External Video Card For Mac

• External Graphic Cards For Macbook Pro
• External Video Card For Macbook Pro Thunderbolt 2
• External Video Card For Macbook

There is some yes and no here. At least in the case of

2011 Minis, some of the new Thunderbolt->PCI-X card

An external graphics card (also known as an eGPU or external GPU) enclosure allows you to house an desktop graphics card, such as the blisteringly fast GeForce GTX 1080, and connect it to your laptop and allow it to run applications or connect to an external monitor with the desktop graphics card.

boxes can nearly fully support any PCI-X video card,

External Graphic Cards For Macbook Pro

if running Windows7 via Bootcamp. In OSX however,

• Notes on using a Nvidia PCIe Graphics Card in a Thunderbolt case with a MacBook Pro. Includes notes on mods and internal display/external display benchmarks of internal GPU vs Thunderbolt cased Nvidia GT740 card in Cinebench and Games. Updated with troubleshooting tips/things to check such as an external power supply for the video card and jumpering the atx power support to power on without a.
• Startech External USB Video Graphics Card for PC and Mac USB to VGA Adapter: The graphics adapter supports high-performance requirements and high resolution video, making it suitable for connecting large-screen monitors; USB-powered operation eliminates the need for an external power adapter.
• May 13, 2010  I just got steam for mac and found that my X3100 chip is unofficial supported by steam. Some friends of mine suggested I get an 'external graphics card'. One that I could plug in to my laptop (Black Macbook 13 inch) and use to play games on Steam. I then used Google, but found nothing.
• Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi showcased a Thunderbolt 3-based external graphics card enclosure supported by MacOS “High Sierra” and Apple’s latest version of Metal.
• Hypothetically it is possible to connect an external video card via Thunderbolt, this is done via a Thunderbolt to PCIe expansion chassis in to which you fit a standard PCIe card - in this case a video card. The big problem is that drivers for cards being connected this way need to be 'Thunderbolt aware'.

a Thunderbolt aware driver for the video card is required.

So, this would also be true for the 2012 as it is an OSX

limitation and not hardware.

External Video Card For Macbook Pro Thunderbolt 2

There are Thunderbolt->Express Card adapters (Sonnet

is main source). They seem to be limitied as to which

Express Cards are usable. Again, it seems to be a

driver issue.

External Video Card For Macbook

So as yet, external GPUs seem to be accessible only via

these pricey Thunderbolt->PCI-X boxes with Windows

(using Bootcamp install) and not OSX.

Nov 9, 2012 11:23 AM

Many 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks have two graphics processors (GPU)—a discrete GPU and an integrated GPU. The discrete GPU provides substantial graphics performance but uses more energy. The integrated GPU optimizes battery life by using less energy.

Check if the discrete or integrated GPU is in use

To see which graphics cards are in use, choose Apple () menu > About this Mac. The graphics cards currently in use appear next to Graphics. Learn which integrated GPUs your Mac might have.

Check if an app is using the dedicated GPU

To see if an app is using the higher-performance discrete GPU, open Activity Monitor and click the Energy tab. If you don't see the Requires High Perf GPU column, your computer only has one graphics processor.

In this example, iMovie and Final Cut Pro are using the higher-performance discrete GPU:

Learn more

Here are a few examples of apps and accessories that use the higher-performance discrete GPU:

• iMovie
• Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign
• An external display

Learn how to use an external graphics processor (eGPU) with your Mac.

Learn how to set the graphics performance on your MacBook Pro or MacBook Pro with Retina display computer.