4x CROSSFIRE ON MACBOOK PRO?!

[Vincent__Thunder]

i just came up what a amazing idea,

 

a razer core runs at a 4x pcie 3.0 link,

AMD radeon needs a 4x pcie 3.0 link to run crossfire

razer core needs a thunderbolt 3 (type c) link

the macbook pro 15inch has 4 thunderbold 3.0 (type c)

mac needs to run in windows?! for crossfire support?!

 

so in theorie you can run 4x rx480 or 4x a custom r9 fury.

if this has been done already please give he a LINK!

 

if you are going to try it, PLEASE LET ME KNOW

(total price ca    2800  x  4x 500 (2000) = 4x220 (880) = 5680 usd

                         mac   +   4x razercore   + 4x rx 480     = AWESOME

 

maybe this can go in the wan show of today?!

send to @LinusTech at twitter

 

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Edited February 10, 2017 by wkdpaul

[DnFx91]

lol dude i like the way you think, if this is possible i need to see it.

 

a macbook pro with 4 razer cores hanging out of it would be pretty ridiculous. whether crossfire would work through the MBP's mainboard though is up for debate. 

[Coaxialgamer]

maybe , but WHYYYYYYYYY ?

[Vincent__Thunder]

2 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

lol dude i like the way you think, if this is possible i need to see it.

 

a macbook pro with 4 razer cores hanging out of it would be pretty ridiculous. whether crossfire would work through the MBP's mainboard though is up for debate. 

please share to LMG crew via twitter

 

 

[Guest]

Well i think its not interesting because its a MacBook. If you think about it you can do this with any PC in the future. Just add additional GPUs for more performance

[Vincent__Thunder]

2 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

maybe , but WHYYYYYYYYY ?

please share to LMG crew via twitter

 

[Vincent__Thunder]

2 minutes ago, cmprinho said:

Well i think its not interesting because its a MacBook. If you think about it you can do this with any PC in the future. Just add additional GPUs for more performance

so quad gpu on a notebook not not interesting?

just think about the concept in general

[michaelocarroll007]

12 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

lol dude i like the way you think, if this is possible i need to see it.

 

a macbook pro with 4 razer cores hanging out of it would be pretty ridiculous. whether crossfire would work through the MBP's mainboard though is up for debate. 

pcie lanes? amount many other issues ?

[Vincent__Thunder]

2 minutes ago, michaelocarroll007 said:

pcie lanes? amount many other issues ?

crossfire needs 4 lanes, and do you mean with AMOUNT MONY OTHER ISSUES?

 

[stealth80]

3 minutes ago, Vincent__Thunder said:

crossfire needs 4 lanes, and do you mean with AMOUNT MONY OTHER ISSUES?

 

think it needs 32

[Ashiella]

4 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

think it needs 32

A total of? Also HEY SLICK! (Lukey is viewing this thread)

[VerticalDiscussions]

And how would that be possible? The Razer Core only allows for one GPU insertion .-.??

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, VerticalDiscussions said:

And how would that be possible? The Razer Core only allows for one GPU insertion .-.??

It would probably be impossible to Crossfire them because crossfire uses the motherboard, butttttttt Nvidia uses the bridge to connect...

[Vincent__Thunder]

4 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

It would probably be impossible to Crossfire them because crossfire uses the motherboard, butttttttt Nvidia uses the bridge to connect...

it is just the pcie bus that is used by the gpu's not just the mobo.

ps how do u see luke watches this?

 

[stealth80]

10 minutes ago, Vincent__Thunder said:

it is just the pcie bus that is used by the gpu's not just the mobo.

ps how do u see luke watches this?

 

The MacBook Pro doesn't have the required PCIE lanes (bandwidth) to run 4x GPU's. It needs an X99 chip and a high level one at that

[Vincent__Thunder]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

The MacBook Pro doesn't have the required PCIE lanes (bandwidth) to run 4x GPU's. It needs an X99 chip and a high level one at that

the thunderbolt 3.0 signal wil be changed to PCIE 3.0 X4 by the razer core

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Vincent__Thunder said:

the thunderbolt 3.0 signal wil be changed to PCIE 3.0 X4 by the razer core

Doesn't matter, the MacBook doesn't have the bandwidth to support 4 cards, it could handle 2, but not 4

[Vincent__Thunder]

why not? please explane

 

[Vincent__Thunder]

2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Doesn't matter, the MacBook doesn't have the bandwidth to support 4 cards, it could handle 2, but not 4

why not? please explane

[stealth80]

2 minutes ago, Vincent__Thunder said:

why not? please explane

because 4x GPU's require an X99 chipset, aka 5820k, 5930k, 5960X, 6800K, 6850K, 6900k,  6950X

 

Macbooks don't come with X99

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, Vincent__Thunder said:

why not? please explane

 

4 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

because 4x GPU's require an X99 chipset, aka 5820k, 5930k, 5960X, 6800K, 6850K, 6900k,  6950X

 

Macbooks don't come with X99

you need 4x4 PCI-e lanes, thats 16 of them and im pretty sure most of the chips, or atleast some of them, have that

[Vincent__Thunder]

2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

because 4x GPU's require an X99 chipset, aka 5820k, 5930k, 5960X, 6800K, 6850K, 6900k,  6950X

 

Macbooks don't come with X99

why does it need that?

not just I NEEDS X99.....

it has the bandwidth, 4 thunderbolt lanes = 16 pcie lanes and 1 gpu uses 4 pcie lanes

[stealth80]

6 minutes ago, Vincent__Thunder said:

why does it need that?

not just I NEEDS X99.....

it has the bandwidth, 4 thunderbolt lanes = 16 pcie lanes and 1 gpu uses 4 pcie lanes

 

7 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

 

you need 4x4 PCI-e lanes, thats 16 of them and im pretty sure most of the chips, or atleast some of them, have that

If it did work, the performance gained from 4x gpus would be lost by the drop of bandwidth from 16 - 4x PCIE

[Vincent__Thunder]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

 

If it did work, the performance gained from 4x gpus would be lost by the drop of bandwidth from 16 - 4x PCIE

normal 4x gpu also has that, it is just about the idea

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Vincent__Thunder said:

normal 4x gpu also has that, it is just about the idea

What I mean is, the scaling from 1- 2, 2- 3 and 3 - 4 gets worse as you add the additional card. Depending on game you lose 20 - 40% performance per card running at 4x instead of 8/16x PCIE. Now also consider only the higher end AMD cards are able to run 4x crossfire. I would say (guessing) the performance would be worse than traditional 2 ways crossfire