2018 Mac mini + Nvidia RTX 2080 eGPU! Good for gamers?

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The RTX 2080 makes for a potent Windows Boot Camp eGPU companion for the 2018 Mac mini with 6-core Intel i7 CPU..
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@decxhay66 4 жыл бұрын

Best Dual Boot eGPU tutorial on KZfaq without advertising as a tutorial :')

@darthgzuz 5 жыл бұрын

u have one of the best mic setups of all the channels i follow always love hearing ur voice n damn this mac mini is lovely ... best mac device apple has produced this year

@YasinHasan 5 жыл бұрын

mac mini be like: look at me, im the pc now

@ericjauregui3089 3 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@batmanasdasd 3 жыл бұрын

Mac mini m1/m1x: pft your a child compare to me

@SweetRiverBaynes 5 жыл бұрын

What would be great is a comparison to a regular Windows built machine with similar specs and the 2080. That way we can see how throttling is effecting performance.

@gryphon123456 5 жыл бұрын

I love you guys!!!! I’ve been waiting for this for so long!!! So what would the delta be using this card on a dedicated windows pc vs the Mac mini with egpu? Is there much of one at all? Thank you so much for being the first to show that this would work well with an Nvidia egpu. Tonite the Mac side of things do you have to change the inputs?

@gryphon123456 5 жыл бұрын

Hey there 9-5 hosts. Thanks for a great video. Question: When you boot camp windows with the EGPU do you have to do anything special with the Mac for it to see the GPU since Mac does not play well with Nvidia? Thanks for all the great content.

@HaroldJP89 5 жыл бұрын

Happy New year to Jeff and the 9to5 Mac team 🙋🏻‍♂️🇨🇴!

@thassiok 5 жыл бұрын

it's so insane!!! Thaks bro!

@topperdude2007 5 жыл бұрын

Well done! One of the few videos showing the 2018 Mac Mini with an eGPU. I noticed, however, that the HDMI cable was disconnected after the eGPU was hooked up. That is great as long as using Windows. However, when going back to MacOS, does this solution work with the eGPU or does it mean the user would have to unplug the displayport and plug the HDMI port between the MacMini and Monitor? It can get a bit annoying especially if the monitor ports are not as easily accessible (e.g. if wall mounted etc.). Thanks!

@edwinlondono7587 4 жыл бұрын

Can this setup be used instead of gaming, video/photo editing? Can you explain external GPU and maybe us FCPX or would it be windows based software?

@Rajeshkumarrio 5 жыл бұрын

The video i waited for so long!!!!

@inachu 4 жыл бұрын

Your voice sounds like the son of that scientist from Half Life 2.

@dathan4859 5 жыл бұрын

could you do a macbook air 2018 + eGPU next?

@tatujohnny 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Happy new year

@brandmeegmbh9883 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool videos. Thank you. Are you still going to do a report on Blackmagic eGPU Pro? What do you think about Readon VII?

@Cookofmotion 5 жыл бұрын

Does an eGPU override the GPU in a laptop (Mac mini), or do the two work together?

@estebanpavez3327 2 жыл бұрын

Holy F very nice informative video. Nice small details and everything lol subbed

@EthnK 5 жыл бұрын

Do i have to connect mac with the egpu first? Or after changing to windows

@killb7951 5 жыл бұрын

I need Mac OS X and I want have gaming too then I’m going to buy a Mac mini (because I’m not a Rothschild) and a eGPU. Thanks to you!

@prodbyEKB 3 жыл бұрын

And? How is it?

@doggaki 5 жыл бұрын

Very good presentation! More games please...

@MacSoundSolutions 5 жыл бұрын

Nice! Rise of the Tomb Raider Benchmark would be a good one to run to compare the mini with egpu to other systems although the ultra wide monitor kinda changes the playing field as its pushing a lot of pixels so one would need the same monitor to compare your frame rates / performance. The EGPU is def way to go if you want to game with the new mini. I have an old 2010 12 core mac pro with a flashed 980ti, its a pretty sweat gaming setup in windows running at 2k. I just can't update to Mojave due to lack of drivers but for the money its hard setup to beat.

