What has all this to do with my answer? I was writing about the heat sink you are planning to use.
No, not really. Neither youtube playback works properly nor the most recent Office will run on non metal. Get a M5100 or something similar.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I was reading it wrong sorry.
There is simply an S7100X on sale for $70 and it works natively. This interested me.
Thanks for your help, and of course.. patience!
Does the decode process utilize the GPU or CPU? Did you run a 10s clip or did you watch hours (what some users apparently do). It is even not clear if the decode process on CPU will utilize the decoder hardware (Intel Lynnfield , Arrandale and later) on macOS or the general purpose instructions (which is again less efficient and burns more watts, but we all know, this is for free).
Likely we have not spent enough time into this problem with new AMD cards.
This information on post #1 is more a compilation of feedback collected from different users when Mojave and Catalina hit the road.
| Target | Source | Funtionality |
|---|---|---|
| iMac12,2, WX4130, Mojave | iMac12,2, Monterey, RX5500XT | works, on disconnect black screen (*) |
| iMac12,2, WX4130, Mojave | iMac12,2, Monterey, WX4170 | no connection |
| iMac12,2, WX4130, Mojave | MacBookAir 2012, Catalina, HD4000 | no connection |
| iMac12,2, Monterey, RX5500XT | iMac12,2, WX4130, Mojave | black on attempt, no connection (*) |
| iMac12,2, Monterey, RX5500XT | MacBookAir 2012, Catalina, HD4000 | works, on disconnect black screen (*) |
| iMac12,2, Monterey, WX4170 | MacBookAir 2012, Catalina, HD4000 | works, on disconnect black screen (*) |
| iMac12,2, WX4130, Sonoma b7 | MacBookAir 2012, Catalina, HD4000 | (dis)connect perfectly, screen flickers |
| iMac12,2, WX4130, Monterey | iMac12,2, Monterey, RX5500XT | (dis)connect perfectly, works! |
| iMac12,2, WX4130, Monterey | MacBookAir 2012, Catalina, HD4000 | (dis)connect perfectly, works! |
| iMac12,2, WX4130, Ventura 13.5.1 | MacBookAir 2012, Catalina, HD4000 | on connect target gets black (*) |
| iMac12,2, WX4130, Ventura 13.5.1 | iMac12,2, Monterey, RX5500XT | (dis)connect perfectly, works! |
| iMac12,2, WX4130, Sonoma b7 | iMac12,2, Monterey, RX5500XT | works, on disconnect black screen (*) |
| iMac12,2, Monterey, RX5500XT | iMac12,2, WX4130, Sonoma b7 | works, on disconnect black screen (*) |
And how "tenacious" are the M5100? Do they often fail in laptops? Haven't they been mining on them? Is it possible to buy used on Aliexpress?
This is no sales support here, but I can assure only these cards have been used in mining:
Thanks for the reply.
Do all the sources provide display output to a Thunderbolt Display or a display connected to a Thunderbolt dock? That is the minimum requirement for a Thunderbolt source for Thunderbolt Target Display Mode.
With my iMac 27-inch, Late 2013 it appears as a DisplayPort sound output device to my Mac mini 2018 connected via Thunderbolt Target Display Mode, but no sound is audible. The iMac can play audio from iTunes while its display is being used by the Mac mini 2018.
dpaudiothru doesn't work in Ventura (it does not appear as a process with dpd in Activity Monitor.app). Same for Monterey and Big Sur.
HWMonitor? for MacOS ? where should I download it from? As far as I know it's only for windows from cupid.com, no ?
After downloading HWMonitor I found out that my GPU temperature is 129C, so I checked the GPU again and it turned out the temperature sensor was not seated properly. I think the slowness of my computer was because of GPU throttling because now that I re-seated the jack/pins my computer is noticeably faster.
