Only Blackmagic eGPU, which is out of stock in most stores. But do you need an eGPU? LG 5k solo + 5500M clamshell takes 5W, runs smooth and cool, can handle a lot of work. Second and third external monitor, or lid open, any or all of those would up it to 20 W. If you intend to have more than the LG 5k externally, add those to the eGPU instead?
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(2019) 16" is HOT & NOISY with an external monitor! :(
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Only Blackmagic eGPU, which is out of stock in most stores. But do you need an eGPU? LG 5k solo + 5500M clamshell takes 5W, runs smooth and cool, can handle a lot of work. Second and third external monitor, or lid open, any or all of those would up it to 20 W. If you intend to have more than the LG 5k externally, add those to the eGPU instead?
I just ordered the dock so I can not say if it really works. But this guy seems to have it working pretty much in the same way as I would like to have my setup:
Wow. I'm curious how they got around this nonsense macOS limitation.
So in short, this dock has his own GPU inside?
Not really, as far as I know. The Macbook, in this case, uses either the iGPU or the dGPU depending on what you do and it generates the image which is then compressed and sent to a dedicated chip in the dock. There the decompressing and driving of the external screens takes place. In this way, the wattage problem that occurs when the AMD GPU drives the external monitor (memory clock issue) can be omitted.
However, there are some disadvantages since the video is compressed and decompressed. This might lead to a minor delay.
After testing I will report.
Exactly. There must be some compression. It's only one usb-c cable, which is 10 or 20Gbit in the best case.
In other comment he also mentioned he had to change the refresh rate from 60 to 30hz
In other comment he also mentioned he had to change the refresh rate from 60 to 30hz
Looks like the Wavlink WL-UG69DK1 is the better dock according to the Youtube guy.
Lower TB3 port temp, lower dGPU wattage, no issues waking from sleep.
But yeah, he did say he needed to lower the refresh rate to avoid display flickering with his second 4K...
I only need to drive 2 x 1440p@60hz though, not 4K, so that might be the perfect solution for me
DisplayLink offers a BigSur ready software which does not use kext extensions. (I dont work for DisplayLink 😁)
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4k 60Hz should be fine despite the limitations from DisplayLink.
Dock is on the way
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4k 60Hz should be fine despite the limitations from DisplayLink.
Dock is on the way
In theory yes! (Even iGPU is possible to run the external dispalys)
This is a good question!
DisplayLink based docks use CPU. So you're trading Radeon power usage for CPU usage.
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I am really confused as to how to try to fix the high fan noise problem, as there are ideas but many solutions are dependent of certain details. Are there many like me, who are trying to get less fan noise on MacBook Pro 16" 5500M, running Windows 10? I am considering the 5600M, a new monitor, dock, cables.. eGPU probably doesn't make sense for me, as I don't think it'll fix my issues well enough.
My main issue is this: if I run a YouTube 4K video in Chrome with no external monitor connected, nothing else, measuring things accurately with ThrottleStop and GPU-Z and a dB meter (as fan speeds are not supported in Windows for this computer), with no CPU throttling (100% clock and x48 multiplier = ~4200MHz), I get 32–48W CPU PKG Power and 10–14W GPU power, 75–80°C and gradually lots of fan noise. But, if I go to OSX to watch the same video, I get very little fan noise (and some confusing readings with iStat Menus). So according to that test, OSX seems better than Windows when no external monitor is used.
By the way, the 4K video runs perfectly with multiplier x8 (1100MHz, 57°C), so it's silly that the CPU gets so hot playing the same video with no throttling.
Anyway, when I just reboot to OSX, on the login screen I get very high fan noise, computer runs hot (no programs are opened because this is logging in after a reboot), if just letting the login screen sit there for maybe 20 seconds. Could someone please let me know if they encounter high fan noise on the OSX login screen after reboot, no external monitor connected?
I am also considering returning this computer or trying RMA for replacement, but the service center says they'll charge if they find nothing exceptional (and it's really hard to say).
My main issue is this: if I run a YouTube 4K video in Chrome with no external monitor connected, nothing else, measuring things accurately with ThrottleStop and GPU-Z and a dB meter (as fan speeds are not supported in Windows for this computer), with no CPU throttling (100% clock and x48 multiplier = ~4200MHz), I get 32–48W CPU PKG Power and 10–14W GPU power, 75–80°C and gradually lots of fan noise. But, if I go to OSX to watch the same video, I get very little fan noise (and some confusing readings with iStat Menus). So according to that test, OSX seems better than Windows when no external monitor is used.
By the way, the 4K video runs perfectly with multiplier x8 (1100MHz, 57°C), so it's silly that the CPU gets so hot playing the same video with no throttling.
Anyway, when I just reboot to OSX, on the login screen I get very high fan noise, computer runs hot (no programs are opened because this is logging in after a reboot), if just letting the login screen sit there for maybe 20 seconds. Could someone please let me know if they encounter high fan noise on the OSX login screen after reboot, no external monitor connected?
I am also considering returning this computer or trying RMA for replacement, but the service center says they'll charge if they find nothing exceptional (and it's really hard to say).
I gave up and ordered a kick-ass eGPU. Will connect 3 external monitors and call it a day. A silent day
))You probably have some software that uses your ressources. I just received another 16" (i9 5500M) and have zero fan noise for playing 4K videos / rebooting in either MacOS or bootcamp when using no external monitors. It really is performing well and silent as a laptop.
Good catch! 2100RPM - 2300RPM on idle is pretty much the same as what I get when the dGPU is consuming 19W...
Really curious how the D6000 performs with onerovico's machine
Could you tell me which eGPU you chose and why?I gave up and ordered a kick-ass eGPU. Will connect 3 external monitors and call it a day. A silent day
Thank you for confirming, interesting! I am absolutely sure I have no software using my resources. "System Idle Process" is basically 99 (or 98). According to your comment, I am more encouraged to RMA for replacement. (I do have also other strange problems like randomly WiFi not recovering after resume from sleep.)
It might be on top of other complexities my unit is broken. It is also difficult to measure, because it doesn't behave the same way every time. There is clearly a random factor present. For example I might not always get fan noise if I do a test once for only 2 minutes. But if I do the exact same test 5 times (reboots or e.g. toggling ThrottleStop settings back and forth in between), I might get "bad" result 4 times and "good" result once.