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Running Valley again (after making sure the laptop wasn't in power save mode) resulted in a score of 3800. Running 3DMark Time Spy resulted in a score of 6056, as shown in the screenshot attached. The CPU definitely was not turbo'd fully throughout the duration of the 3DMark run, capping just below 3.2GHz.

Background I was wanting to simplify my personal computer setup to a single device. One laptop that would be portable enough to take to work, and capable enough to potentially play games at home. I decided I wanted to try out a laptop with Thunderbolt 3 to connect an eGPU to my desk setup at home. The first problem with this was finding a laptop with full TB3 speeds. Many of the more portable laptops are configured to only PCI-E x2. The full speed of TB3 requires a PCI-E x4 connection, which whittled my choices down a bit. I ended up deciding between an HP zBook Studio G3 or newer, and a 2016 or newer 15" MacBook Pro. I chose the macbook because of battery life and my need for macOS at work. If you don't care for either of those, I would recommend the HP zBook, as you can avoid all of the mess that Apple has created. I looked at Dell XPS series, as well as the Precision 5510 and 5520, all of which have x2 connection. The 13" Macbook pro's have x4 on the left side, but x2 on the right side, in addition to the lower power dual core processor. Hardware 2016 Macbook Pro 15" - i7 6700HQ, Radeon Pro 450, 16gb of RAM, 256gb ssd. Bootcamp installed with 1709 version of Windows 10. You will need to set this partition to at least 50gb. Akitio Node Pro enclosure - While not explicitly an eGPU enclosure, it has the power supply for it, and it works. Bonus handle for portability. Comes with a short, but full speed, TB3 cable. EVGA GTX 1080 8gb Tested with GTX 960, but this card was only to get the setup running, the permanent configuration is with the 1080. Changing these cards does not cause any stir apart from needing to reinstall the driver. Setup Assuming you have a brand new macbook, begin by updating macOS. Using the Bootcamp Utility, install Windows 10 with at least 50gb of space. Let Apple's installer finish the driver setup and reboot. Within Windows, use DDU to uninstall the display driver. Download DDU from http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html Boot into safe mode. You can do this by holding down shift as you click restart, then selecting Troubleshoot, then Safe Mode. Run DDU as administrator. By default, it will also disable automatic graphics driver installation. Restart to Windows. In Device Manager, Disable the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter. Boot back into macOS, and install Clover. In Disk Utility, add a 1GB FAT32 partition named Clover. Download the installer from here: https://clover-wiki.zetam.org/Home Run the installer, and select to install to the Clover partition. Prepare your body for the DSDT steps. Follow steps 8 - 11 here. BE CAREFUL WHILE DOING THIS. https://egpu.io/forums/implementation-guides/2016-macbook-pro-154-tb3-gtx980tirazer-core-os-x-win10-clover-dsdt-in-memory-override/#cloverdsdt Plug in your eGPU when you get to the boot selection screen. Make sure your everything is connected, including an external display. Before Selecting EFI boot, plug in your eGPU. Make sure everything is connected securely, including power cables to the Graphics Card. EFI boot should provide you with the option to boot to Windows. If you have not already plugged in and turned on the eGPU by now, then turning it on afterwards will cause Windows to blue screen. Install NVIDIA drivers, and reboot again. Considerations At this point, booting through EFI, turning on the eGPU, and booting to Windows will provide a seemingly random chance of enabling both the integrated display, and the external display. Installing reFind with the alteration for spoofing apple efi may correct this issue to not be random. Initially testing with the 960, the Unigine Valley benchmark, set to Extreme HD preset, showed scores of 1420, 1440, and 1470. The GTX 1080 had a score of around 3660. I have tested this eGPU enclosure with Windows based laptops with Thunderbolt 3, which appears to offer something closer to a plug&play experience. If I could go back, I would probably get the HP zBook Studio g3, as it does support the full PCI-E x4 speed, along with having a nice form factor, and the option for Xeon processors. Benchmarks and pictures will come tomorrow. Has anyone tried reFind + Clover? Share eGPU stories!

That'd be the Logitech Craft keyboard - https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/craft?crid=27 Unless you mean the one without the knob, which is the space grey variant of the magic keyboard, only available with the iMac Pro... for now. - Update: Now available for regular sale.