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I am very curious if eGPUs would work with Mac instead of windows. I am a video editor with final cut as my main tool and if I could offload to a external GPU,

by dvcrn 10y ago

I am very curious if eGPUs would work with Mac instead of windows. I am a video editor with final cut as my main tool and if I could offload to a external GPU, I would immediately do it. Anyone knows if this works?

izacus 10y ago
No, Appe deliberately blacklists eGPUs in macOS. It'll work out of the box only on Windows.
- dvcrn 10y ago
  Dang. Any idea about potential ongoing hack projects to make this work?
  - matt4077 10y ago
    I'm incredibly happy running a 2008 Mac Pro with a GTX 960, 32GB RAM and intel i6700 :) It's unfortunate that I also had to replace the case to fit the Samsung 950PRO in there, but wow, Sierra is screaming fast and Tensorflow runs perfectly.
Fnoord 10y ago
According to this guide, yes. https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5l3y0a/egpu_my_experience_with_the_15_tmbp_2016_and_a_15/ https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5l3y0a/egpu_my_exper...
- dvcrn 10y ago
  Oh damn! That's impressive. I will definitely do some more research on this! Having a TB3 core with graphic power at home that I could just plug in if I need the power, and otherwise carry a small lightweld MacBook with me sounds too good to be true. If it's daisy-chainable I could imagine quite a nice dock-setup with external display that could turn a small MBP into a work-horse whenever needed. I'm intrigued.