Razer Chroma X + 5700 XT for gaming in BootCamp

[ricardo.felix]

I have a MacBook Pro 15'' 2019 Intel i9 8cores 32GB RAM and a Radeon Pro 560X 4GB graphics card...

I recently got into gaming on bootcamp (VR as well) and I was surprised at how well it handled them. But of course I wanted a better gaming experience with better graphics so I ordered an eGPU (Razer Chroma X + PowerColor Red Devil 5700 XT)

Do you guys think I did a good decision? I am mainly interested in using it with windows for gaming... Hopefully it runs smooth because it was not cheap lol

I also game on an Oculus Rift and have a 4K Samsung Space monitor (60hz) I know 60hz sucks for gaming but I don't mind since I am not a hardcore or competitive gamer.

I would appreciate an answer from someone with a similar experience, THANKS!

 

[GumaRodak]

egpu with radeon card in bootcamp is pain to setup and get it to work...some peoples had the luck if followed exact instructions...i would like to have an radeon egpu too for both, win and osx system. but the workarounds which you have to do are pulling me off from it...check more on egpu.io

btw, if anybody have experience with gaming with egpu, please what is the mbp temperature if the main work is done by the egpu?

 

[ricardo.felix]

UPDATE: It works beautifully...

I followed this guide and ended up only using the 5700 XT drivers not the iGPU ones...

Boot Camp Windows 10 2004 eGPU MacBook Pro 15-inch - George Garside

A tutorial for setting up an eGPU on the latest Windows 10 fixing error 12 in Device Manager for Boot Camp MacBook Pro. Also avoid Error 31 and issues with the built-in discrete graphics card in the MacBook taking resources from the external GPU in the enclosure.

georgegarside.com

No error 12, No eternal boot logo... everything works like a charm...

The ONLY problem I have is my CPU... It throttles some times causing occasional frame drops... Not a huge deal but I am currently trying to fix this...

 

[GumaRodak]

I have been succesfull with egpu 5600xt. For decreasing cpu temp and trottling, you need to disable intel turbo boost, via power management

 

[smbu2000]

Are your fans turning on to cool your MBP?
I remember when I was gaming with a mac mini (2018) and egpu my mini was getting very hot.
I use Macs Fan Control in macOS, but with the T2 chip on the mini (and 2018 and later MBPs), you can’t control the fan speed in Win10 because of the T2.
It works fine with the T1 in 2016/2017 MBPs, but not the T2.
The mini would get very hot and start to throttle as the fans never sped up.

To set a higher fan speed I had to manually set the fan speed in macOS and then restart to Win10 and it would keep the fan speed that I had set in macOS. Very annoying.

 

[GumaRodak]

The macs fan control works with T2 macs now

 

[smbu2000]

The macs fan control works with T2 macs now

Oh I didn’t know that! Good to know. Thanks.