How to use an egpu with a mac including older models. Enjoy supersmooth gaming, accelerate graphicsintensive pro app workflows, and enable vr experiences or content creation. An egpu can give your mac additional graphics performance for professional apps. So here are some links discussing the possibilities. The macbook pro has one of intels best integrated graphics chipsets but that still doesnt come close to the performance of most pcie graphics ca. Macbook or ultrabook equipped with intel 4000 graphics. Get desktopclass graphics performance on your macbook pro with the blackmagic egpu. The intel integrated graphics are up to 60 percent faster. Been fiddling around with using an egpu on my macmini late 2012 the last. An easy way to boost your graphics performance, on a mac, is with an external graphics card or egpu. Id like to share my egpu implementation using mac mini 2012 and my old mbp inch. Im considering a brand new mac mini for my needs and wasnt sure if a i7 would drive a 4k hdr tv as a monitor on its own till i can invest in a radeon vii egpu. Connected to the mac or pc laptop via thunderbolt port, the additional gpu power. Ive been using egpu with nvidia on a 20 mac pro, a 2017 macbook pro, and now an imac pro for a while now.
Mac pro mac mini macbook pro macbook air mac os x support mac software other apple hardware laptops. When apple released a refreshed mac mini last year, it had been four years since the last iteration. Egpu external graphics mac mini with wind apple community. Use external gpu on mac mini 2014 general inside mac. In this case, the mac mini is essentially no different from any other. I have already tried the driver packages from jan2020. But when you take builtquality, an amazing monitor, and performance. Joined dec 30, 2012 messages 1 motherboard win 7 cpu b800 graphics gtx 650 mac classic mac mobile phone. Ill post a link when their video coverage of the demo is up.
This is a highend powerful desktop cpu that blows away the performance of the previous laptop class chips. Hi, some people have reported success in attaching an external gpu to macbook pro and air, via expresscard. The late 2012 mac mini models have a spin off black plastic base that makes it quick and easy to upgrade the ram whereas the late 2014 models have a sealed design with a black plastic cap that conceals a metal panel held in place with tamper proof screws to discourage access altogether. Fans of the compact, nononsense designs of previous mac minis will be happy to learn that the new mac mini inherits the same small, squareish. If i buy an egpu case and amd rx5700, i guess it works exactly with mac on. Use an external graphics processor with your mac apple support. If youre serious about gaming, your best bet is the 27inch imac. As for the external egpu device, should i decide to return to dabbling in graphic design and illustration, ill keep you informed with my process in setting up egpu for mac mini late 2012, for those interested as the owners of the otherwise semiobsolete mac mini late 2012 edition, with the photographs and my commentary in this thread. Apple shares recommended graphics cards and chassis in new. When the new mac mini needs new storage due to wear, it becomes an expensive piece of ewaste. The t2 security chip consolidates several controllers into one, and includes a secure enclave coprocessor that provides the foundation for encrypted storage and secure boot capabilities. We were able to use a blackmagic egpu with a late 20 in macbook pro.
Because im used to the retina display at home is hard to look. Will the alien ware graphics amplifier work on the mac mini even though the mac mini uses thunderbolt 2. The integrated graphics found in laptops are generally good enough for the basics but not much more. Officially you need a thunderbolt 3equipped mac, running macos high sierra 10. Those are around 2900 write and 3100 read the new gtech gdrive mobile pro ssd thunderbolt 3 drive lists transfer rates of up to 2800 mbs but on my thunderbolt 3 enabled macbook pro 15. Running games on a macbook pro with an egpu hacker news. I have never seen any one connect a external gpu to mac so im just curious. Use external gpu on mac mini 2014 posted in general. If you need to run graphics intensive apps on your mac you dont have to.
The mac mini can, however, be used with egpu setups when additional graphics power is required. I would prefer the accessibility and upgradability of the mac mini, the more powerfull graphics of an egpu and a 4k thunderbolt display above an imac. Graphics are extremely weak by todays standards, cannot be upgraded, and they are too old to use an egpu or apple metal. The mac mini is near perfect for me, minus the lack of gpu, but with these issues, i may be forced to get an imac. The 2012 is still supported by apple, but just barely. Owc mercury helios fx 650 thunderbolt 3 egpu enclosure. Both issues appears to be fairly common, especially the monitor issue, but there is no solution. An egpu can give your mac additional graphics performance for professional apps, 3d gaming, vr content creation, and more. Featuring the radeon pro 580 graphics processor, the blackmagic egpu is built to make any mac with thunderbolt 3 ports a graphics powerhouse. Mac mini might be the mac for filmmakers no film school. Compressor is the encoding program that takes video edited in final cut and turns it into a file for viewing or uploading. Mac os x, by default, simply does not support thunderbolt gpu drivers. Our old imac and mac mini got to go linux because apple doesnt supply security updates for them now.
If you want to run the latest software get the 2012, but dont expect the next major macos upgrade to run on it. For people who want to play on windows, a little program is needed to. Ive been told its also possible to attach an external gpu to a 2012 mac mini, although not as easy as with a macbook because the mini doesnt have expresscard, and theres no osx driver for thunderbolt external gpus. Mac mini features the apple t2 security chip secondgeneration custom mac silicon designed by apple to make mac mini even more secure. The 2018 update kept the same sleek unibody but included significant spec boots like an eighth. The new 2018 mac mini can now be configured with a 6 core 3. Use an external graphics processor with your mac apple. I recently added an external ssd actually an internal drive, evo 850 with 500 gb, with enclosure. Hardware sonnet echo iiidakitio thunder2 geforce gtx 780 ti 3gb i. Thunderbolt 3 disconnects drives due to rf inteference from wifi antenna placementowc tech support solves users issue.
You might be amazed at how fast this 2011 mac mini setup is when it comes to video editing on final cut pro fcpx. The mac mini has had the same dimensions for the better part of a decade, when the unibody mac mini was introduced in 2010, with its 7. An egpu is primarily designed to allow smaller notebook computers to benefit from the power of a fullsized graphics card via a high speed bandwidth connection. Yes, egpus boost mac game performance, but limitations abound limitations and overspecific requirements keep mac external gpu support from greatness. Hey, i was wondering if there i any way to use a external gpu on mac mini 2014. Id like to share my egpu implementation using mac mini 2012 and my old mbp inch 2011. External graphics card egpu for apple macbook, mac pro, mac mini, imac. I am looking into the possibility of driving many 3 or 4 projectors plus a monitor off of a mac mini.
In fact, this is approaching the power of the new imac pro and blows away some of the older mac pro desktops. Dit charlie anderson has a new mac mini hes testing out and was kind enough to share the readwrite speeds with me from that internal storage. I was thinking of using the sonnet echo express or ii, or pro enclosure and some midrange video card whatever model works best to drive the projectors, and the hdmi port on the mac mini to drive a standard dvi monitor. Differences between late 2012 and late 2014 mac mini. Although the 24 dell ultrasharp up2414q isnt bad either. For easy setup owc recommends cards that are 28 cm in length or less. If you use apps that can take advantage of multiple cores pro apps for video and audio editing, 3d software, developer tools, etc. External graphics card for apple macbook laptops, mac mini, imac. Now that we are starting to see some mac drivers for some nvidia gpus, has anyone successfully used an egpu on a 2012 mini.
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