eGPU natively supported in macOS Sierra

[goMac]

Update: It seems you still need the video card in the Thunderbolt enclosure with a modded EFI. MVC updated his post in the netkas forums.

I saw that. MVC got a little too excited...

 

[vkd]

I'm shedding in tears...

Sounds cool, how do you go about that then?

(Of course I know what shedding tears is, but 'shedding IN tears' sounds intriguing.)

 

[pat500000]

Sounds cool, how do you go about that then?

(Of course I know what shedding tears is, but 'shedding IN tears' sounds intriguing.)

I imagine myself being in tears.

 

[ActionableMango]

Apologizes, I wasn't sure how to properly identify the tube v2.

nnMP seems fine to me until we have an official identifier like 6,2 or 7,1 (or a year like 2016). People will know what you mean. I don't think the letter "n" was ever meant negatively.

nMP - new or nano
cMP - classic or cheesegrater

MP - all of the above.

 

[pat500000]

Or just nMP 2016

 

[JimGoshorn]

You sure you want to add a year to the name yet

 

[pat500000]

You sure you want to add a year to the name yet

Mac Pro 20xx

 

[JimGoshorn]

There ya go, MacPro 20xx or bust!

 

[pat500000]

There ya go, MacPro 20xx or bust!

Hahahahah I will be accurate 30xx

 

[vkd]

↑
Sounds cool, how do you go about that then?

(Of course I know what shedding tears is, but 'shedding IN tears' sounds intriguing.)


I imagine myself being in tears.

Sounds like a jumble of BEING in tears and shedding tears.

 

[filmak]

nnMP seems fine to me until we have an official identifier like 6,2 or 7,1 (or a year like 2016). People will know what you mean. I don't think the letter "n" was ever meant negatively.

nMP - new or nano
cMP - classic or cheesegrater

MP - all of the above.

or nMp = negative MP / -MP

(just joking)

for sure this n thing will have to stop till 2021 when we will have the third iteration , if at all.

A good thing with the slow updates is that in 8 years, from the first edition, will have just a nnnMP, not a nnnnnnnnMP.

 

[beaker7]

Phil told us during the demo back in what, 2012? that it was going to last 10 years. Who'd a thought he meant literally, they aren't going to update it until 2023.

 

[filmak]

even less models to worry about...

 

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

Phil told us during the demo back in what, 2012? that it was going to last 10 years. Who'd a thought he meant literally, they aren't going to update it until 2023.

Actually...I thought he did mean the next update will be in 10 years

 

[MacsRgr8]

So, here cometh the Mac mini Quad Core i7 with TB 3...!

 

[CapnDavey]

As a collector of power bricks I'm always looking for a good reason to add more external boxes and cables to my desk. Hope they make the RAM external in the next round!

Yeah and I bet many mac users will say its the new paridime! yeah right hehe

 

[HuntingPudel]

even less models to worry about...

Fewer SKUs means less overhead. Think about the money Apple will save over the next 8 years!

 

[Squuiid]

Native eGPU support ties in very nicely with the new Thunderbolt 3 display with built-in GPU rumor. Essentially an eGPU inside a monitor, connected by Thunderbolt.
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/24/thunderbolt-display-integrated-gpu/

 

[thekev]

Umm... it will be very sad when (if) a 7,1 is released.. My prediction:

Everyone with a 6,1 + eGPU will have the latest GPU technology (they will be upgrading GPUs as available).
The 7,1 will be released by Apple, but the eGPU support will be purposefully removed so 7,1 buyers (suckers) will be forced to pay for Apple's highest GPU upgrade which will be already one (+) year old GPU technology.

You know my prediction will come true admit it. The only possible thing I may have wrong is that Apple will ever release a 7,1... 912 days and counting - certainly is a strong statement (of fail)...

TB2 doesn't officially support eGPU. TB3 officially supports it. See the specification. It explicitly states "external graphics", something which wasn't mentioned in the earlier versions. TB2 didn't even really add bandwidth. I think it just added channel bonding for a half duplex mode, although I could be wrong. It seems very unlikely that 6,1 mac pro users would have any kind of official support for this, because it uses TB2 rather than TB3. There's no reason to ship a 7,1 without TB3 at this point. With one refresh every 3 years, it makes very little sense for Apple to leave out a hardware feature like that.

 

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

Native eGPU support ties in very nicely with the new Thunderbolt 3 display with built-in GPU rumor. Essentially an eGPU inside a monitor, connected by Thunderbolt.
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/24/thunderbolt-display-integrated-gpu/

Polaris 11 / Baffin / 470

 

[Squuiid]

Polaris 11 / Baffin / 470

Wrong. Polaris 11, Baffin, is 460.

 

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

Wrong. Polaris 11, Baffin, is 460.

Ah yeah. 470 is Polaris 10 Lite.

 

[spaz8]

So is the native eGPU support in Sierra because apple is making an abomination of a TB display with a built in MOBILE Gpu nobody wants that will be be outdated 2 yrs after purchase, even though the monitor itself is probably good for another 5? can't wait for it to cost $2000 to upgrade a gpu.

 

[h9826790]

So is the native eGPU support in Sierra because apple is making an abomination of a TB display with a built in MOBILE Gpu nobody wants that will be be outdated 2 yrs after purchase, even though the monitor itself is probably good for another 5? can't wait for it to cost $2000 to upgrade a gpu.

Even though it's true. the eGPU may be only to use to drive the pixels, but didn't to anything on calculation / 3D job. So, it can be never outdated.

 

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

Or the Mac Pro is built into a pro display (like an iMac Pro)and it has an optional thunderbolt 3 tower that has upgradable GPUs and storage.