egpu

Update: Beginning of thread is mostly NVME related. Work for replacing internal GPU with a 3rd-party GPU starts later in the thread (in progress). The thread is still active. Questions and comments for both NVME and GPU are welcome. Update: On Mac Pro (late 2013) don't mix APFS and NTFS on...

Hi everybody, currently I am using a powerful PC (Geforce GTX 1080) for VR development (Vive) and some gaming and a MacBook Pro late 2013 with Intel Graphics for everything else. Now that Apple announced that VR is coming to MacOS I am tempted to switch to Mac completely because in contrast to...

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Hi everyone, first time posting here. My 650m discrete GPU died on me, I decided to invest in a new laptop. After seeing that this generations 15 inch premium model maxes out at 16gb of ram, and im doing a lot of video editing, im thinking to wait for next years models which will (hopefully)...

I have 27" 2017 5K iMac with the 4.2 GHz Intel Core i7 & 64GB of ram along with the Radeon Pro 580 and 1TB SSD. I'm wondering can my system handle VR ? I'm a casual gamer. I really don't want to spend a lot of money building a PC just for VR but I'm looking for a good vr experience. I don't...

Has anyone seen anything where someone has successfully taken one of the famous 2011 macbooks with a bad graphics chip and used it with an external GPU instead? I could really use some tips on how/if that can be done. Thank you.

Having a 2012 Mac mini and already having an external Thunderbolt harddrive, I'm looking at the possibility of using an eGPU via the Thunderbolt 2/3 adapter in a daisy-chain setup, however I've found very little info on this. Has anyone tried using the Thunderbolt adapter at the end of their...

Over the week on this forum I noticed couple times people saying that for some there's no need to get the iMac with best GPU, that better get the lowest and in the future, if needed, get external Thunderbolt 3 GPU. I suspected there may be performance drop but first google result with bunch of...

With Apple making external GPUs (eGPUs) a reality in macOS 10.13, I've decided to wait as long as I need to until Apple releases a computer with Thunderbolt 4, specifically on a MacBook Pro. (32 GB DDR4L RAM might come as well by then.) If you look at my short post history, you might doubt me...

So I am currently trying to build an eGPU for my 2015 mBP 13". My question is: should I buy an akitio thunder 2 and go with the classic build or buy an akitio node/ thunder 3 and an adapter tb3->tb2? And are any performances differences between these(according to my mac)? Akitio Thunder 3/Node...

Besides the Nvidia web driver issue, how are AMD Radeon 480/580 cards holding up? I'm running a vanilla install of 10.12.3 atm, looking to combo update to 10.12.5, and re-do a RX480 egpu on a nMP/d700/12c for extra resources to handle noise reduction passes in neatvideo for 6K video work...

I am running into the same issue as described on MacVideoCards.com (http://www.macvidcards.com/gtx-750-ti--970--980--980-ti--titan-x-doesnrsquot-finish-booting.html)..... "PROBLEM: While properly installed and powered the GPU in question will show the gray boot screen with the Apple logo, the...

Hi all. I'm about to buy a new laptop in a few weeks. My problem is this: I've worked as a professional photographer and video producer for years and always had a Macbook Pro. Now I'm getting more and more requests for VR productions, and would need a suitable computer. I can use the Windows PCs...

I have a new 2.9 Ghz 15" MBP on order, to be delivered some time between the 17th and 25th. Taking advantage of the recent discount, I also plan to order one - possibly two - of the 27" LG 5K displays before the end of the year. Ugly bezel aside, I look forward to the screen real estate. While...

Personally I am considering either the yet unreleased Asus or maybe the razer core if they asus does not release theirs by December. I'm favoring the Asus because it is supposed to be under 300 dollars and promises only a 5% hit to the GPU's performance. I'm hoping this thread can be a place...

When i ask this question i want to know whether the newly release rMBP 2016 support eGPU solutions like Razer Core on mac OS, I know there is windows boot camp support and i am not asking about it. I just want to know that will it be supported as it is supported in razer laptops. I dont want to...

I am giving feedback to students and future teachers at university on how to perform in speeches and presentations. My Job at universitity requires that I often edit Multicam videos in Adobe Premiere Pro. Recently we upgraded our video equipment to integrate 4K recording. So that puts a lot...

Hey, someone can help me with this? I got a mid 2012 MacBook Pro (non retina) with Intel HD graphics 4000 and I'm thinking of buying an egpu for render and gaming, but I have thunderbolt 1 and I don't know if it'll perform well for gaming. So I'll be able to play games on 60fps or it'll be...

MVC's blog announced that Sierra natively supports eGPU, no hackery or tricks required. http://www.macvidcards.com/blog/macos-sierra-had-native-egpu-support

Just curious as I know that Macs don't necessarily need drivers directly from AMD as Macs typically come with AMD drivers pre-installed. Right now I'm thinking about buying a GTX970, but the upcoming AMD RX480 is cheaper and seems like it's going to be quite affordable ($200). Will it work on Macs?