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Maybe the MBP 15" Coffee Lake will make it worthwhile and by then Apple will be back to making its own 5K monitor again.
#Macbook external gpu enclosure thunderbolt 2 upgrade
Just not worth $5000+ (MBP/LG5K) to upgrade over the speed of my 2012. Heck, there's a reason I'm still typing this note on a 2012 MBP 15" and not a 2016 MBP.
#Macbook external gpu enclosure thunderbolt 2 windows
But you're right, a MBP cost 3X+ the price of a Windows laptop, you get a whole lot less GPU, and lately even the Intel CPU has been behind the release curve. Its a whole lot easier/more stable to get a MacBook and run Windows in a VM (Fusion/Parallels) instead of going the Hackintosh route and doing the opposite. It is nice to finally be able to use my Oculus Rift.
#Macbook external gpu enclosure thunderbolt 2 mac
I would have preferred a Mac but at some point you have to just give up waiting for Apple and just buy a high performance computer.
There are even super slim gamer laptops coming out in a few months for those that prefer a sleeker form factor. This is the route I took and it is working great thus far. That gets you vastly better graphics performance and you can dual boot Hackintosh or run one in a VM. Or you could get an entire Windows gaming laptop with a GTX 1070 for around $1300 on sale or refurbished. While it is relatively simple to connect and use on Windows, it is a slightly more involved procedure to get the extra hardware running on macOS. While acquiring an external graphics card enclosure may be an attractive proposition to provide extra graphical performance to a notebook, such as for playing games, it is worth noting that the market is still in its infancy. For comparison, other enclosures like the PowerColor Devil Box are priced closer to the $400 mark, pushing the equivalent bundle price up to around $800 including the cost of an equivalent GPU. The mini-ITX GTX 1070 can be acquired on its own for around $380 to $400, theoretically putting the cost of the enclosure itself at roughly $200, based on the $600 selling price. Gigabyte plans to ship the bundle, consisting of the enclosure and the graphics card combined, for $600 starting in July. While it is unknown if Gigabyte will be selling the enclosure separately from the graphics card, the Aorus GTX1070 Gaming Box as a complete package may be attractive to some users, due to its price. The power supply somewhat contributes to the device's relatively hefty 2-kilogram (4.4 pounds) weight, making it less attractive to be transported along with a notebook, even with its supplied carrying case. Aside from the HDMI, DisplayPort, and dual DVI connections on the graphics card, as well as Thunderbolt 3, the enclosure has a collection of four USB 3.0 ports for connecting extra peripherals. Inside the casing is a 450-Watt power supply, though it is unclear if it will provide power to the connected notebook at this time. Inside is a GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card, reports Guru3D, equipped with 8GB of memory, and a base clock speed of 1,531MHz that can be boosted to 1,721MHz. Lesson learned again: When you buy cheap, you will buy twice.Connecting with Thunderbolt 3, the Gaming Box is a relatively compact enclosure with a mesh on one side providing extra cooling to the installed graphics card, supplied as part of the package. External displays must be either on the left or the right of your MBP. You will have to fiddle around to find the correct setup (only once). The two displays are used as "one", so popup dialogs are displayed in the middle. Your CPU is nearly not involved.Ĭon: More expensive (bought used for 89 EUR). Pro: Very fast, as it is rendered by the GPU. Tricky installation (mostly unsupported on Mavericks and above). Your CPU will not be able to do other real-time stuff (like Logic). Recommended this.Ĭon: The screen content is rendered by the CPU (not GPU), then compressed, transferred to the interface via USB 2, decompressed and displayed. Finally I bought the Matrox "DualHead2Go ME" and this is a pretty good solution. But its very slow, the CPU does not have enough time for other tasks. OK, Mavericks and Yosemite updates were somehow tricky, but worked.
My first attempt was a USB to DVI adapter that worked. My MBP (yes, old one) does not have a Thunderbolt connector. It is essentially to have two 24" displays for this. I am mostly working with Apple Logic on the MBP do mix down the sound for two bands.
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