Mind, I had the option last night of dual 480, used Titan X, or single 1070. Price was almost equal, but 1070 is overall better.
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Mind, I had the option last night of dual 480, used Titan X, or single 1070. Price was almost equal, but 1070 is overall better.
Fair enough, all things considered, I think you have picked best GPU there is right now. Congrats
Yeah but without a decent working driver that's like putting a slice of cheesecake in the cMP. Looks great inside it, more useful outside it
For Mac, not yet. And if they did we aren't going to see Windows level performance anyway for a long time
Fair enough, all things considered, I think you have picked best GPU there is right now. Congrats
Just not for a cMP though. Cheesecake anyone?
Pascal are the first cards from Nvidia to support HEVC/h.265 decoding and encoding in hardware.
I just tried to test playback of a 4K 60FPS file but no luck in VLC or Windows built in player. Really jerky and crashy. They don't support HEVC playback yet.
I just tried to test playback of a 4K 60FPS file but no luck in VLC or Windows built in player. Really jerky and crashy. They don't support HEVC playback yet.
There's video of someone using a 1070 as an eGPU with their MacBook Pro 13 (Bootcamp) over Thunderbolt without any hacks as the newest Nvidia drivers support eGPU plug and play.
To indirectly compare his results to my machine;
1070 is connected via eGPU as this chaps video seems to suggest.
My 680 Mac Edition is connected on and running at PCIe 2.0.
heaven 1070 (680) vsync on
FPS: 33.3 (21.6)
Score: 838 (545)
Min FPS: 15.1 (6.5)
Max FPS: 60.9 (50.2)
heaven 1070 (680) vsync off
FPS: 47.2 (21.9)
Score: 1188 (552)
Min FPS: 18 (12.1)
Max FPS: 91.1 (50.7)
valley 1070 (680) vsync on
FPS: 33.0 (21.4)
Score: 1382 (896)
Min FPS: 13.9 (13.4)
Max FPS: 65 (31.1)
valley 1070 (680) vsync off
FPS: 47.1 (26.2)
Score: 1972 (1096)
Min FPS: 13.9 (15.8)
Max FPS: 96.6 (49.9)
My scores on the previous page were much higher but obviously my GPU is internal and my res was 1080p.
Is the eGPU support only in the Windows drivers or is also in the Mac drivers?
Windows only officially supports plug and play eGPU.
MacOS requires modifying files for eGPUs but GeForce 10 series is unsupported in the drivers anyway.
The cost of these eGPU cases is almost the cost of a PC.
Okay. I wasn't sure because you said the Nvidia drivers support plug-and-play, and I'm pretty sure at least two of the kext files that require editing are from Nvidia.
Yeah, Mac OS X still require kext editing. Though, GoalQue's automate-eGPU script makes it pretty easy.
Yeah, eGPU enclosures can be pretty expensive. I have an Akitio Thunder2, which costs $220 and does a great job. Though, you might need a 6-foot Thunderbolt cable and it only comes with a 1.5 footer. I picked a GT 740, which only requires 64 watts, so I can power the eGPU right through the PCIe slot, though I had to buy a 120 watt power supply instead of using the one the enclosure came with. The eGPU as a whole cost me $320, which isn't too bad. My Akitio Thunder2 cost half as much as a cheap PC, but I think it was worth it.
Razer Core has a Thunderbolt 3/USB-C Connector. Would this adapter work? http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...tbt3tbtadap_thunderbolt_3_to_thunderbolt.html
Afaik this adapter is bi-directional.
Afaik this adapter is bi-directional.
That looks really nice! How would the possibility be to add two small PCI cards above that gpu? I have two small PCI -> M.2 adapter cards that I would like to put above the gpu, but will they fit? Or is the 1080 / 1070 card to high?
Thanks in advance!
/Daniel
Does anyone know if it's possible to install an ssd with OSx in it in a new build up computer with the new nvidia gtx 1080/1070/1060...? I've heard that there may be some compatibility issues, but I don't know.
Also, the goal is to have a VR ready computer.
Also, the goal is to have a VR ready computer.
As has been covered in quite a few areas on this thread, the 10xx series by Nvidia are currently not supported by macOS, and may never be.
If you have a Mac and want a 10xx series card, you're limited to Windows for the time being.