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  1. rschiess

    2011 MacBook pro dead GPU with EGPU?

    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.
  2. Riven

    Waiting for Thunderbolt 4 thread (eGPU folks, this might interest you)

    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...
  3. A

    2016 MacBook Pro External Graphics Card Working

    Other people have tried it but this is the first time I have seen all the information in a video: Hopefully the whole experience becomes smoother in the near future, but it's looking good.
  4. Laucha

    eGPU tb1 or build pc?

    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...
  5. D

    Razer Core for the MacBook Pro

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/3019369/hardware/the-razer-core-can-boost-any-thunderbolt-3-equipped-laptop-with-an-external-gpu.html This would be great for upcoming Macs with TB3. Does anyone know if the current BIOS supports Intel's "detachable graphics." It would be even better if they...