@MacSoundSolutions 5 жыл бұрын

@@by_turluttu Afraid not as you can't just flash the card you need to install a larger memory chip to fit the bios from what I gather. Not as simple as flashing a R9 280x for example. But you can buy on ebay for around $350

@tbr79 5 жыл бұрын

will the card also work under Mac OS Mojave being recognised as a graphic card !?

@tysonphillips4735 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video! I have the same setup, but as soon as the computer begins downloading the NVIDIA drivers (after I plug in my external gpu), the computer crashes and attempts to restart and it will continue to do so as long as the egpu is plugged in. Any thoughts?

@Tigerex966 5 жыл бұрын

Is there a work around for tb2 Mac minis now that apple has taken away all tb2 support for egpu's in the latest Mac osx versions?

@Mr.President 3 жыл бұрын

can I use the nvidia egpu for windows bootcamp on my imac 2019 and use the internal radeon pro 570x for the macOS partition?

@didnthurt4077 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Will this actually work on a Mac Mini 2020 also? I work mainly on Mac, but still want to play Windows games in my spare time. This would be great so i wouldnt need to buy 2 Systems and i still have a GTX 1080 lying around to be used.

@mrchams 5 жыл бұрын

How would this system perform editing videos with Premiere or Resolve?

@MTJY69 5 жыл бұрын

I did this to my MacBook pro with aorus gaming box and the only downside is that you're required to have an external monitor. To enable it on the internal, it requires a script that is buggy as hell. Besides that, some people manage to do some boot up changes to make the system recognize the gpu.

@pako_201 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thx for your videos... I have a razer blade 17“ 2019 and a razer core x with a 2080ti. But i don‘t get them running together. I only get one card to work. If the external card works than my internal card get an error code 43. Do you have some tips to get them both running at same time? I need both cards for 3d rendering. Best regards Patrick

@noahstd4669 4 жыл бұрын

7:20min for a legit number... great video

@wingsley 5 жыл бұрын

This was an interesting exercise, but I do not understand why a Mac Mini owner would want to buy and use a Windows-only eGPU with an expensive "5K2K" display. Why not buy a cross-platform-compatible eGPU that could enhance both the MacOS and Windows experience? Those wanting a Windows-only experience would likely skip the MacMini and put their fancy card in a gaming PC, even if they have to build it themselves.

@carisi2k11 5 жыл бұрын

He said because those e-gpu's can't take the new 2080's because they are too big.

@uss_04 5 жыл бұрын

At least AMD would have drivers for MacOS. If someone is going to go for a eGPU solution, then why not go for maximum compatibility.?

@flickintassie 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah if you want decent GPU performance with MacOS compatibility I would think you would be better off going with a AMD Vega based card in an eGPU enclosure.

@rezyxilar4906 5 жыл бұрын

egpu.io has scripts you can run to enable Nvidia web drivers in MacOS. It's not exactly plug-and-play like AMD cards with MacOS, but it works.

@AttiBear 5 жыл бұрын

At the moment I'm experimenting with a Radeon VII hooked up to a Macbook Pro Late 2016. My Geekbench Score has gone from 54141 to 147974. My next tests will be under Windows. Can't wait see how it performs under bootcamp. The Moment the next mojave beta comes out I'll be releasing a review 😁

@BijanJamshidi 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if this'll with work the 2018 MBP with Touchbar? I'm assuming it will since it's got 4 Thunderbolt 3 connectors and I highly doubt being a different Mac device would matter, but I want to know before I go blowing $300 on an enclosure. Also, is a monitor required or can I use the MBP's monitor to game as well if I don't feel like carrying a monitor around?

@346151295 5 жыл бұрын

Seems bootcamp Windows on a 2018 MBP 13" with Mojave 10.14.3 won't recognize the eGPU.. I have a RTX 2060 in the Razer Core X, but once hot plug that on windows, the message says "Thunderbolt device functionality may be limited" and the graphic never showed up under the display adapter.. I looked all around egpu.io but still cannot resolve it. Anyone has the same issue?

@lemarcoX 5 жыл бұрын

the price of the egpu along is 300-400 bucks, in fact thats how much i build my node 202 setup, i3 8100 = 100 16gb 3600mhz ram = 100 node 202+ 450w psu = 100 mini itx mobo = 100 big difference is this setup doesnt have the egpu penalty tb3 have. and no cpu throttling either. i know building is not for everything but my situation it worked out quite well. plus i don't have to put my mbp through intense heat cycle everytime i wanna game.

