nullmoth/nvidia-macos-driver

Features

• Upscaler API Bridges - Routes a game's MetalFX upscaling, frame interpolation and denoised upscaling calls to NVIDIA DLSS on RTX cards.
• Graphics Drivers - Provides a Metal graphics driver letting supported NVIDIA GeForce, GTX and RTX cards render and composite the desktop on macOS Sequoia.
• NVIDIA Hardware Acceleration - Runs supported NVIDIA GeForce cards on macOS Sequoia with working graphics, desktop compositing and compute on Intel and AMD hackintosh PCs.
• DLSS Feature Wrappers - Exposes NVIDIA DLSS upscaling through the MetalFX interface so games render at lower resolution and output sharper frames.
• MetalFX-to-DLSS Bridges - Routes a game's MetalFX upscaling and frame interpolation calls to NVIDIA DLSS on RTX cards using locally downloaded, checksum-verified runtime files.
• Metal Shader Compilers - Converts Metal shader libraries into NVIDIA-executable code using SPIR-V conversion, native machine-code generation and cached compiled results.
• Metal-on-Vulkan Translation Layers - Implements Metal devices, queues, command buffers and pipelines as thin wrappers over a Vulkan backend so macOS graphics calls run on NVIDIA hardware.
• Metal Rendering Drivers - Implements Metal devices, queues, command buffers and pipelines on a Vulkan backend so macOS apps and the compositor render on NVIDIA GeForce cards.
• GPU Firmware Loaders - Loads GSP firmware from disk, claims the PCI device, maps memory windows and initializes the GPU, holding display startup until output is ready.
• GPU Kernel Driver Ports - Runs NVIDIA's open kernel modules and GSP firmware inside macOS kernel extensions so the operating system can initialize and drive the card directly.
• GPU Kernel Extension Drivers - Loads NVIDIA's open kernel modules and GPU firmware through kernel extensions so supported cards are recognized, initialized and drive the display.
• Shader Translation - Translates Metal shaders through SPIR-V into NVIDIA machine code with cached results, so Metal apps render on NVIDIA GPUs.
• Apple AIR to SPIR-V Conversion - Converts Apple AIR shader bitcode into SPIR-V, which the Vulkan compiler turns into NVIDIA machine code so Metal shaders run.
• SPIR-V to Native Translation - Converts Apple AIR shader bitcode into SPIR-V, which the Vulkan compiler lowers to native NVIDIA machine code, with compiled results cached.
• Configuration Rollbacks - Backs up the OpenCore configuration, test-builds the kernel collection, copies files and rolls back automatically if any step fails.
• Display Mode Control - Supports ultrawide, 4K, HiDPI and high-refresh display modes, hot-plugged monitors, gamma tables and optional 12-bit deep color.
• Display Output Drivers - Publishes each GPU display head with real mode timings, EDID data and vblank, and supplies shared surfaces for window-server compositing.
• Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing - Builds ray tracing acceleration structures on the GPU, checks video memory before builds, and supports ray tracing in games.
• Ray Tracing Engines - Builds ray tracing acceleration structures on the GPU and supports ray-traced visuals in Mac games alongside DLSS upscaling.
• Shader Language Conversions - Converts Metal shaders into a form a Vulkan back end can run so Metal applications execute on NVIDIA hardware.
• OpenCore - Installs the driver through OpenCore with config backup, patching, USB mapping and automatic rollback, plus a boot-picker option to start without the driver.
• OpenCore Driver Installers - Locates the OpenCore partition, verifies the package, test-builds the kernel collection, patches the config and rolls back automatically on failure.
• GPU Sleep and Wake Support - Suspends the display and resource manager on sleep and restores the GPU on wake so the desktop, windows and Metal apps return intact.
• Hackintosh Installation Frameworks - Ships scripts to install, patch configuration, back up, roll back and recover from boot failures on OpenCore-based Intel and AMD hackintosh systems.
• Hardware Wake-from-Sleep Fixes - Keeps displays, HDMI audio and the desktop working across hot-plugging, sleep and wake, preserving video memory so screens do not stay black.
• Suspend-Gated Device Access - Holds client calls at a gate while the GPU is in standby and saves and restores video memory and PCI state across sleep.
• Video Memory Preservation Across Sleep - Copies video memory allocations into pageable kernel memory before power loss and restores them on resume so compositor and app buffers survive.
• Compatibility Profiles - Applies per-application profiles and shader fixes inside a single named process so specific games like Cyberpunk 2077 render correctly without affecting other software.

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