eGpu Mabook pro

[Z3r0Pl4yZ]

Hello!

 

This might be a topic that you wont see everyday...

 

So: i have a macbook pro 15 (2017) and i want to play some games with it.

I thought about buying the omen eGpu and a gtx 1070. i already have a thunderbold 3 monitor.

of course i will play the games in bootcamp. 

Will this "setup" cause any problems or do i just have to stick everything in and its done.

 

Thanks!

[GoldenLag]

Download Nvidia drivers manually and you should be good to go.

 

 

Im not entirely certain wether not it will have any issues by that facts its Nvidia and not AMD. Only AMD cards are officially supported

[Z3r0Pl4yZ]

24 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Only AMD cards are officially supported

i read that also, but only in combination with mac os, because it normally doesnt support nvidia gpus, but that shouldnt have an effect on windows or does it?

[Wh0_Am_1]

26 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Download Nvidia drivers manually and you should be good to go.

 

 

Im not entirely certain wether not it will have any issues by that facts its Nvidia and not AMD. Only AMD cards are officially supported

Nvidia does support their cards on MacOS, the drivers can be found here. 

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Nvidia does support their cards on MacOS, they can be found here. 

Ik Nvidia support macOS, but i didnt know if they specifically did it through Thunderbolt aswell

[Z3r0Pl4yZ]

3 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Nvidia does support their cards on MacOS, the drivers can be found here. 

thanks a lot! but does it matter that macos only supports amd cards, if i will use the egpu only in windows?

[Wh0_Am_1]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Ik Nvidia support macOS, but i didnt know if they specifically did it through Thunderbolt aswell

That's the only way they can do it. Since Apple and Nvidia have been at odds and ends since a defect occurred in the early 2010s.

[Wh0_Am_1]

2 minutes ago, Z3r0Pl4yZ said:

thanks a lot! but does it matter that macos only supports amd cards, if i will use the egpu only in windows?

Not really. One way or another you will be fine.

[Z3r0Pl4yZ]

1 minute ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Not really. One way or another you will be fine.

thanks

[Wh0_Am_1]

8 minutes ago, Z3r0Pl4yZ said:

thanks

Your welcome. Though, do be wary some glitches may still occur, but so far at least they have been solvable, but at times they can apparently be a hassle.

[Wh0_Am_1]

Here is a good video on the subject, now many of these issues have been solved as of late, esp. since the Macbook pro officially supports EGPUs now. 

 

[Z3r0Pl4yZ]

1 minute ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Here is a good video on the subject, now some of these issues have been solved as of late, esp. since the Macbook pro officially supports EGPUs now. 

 

thanks for the 10th time

[Wh0_Am_1]

On 7/19/2018 at 1:18 PM, Z3r0Pl4yZ said:

thanks for the 10th time

You're welcome! 

[Guest]

23 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Ik Nvidia support macOS, but i didnt know if they specifically did it through Thunderbolt aswell

Some cards below and all above, including 6xx are supported natively. 

[Z3r0Pl4yZ]

10 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

Some cards below and all above, including 6xx are supported natively. 

so there would be no problems using a gtx 1080 in macos and in windows also?

[Guest]

4 hours ago, Z3r0Pl4yZ said:

so there would be no problems using a gtx 1080 in macos and in windows also?

No problems. Should be plug and play too if you are lucky. 

[NelizMastr]

15 hours ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Your welcome! 

His welcome what?