@KungSYoung 5 жыл бұрын

Just curious, with 4 thunderbolt 3 ports, can 4 egpus be plugged into the mac mini using windows 10?

@lancetan2844 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, did you have to disable one of the PCIe x16 controllers? Did you get the Error-12 issue by any chance?

@YashGupta-vx1sy 5 жыл бұрын

Do EGPU's work well with bootcamp on 2018 macbook pros as well?

@Ssim2750 3 жыл бұрын

Some questions: What about egpu fans noise is it adding a lot of noise to the room? Is Mac mini actively using CPU fan while gaming in this case? Also is there a loss in FPS to compare to the same setup but with standard PC and PCIexpress? I am simply considering buying egpu but thinking to leave my Mac mini 2018 as is and buy pc box or buy egpu box and save on other PC internals in this case. Would it harm with overheating to Mac cpu in this case or wearing out cpu fan very fast?

@lguerreromx 5 жыл бұрын

Did you try using the usb-c port on the RTX 2080 for display? I'm thinking getting one for using with a LG Ultrafine 4K 21.5

@isnameisfree 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, if it works on Mac Mini, should also works with iMac too right?

@briantium 5 жыл бұрын

I'm intrigued by this because I'm considering getting a Mac Mini with an eGPU for photo and video work...for whatever reason, I don't want to get another iMac, especially as it by this point is somewhat outdated (I'm also perfectly happy with my 4k LG monitor), but I also don't wanted to get a 2018 MacBook Pro because the model I'd want to get-with 32GB-would still be at least $500 or more than the equivalent Mini plus a modest eGPU, not to mention all of the reported keyboard and flexgate issues the newer MacBooks have with the butterfly keyboard (I currently use a 2014 MBP that would be me my travel computer for mobility). So I wonder how this would work for what I am wanting?

@BobbyMcGeePhoto 5 жыл бұрын

LOVED This video! I just bought a MacBook PRO and will be receiving it on Thursday (I Can't wait!) I found this video to be quite interesting as I plan to use my Macbook with an eGPU and was leaning towards the Vega 64 since it is the fastest properly supported GFX card onthe Mac. However, I am interested inteh RTX 2080 as I wil be doing some gaming via BootCamp (~15%-20% gaming vs Creativity/Productivity.) I am comiong form the PC and I am an Adobe Creative Cloud user, and wanting to jump into doing some video work of my own. I am a novie at both Final Cut PRo and Adobe PRemiere and was looking to go the route of FInal CUt as my first video editor (THus IO was leaning towards teh Vega 64) My question, is how does FInal Cut Pro perfom with nVidia Cards? I realize FCP is optimized for AMD and AMD will be much faster, but thew qestion is "How much faster?" I would LOVE to see a copmparison of Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere on Vega 64 vs FCP & AP on RTX 2080. I will be buying my eGPU and video card next moth, so if you are up for a nice comparison video, I would LOVE To see it!

@amattcastley 4 жыл бұрын

This feels like a dumb question(s), but is this setup of nvidia rtx 2080 through Bootcamp viable for a MacBook pro? If so, does it support CUDA for programs like meshroom and realitycapture? As well as Optix for Blender?

@freespeechadvocate7492 5 жыл бұрын

Best of both worlds, small partition for Mac OS and windows partition for great gaming. The only down side if at all is the combined price for which you could by a high end gaming laptop / small form factor PC but non the less, impressive.

@johnsci911 5 жыл бұрын

I prefer mac OS for work but I need windows for games but I'm on a budget so I built a hackintosh 2 years ago running Mavericks with a 780Ti Installation is a pain in the ass but it's worth it Now Mojave doesn't run on newer Nvidia GPUs now anymore luckily Kepler is still supported natively by mojave Now I am planning to buy an AMD card maybe RX580 Is it worth an upgrade?

@RectanerTreadway 4 жыл бұрын

What is the life span of all these parts? Can I use a egpu without a chassis? I dont know anything about using these - but I want a Mac Mini and feel good about using peripheral parts because Id like to be able to clean them, replace them over time if necessary.

