time frame for when the driver will be ready. Please check Apple Bootcamp Assistant periodically to ensure you are using the latest available driver."

Very clare and succinct who the developer (AMD) and distributor (Apple) is. 😎. This is the model for all BC drivers that Apple provides.

However, macOS drivers are solely Apple's responsibility.

It takes me about an hour to modify, re-engineer & upload the PC drivers to make them work on Mac graphics cards in bootcamp. Sometimes less, depending on how many changes AMD have made to the driver.

A lot of the changes I make I've managed to automate with python scripts (and then I check it's worked ok after it has run). Without this automation it has taken me 4 hours in the past per driver package to rewrite it for bootcamp users (due to some very repetitive tweaks to the manifest files mainly).

Bootcamp is included with OS X so it is supported. As to the effectiveness of the drivers it's up to the developers to test them fully.

Boot Camp - Apple Support

The new Vega GPU may not have the drivers for Bootcamp.

Hi, https://www.bootcampdrivers.com released an unofficial graphics driver for iMac Pro,I think it's better than the original one.

Thanks Loner T I actually tried but it said I didn't have a valid Apple ID. Do I need a developer ID to post a bug report or something? Thanks

Use the same Apple ID you use to post discussions on ASC on https://developer.apple.com/ as well.

Thanks, yep I used this ID but it said it wasn't valid so I'm not sure. I'll try again tomorrow

You may need to 'sign-up' using the same ID, before you can use it.

I'd like to file a bug report on this. Has anyone already done this and if so, can you post it here so we can use it?

I have not filed a bug regarding this. You should.

Thanks. 😎