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MikeonTV

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Aug 9, 2007
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I purchased (second hand) a BlackMagic eGPU with AMD Radeon Pro 580. Its one of those plug in and you're good eGPUs. I know it's doing something because it's visibly working in the activity monitor. However I see that my default GPU is still the built in Intel card. Also About this Mac confirms that. (screenshot)

Shouldn't I want to use the eGPU first as it's more powerful? Wouldn't it take the load off of some of the internal systems? And if so how can I tell the computer to use the eGPU first?
 

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