@stephenpettifor453 3 жыл бұрын

Quick question, When you did a hard shut down and disconnected the HDMI, why did you do that and connected the display ports? Why couldn't you just connect the HDMI cable from your mac mini to the HDMI port of the eGPU? is display ports better or something?

@spitoondude8370 5 жыл бұрын

Would this set up be good for music production using Mojave OS?

@simonzwyer 5 жыл бұрын

hey Jeff, I really need your help, can you show in detail how to set up a amd graphic card in bootcamp, i always get the CODE 12 error from windows and i cant use my vega 56 in bootcamp! I really would appreciate if you would show the proper way to install all necessary drivers and amd x connect so amd graphic is supported in bootcamp. Greetings from Switzerland:)

@russianmostwanted8015 4 жыл бұрын

How does 2080 ti work on MAC OS? Huge performance or no? Did you guy test?

@maxleng4785 5 жыл бұрын

@9to5Mac, can the bypass work in MacOs as well?

@E46G0D 4 жыл бұрын

So In your opinion which graphics card is better graphics wise for the Mac mini?

@ajjjd 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Do you know whether it's possible to add more RAM manually?

@9to5Mac 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, here is my tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbehZ8t9sNyVc5c.html

@gricius 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not good at tech, but I have mac mini 2014 and thinking of upgrading the graphics card to an external GPU. Say you upgrade to a really good graphics card like you have, such as Nvidia RTX 2080, but my mac mini processor power is only i5 2.8 GHz. Would it somehow overwork my mac mini if the video card would be working at very high performance but mac mini processor is not at the same level? Or it doesn't make any difference. Thanks.

@simonbor77 5 жыл бұрын

runs great under windows - no surprise (too bad you couldn't test 2080Ti), but how it behaves under MacOS? Obviously drivers for Mac are missing, but I does it allow to video signal to pass through or you need to unplug eGPU to use MacOS?

@Complextro93kg 5 жыл бұрын

Cool looking gaming pc :D

@JoeyThomas 5 жыл бұрын

So, this made my decision, no Mac mini for gaming for me. But, in order to have a Mac for the OS and ecosystem of my phone, iPad, and watch, could I share a monitor with my PC and a Mac Mini and switch back and fourth as needed?

@nanoreeffreak5064 5 жыл бұрын

You need to include some better notes in your videos... like temps.. FPS... resolution per game, etc. gamers nexus videos are a good format to follow for these kinds of videos

@powerhour4602 5 жыл бұрын

What Nvidia drivers do I need to do that with my WD Passport?

@FKSB 4 жыл бұрын

what if my monitor only has a single thunderbolt port. how do I connect the GPU to the monitor?

@TheParkanyi 5 жыл бұрын

1) Buy a Mac Mini 2) Realize Mac OS X is fancy, but offers nothing for gaming 3) Install Windows to play games 4) Realize it's sh!t in graphics 5) Buy an RTX 2080 6) Buy an eGPU enclosure 7) Realize, you've no space left for games 8) Buy an external SSD 9) Realize, you've spent a sh!tload of money for a clumsy wire-spiderweb machine and a PC half the price will outperform your fancy a$$ aluminum dust collecter... Edit: 10) Realize, that almost all of the remaining 350 comments are talking about the same as me. It looks to be, I'm late to the party...

@rdvgrd6 5 жыл бұрын

PRK well honestly buying a Mac for gaming is plain stupid I don’t even get why Apple haters keep laughing about that

@maisonmallninja 5 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of people going this route are gonna only think these 3 steps: 1) already use OSX professionally for profit in a media career 2) remember how fun it was to play games and build PCs as a teen (pretty much only thing I remember as "better" from my PC days) 3) use the new eGPU availability to cash in on nostalgic hobby without building a gaudy and irrelevant custom gaming PC

@AliYassinToma 5 жыл бұрын

@@maisonmallninja any one that can use their mind would buy a laptop or build a custom pc .. the rtx card he used in the video was not even showing half of its power ... I would rather buy a skyreach 4 mini case and build a system in it and run mac os and windows with clover ...

@Articbear 5 жыл бұрын

I like the mac tho....windows can't do much but update....

