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Perhaps they haven’t sold Nvidia hardware, but the allowance of Nvidia’s web drivers so that I could connect my eGPU w/ GTX 1080 to the 13in Macbook Pro was one
by jsgo 7y ago
Perhaps they haven’t sold Nvidia hardware, but the allowance of Nvidia’s web drivers so that I could connect my eGPU w/ GTX 1080 to the 13in Macbook Pro was one of the primary reasons I bought the MBP.
It is fine if they want to kill off features off upcoming hardware, but killing off the capacity to use something that was used for months is not the best look. If Metal Only was the goal, add a prompt when someone enables said web drivers that they’re going off the reservation snd that they assume the risk.
These release notes seem to be Nvidia giving up the ghost that they’re going to be able to resolve this dispute and High Sierra is the last release where all but a couple of really old Nvidia GPUs work.
- dahart 7y agoYep; you’re right. And Metal isn’t the only goal. Preventing people from going off the reservation is the goal. I can see both sides; there are both upsides and downsides for both Apple and their customers. Either way, at this point, Apple’s strategy is clear and widely known. It sucks you can’t use eGPU with Mac, and I’d still be primarily using a Mac if you could, but it’s no longer an available choice. As consumers, the only option now is to vote with our pocketbooks.
- pvg 7y agoThe configuration you're describing was never officially supported - I'm not arguing the changes in this support is a good or bad thing just addressing the concern Nvidia might be trying to sneak something super-important past people in release notes and thus the editorializing should perhaps get a pass.
- minimaxir 7y agoEven AMD eGPUs have a lot of compromises (e.g. HDCP issues), although those may or may not be Apple's fault. I bought a lower-spec MBP with the expectation of using eGPUs (in the hope Apple and Nvidia would make up), but it's good to see it confirmed that it won't be worthwhile.