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1. #VIDEO CARD EXTERNAL FOR A MAC HOW TO#
2. #VIDEO CARD EXTERNAL FOR A MAC UPDATE#
3. #VIDEO CARD EXTERNAL FOR A MAC PRO#

In my experience, a Mac with only integrated graphics is easier to set up with an external GPU.

#VIDEO CARD EXTERNAL FOR A MAC PRO#

A 2011 MacBook Pro with the first generation Thunderbolt and the latest 2016 MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 3 can both harvest the power of an eGPU.

#VIDEO CARD EXTERNAL FOR A MAC UPDATE#

My goal with this post is to provide a comprehensive beginner’s setup guide so that Mac users can build an external GPU for their computers. As new Macs and Thunderbolt eGPU enclosures become available, I will update this guide with the latest information. Together we built eGPU.io, the first and only dedicated forum for external graphics card. Through this endeavor, I became acquainted with two renowned eGPU pioneers and experts, Nando and Goalque.

#VIDEO CARD EXTERNAL FOR A MAC HOW TO#

I spent hundreds of hours learning everything I could find about external GPU and how to set one up with my MacBook Pro. This page was generated by GitHub Pages.You’ve seen an external graphics card (eGPU) working with a Mac and looked into getting one but quickly realized it’s a confusing process. Requires macOS >= 10.12 gSwitch is maintained by CodySchrank. GPU control with apple is mostly guess work since there isn’t any documentation, so, If anyone finds anything let me know here! Notes However there could be other API’s that could work, I just can’t find any. It appears that apple has removed the necessary API’s from these macbooks on the modern macOS. This could potentially brick your computer LegacyĪt this time it seems like gSwitch will not work on macbooks older than 2011. Ok I lied you technically can but I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT. gSwitch just switches back to the integrated one as fast as it can. However gSwitch cannot prevent your discrete gpu from being accessed by the operating system, and it will be accessed for a short period of time when a process requests the use of it. You can’t, your macbook was designed to use both, but gSwitch can trick it into using the integrated one most of the time. You cannot force integrated only if you have an external display plugged in.

You can force integrated only when you have dependent processes but it might crash those processes. If you change to dynamic switching or discrete only any process that was hungry will become dependent. A hungry process is one that wants to use the discrete gpu but is not allowed because you have set integrated only. What is a dependent process vs a hungry process?Ī dependent process is one that is currently using your discrete gpu. And since you plugged in the cable I’m assuming you want to use the display. Unfortunately your mac is designed such that in order to use an external display, it has to use the discrete graphics card.

Why does the app go back to dynamic switching when a display is plugged in? The current gpu is also reported in the menu. Otherwise, it will just look like a gear. The gear will have a dot in the middle when the discrete gpu is active. You probably need to allow the application to run in Settings -> Security & Privacy You can also launch it from the terminal and set the desired setting using -integrated, -discrete, and -dynamic. You can also enable notifications for when your gpu changes (off by default) The app is simple to control with integrated only, discrete only, and dynamic switching in the menu.