@AliYassinToma 5 жыл бұрын

@@Articbear and whats wrong with update ...? U can stop it for 60 days then it will update and u have another 60 days ...

@anthonyquinones6363 5 жыл бұрын

Hi. Would you know if it also works with the macbook pro 2018 15 "i9 Mojave?

@myungseoul6570 5 жыл бұрын

Good! May I have a question? RTX2080 egpu work with final cut pro in mac os?

@androidplus3074 5 жыл бұрын

Nope Mac doesn't support nvidea get a amd one if you want that

@protivationsrtcartel2360 5 жыл бұрын

Price of Components would be too high with this configuration, I would imagine.

@pierrebroccoli.9396 5 жыл бұрын

You will be CPU limited with those games but a tip for smoothness under Windows 10, engage Ultimate Performance Power Profile - you will need to look it up online for the command to enable it in Windows Home but then, it is a matter of using a Power Profile Switcher to use it for gaming. This keeps Windows from throttling anything down to save power. I'm setting my Gigabyte Aero 15X with a 2080 eGPU so your video was interesting to see and confirms the reason I want the eGPU for - Higher Resolutions and Effects especially pertaining to VR with my Pimax 8K

@MrMirkoArt 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeff, in December 2018 I bought Akitio Node Pro + rtx 2070 (Founder Edition), with bootcamp, but doesn't work...WHYYY! CAN YOU HELP ME!!! PLEASE!!!

@RRedKissaki 5 жыл бұрын

I need help here , I have imac latest 2017 (radeon pro555) and mantiz with radeon vega 64 inside. when i connect to windows 10 bootcamp, all screen goes to black screen. before it goes to blackscreen I saw win comp management recognize the radeon vega 64, but then all balck in few second. I need help here. I tried many methods but doesn't solve my problem yet.

@95TGIF 5 жыл бұрын

curious of temperature of its CPU that has almost no fan in mac mini. u know, all gaming PC has dedicated coolers

@jamesmuller7718 5 жыл бұрын

Is it only me or does the intro also remind you of Techquickie?😂😂

@karl-yi4ir 4 жыл бұрын

its only u

@TTROPVNR 5 жыл бұрын

can you plug 2 eGPU (for 3d rendering purpose)

@bugcatcherwade8780 4 ай бұрын

I am now looking at doing this , how do you get it to boot straight into windows on boot? Never done this before. Great video

@MattHalpain 5 жыл бұрын

8:11 good to know about the two left thunderbolt ports are bus zero and the two right thunderbolt ports are bus one, when hooking up an external SSD and an eGPU to the mac mini.

@TravelCampandCapture 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, works this on Mac Mini without Windows 10 installed?

@alexcai8955 3 жыл бұрын

Can it automatically recognise and download the drivers for the amd cards inside the razer core x?

@7ussam606 4 жыл бұрын

Hi my friend Can you tell me how much this gaming screen size is in the video

@Areolagrande 3 жыл бұрын

How do you keep the external SSD from overheating? I have Windows 10 saved on it and my games, and it gets really hot when I start in windows. It's a 1TB SSD.

@Tigerex966 5 жыл бұрын

Total price of all? Mini GPU razor core external ssd Windows 10

@maloupartin5507 4 жыл бұрын

to much

@Lucario-xv5vq 4 жыл бұрын

How is VR Performance on this setup? Does the New HL Game work?

@dkarbaev 5 жыл бұрын

It’s enough to get a gtx1060 or 1070 since you’re limited by PCIe 4x bandwidth and CPU throttling. Just because you can afford rtx2080 doesn’t mean you should get it.

@wocaomade 5 жыл бұрын

100% agree with you. With current revision of thunderbolt, the better the GPU the higher the performance loss in percentage. something like a 1060 makes the most sense.

@anirudhmallikarjun7067 5 жыл бұрын

Apple has some magic with there thunderbolt 3 connection which allows you to use 2 or 3 ports bandwidth.

@TaskerTech 5 жыл бұрын

Totally agreed. Actually it's more likely to bottleneck even an 1060.

@Phynix72 5 жыл бұрын

I wish, this year AMD should slap Intel's Thunderbolt 3 with their open-source PCIe i/o technology with full extent x16 solution. e.g. FreeSync & FreeSync 2 in case of display tech...

