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It would work fine, but compile times are obvious slower than a desktop with a better CPU. High Sierra adds official support for external GPUs on thunderbolt an
by wlesieutre 9y ago
It would work fine, but compile times are obvious slower than a desktop with a better CPU. High Sierra adds official support for external GPUs on thunderbolt and you'll definitely need one.
Apple sells an enclosure (Sonnet's) with an RX 580. I thought this also came with a $100 Vive discount, but that promo must have ended.
https://developer.apple.com/development-kit/external-graphics/ https://developer.apple.com/development-kit/external-graphic...
- wlesieutre 9y agoAlso note that Metal has less CPU overhead than OpenGL. Beyond the compile times, you'll be more likely to run into CPU bottlenecks while running games/applications that are OpenGL based.