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New Blackmagic eGPU
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[Mark Raudonis] “Come on now, Steve. Do you really want to be the stick in the mud taking the fun out this forum?
“Oh good grief, read the post I’m ONLY saying don’t use the F**boy word, nothing else, there’s a reason that if you use the word (without spaces) it gets referred to COW admin. It’s deliberately inflammatory and absolutely nothing to do with someones point of view or opinion.
Sadly I don’t think we have a hope in hell of getting a broader reach for this forum whatever it’s called
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[Bob Zelin] “THIS very fact is my #1 concern about the pending “new Mac Pro”. Will Apple let us mere mortals open up the new Mac Pro and stick anything we want into it – without having to go to an “Apple Genius Bar” to do it – and without having to get only “Apple flashed hardware” where nothing else will work ? “
My guess is no they won’t. The Mac Pro will come with beefy GPU options but will be on a multi-year upgrade cycle. If you want to upgrade your GPU mid cycle your only option will be an eGPU.
On one hand the Mac Pro won’t have a user upgradable GPU, on the other hand the eGPU allows you to boost performance on any computer you use that has ThB 3.
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[Andrew Kimery] “My guess is no they won’t.”
My guess is that RAM would be the exception. Maybe, also the addition of more internal SSDs, but I think that’s slimmer.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Oliver Peters] “My guess is that RAM would be the exception. Maybe, also the addition of more internal SSDs, but I think that’s slimmer.”
I agree about the RAM and possibly the storage. My previous comment was just about the GPU.
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I would not be surprised that the new T2 chip in the new Macs will eventually shutdown Hackintosh.
The eGPU from BM/Apple is really subpar considering you are getting a low to mid-level GPU. At the price of the Pro version, you can get a PCIe 2080Ti. Even the 1080Ti is superior for $700.
And regarding “fanboy” I agree it can be inflammatory but so I think sarcastic and dismissive comments do more damage. “Fanboy” is just easier to moderate.
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The Sonnet has a 650W power supply compared to the Blackmagic’s 400W. That probably limits which GPUs they can throw in there. I found a teardown of the eGPU online…
Blackmagic eGPU Radeon Pro 580 Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure
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