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As long as you have Thunderbolt 2 it should work(with a suitable enclosure). OSX is compatible with eGPUs

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Hello everyone, this is the JS team, and I am thinking about getting a EGPU with my mid 2012 macbook pro 13". First of all, is this possible to get a eGPU on OSX? I have seen other posts on the forums about getting a eGPU with the same macbook, but all of them installed windows with Boot    camp. So, is it possible to use OSX with a eGPU? Also, will my supply list work?

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Graphics card connector:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CJE2UJE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-RECAb85JZT9Y

Power Supply:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B72VXE6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_USECAbJ9XWNKT

PCLe box(transmits graphics card to thunderbolt):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LTAUTHE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_tTECAbD7D2TDK

Graphics card(NVIDIA GTX 1050 2gb):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MG0733A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_IUECAb4CAM37E

Thank you!

- TheJSTeam 

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2 minutes ago, TheJSTeam said:

Hello everyone, this is the JS team, and I am thinking about getting a EGPU with my mid 2012 macbook pro 13". First of all, is this possible to get a eGPU on OSX? I have seen other posts on the forums about getting a eGPU with the same macbook, but all of them installed windows with Boot    camp. So, is it possible to use OSX with a eGPU? Also, will my supply list work?

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Graphics card connector:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CJE2UJE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-RECAb85JZT9Y

Power Supply:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B72VXE6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_USECAbJ9XWNKT

PCLe box(transmits graphics card to thunderbolt):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LTAUTHE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_tTECAbD7D2TDK

Graphics card(NVIDIA GTX 1050 2gb):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MG0733A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_IUECAb4CAM37E

Thank you!

- TheJSTeam 

"Not intended for the use of Graphic Cards"
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Jokes aside, I don't ever recall seeing an external CPU on a macbook, I think there is some issue with it on OSX and it would never work but I can't quite recall if that's the case or not. 

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1 minute ago, Lord Nicoll said:

"Not intended for the use of Graphic Cards"
Lol

Jokes aside, I don't ever recall seeing an external CPU on a macbook, I think there is some issue with it on OSX and it would never work but I can't quite recall if that's the case or not. 

Ok thanks. I will continue my research. 

 

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2 minutes ago, TheJSTeam said:

Ok thanks. I will continue my research. 

 

It's not gonna work, it needs Thunderbolt 3 which no MacBook has prior to 2016 models I believe.

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Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

It's not gonna work, it needs Thunderbolt 3 which no MacBook has prior to 2016 models I believe.

I think the early 2015 MB pro has one, but nevertheless, does your macbook at least have something like Thunderbolt 2?

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I think the early 2015 MB pro has one, but nevertheless, does your macbook at least have something like Thunderbolt 2?

Yes, it does have thunderbolt 2.

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As long as you have Thunderbolt 2 it should work(with a suitable enclosure). OSX is compatible with eGPUs

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Just now, JulianZiegler said:

As long as you have Thunderbolt 2 it should work(with a suitable enclosure). OSX is compatible with eGPUs

Ok thanks! Really looking forward to this ?

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15 minutes ago, Jonas_2909 said:

I think the early 2015 MB pro has one, but nevertheless, does your macbook at least have something like Thunderbolt 2?

TB3 didn't exist on any Mac until the Late 2016 refresh.

 

That being said, an eGPU with a dual core CPU and over TB2 is going to affect performance. 

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Just now, Hugsy Malone said:

Thunderbolt 2 is about half the speed of TB3,so do expect some performance degradation, especially with higher-end GPUs

and even more if you run the display back.

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Just now, Hugsy Malone said:

Thunderbolt 2 is about half the speed of TB3,so do expect some performance degradation, especially with higher-end GPUs

Ok thanks!

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7 minutes ago, Hugsy Malone said:

Thunderbolt 2 is about half the speed of TB3,so do expect some performance degradation, especially with higher-end GPUs

TB 3 is already introducing "some" performance degradation AFAIK.

 

we are talking about a PCIe 4x link at best. TB 2 is only half of that so degradation in performance should be a lot worse. 

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4 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

A 1050 will work fine. If you were connecting a 1070 or higher one can see it being a bit of an issue, but not a 1050. 

Ok Great!

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