@anirudhmallikarjun7067 5 жыл бұрын

@@Phynix72 it takes a boat load of money to design something like that not to mention that amd doesn't have the software talent necessary

@guillepunx 5 жыл бұрын

With that amount of money you can build a hackintosh beast

@keanfuikong6049 4 жыл бұрын

Will this work at Mac mini 2020 too? And is it able to connect 3 monitor at the same time via the graphic card by connected TypeC with Mac mini.

@s_oba 4 жыл бұрын

Does it still work for 2019 Mac Minis?

@sriramsundar8388 5 жыл бұрын

How about a 21.5 inch specs out iMac with 2 LG Ultrafine 4k display setups and 2 Blackmagic eGPUs?

@gtrhetgstr6gr6yg 4 жыл бұрын

Got a killer windows gaming PC but got a Mac Mini for my editing needs and its also my first ever Mac computer. Lugging a mac mini with an eGPU is a 1000x better than lugging my gigantic super heavy desktop to a friends house or LAN party.

@Raneaa 4 жыл бұрын

i have two external monitors, is it better to connect them to the eGPU or directly to the mac mini? both monitors use displayport. i dont use windows on my mac mini though, just regular macOS Catalina

@raphaelfaure6551 5 жыл бұрын

The 2080 of evga don't fit correctly in to external graphics case but the founder edition fit in the major part of the external graphics case

@AlainHubert 5 жыл бұрын

Mac Mini (shown here): $1099, Razor Core External GPU box: $300, Nvidia graphics card: $780, External SSD: $500. Total: $2680. You can probably build a Windows 10 Gamer PC for half that price with the same performance, or even better. I love my Mac Mini 2018, but I bought it knowing full well that it's definitely not a gaming machine. For that I've got an Xbox One X.

@magicmacek 4 жыл бұрын

Can you boot into Catalina with Thunderbolt cable connected to eGPU and eGPU connected to your display? I know it wont accelerate since its nvidia which isnt supported by apple but I want to know if you can avoid switching cables back and forth when using macOS and Bootcamp

@Nikiaf 5 жыл бұрын

It's nice that this works, but if the card is not even supported by MacOS and requires physically switching cables around each time you want to use it, what's the point? Since the GPU is the most expensive part of a gaming build anyway, why not just build a dedicated machine at this point?

@Sonicgott 5 жыл бұрын

Note that Apple hardware doesn’t support 4K at 60Hz over HDMI. You must use DisplayPort or Mini DP, even if you’re converting from Thunderbolt 3/USB-C.

@phyfts 5 жыл бұрын

Does it overheat that way?

@Richard_GIS 5 жыл бұрын

Just disable the energy saving on the monitor and your are all set

@mannyvidsnyc 5 жыл бұрын

im interested in the video and photo editing potential

@guyin916 5 жыл бұрын

this jeff guy reminds me of eta prime with his lattepanda and 2080egpu lol

@Anon1370 5 жыл бұрын

i wish apple would approve nvidia drivers for my gtx1080 it's gonna lay dorment on my mini till they are approved i will have to go back to my old 650 ti kelper card in my external egpu card swopping is pain in the butt maybe i should sell my gtx 1080 for a rx 580 or is that too crazy or maybe wait it out by the way i am only on 1080p monitor so what advice can you give? about cards?

@vette4life518 5 жыл бұрын

When will we see all these Display Ports changed to Thunderbolt?

@matthewkretman2125 5 жыл бұрын

Does the Mac mini handle the egpu differently than the MacBook Pros in boot camp? Looking to get an egpu for my 2017 MacBook Pro

@jeanchristophegatien 5 жыл бұрын

From what I've seen the Macbook pro 2017 is really easy to get eGPU working in bootcamp

@buckledcranium 5 жыл бұрын

Would this same set up work with a 2017 5k iMac?

@cappadocia.photographer 3 жыл бұрын

have same question. I heard its can't work on 5k display, but only at external display *(

@michaelpoon7370 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video clip, Jeff. One question. Can I use parallel 14 instead of boot camp to link up with eGPU using RTX 2080? Thanks.

@joesalyers 5 жыл бұрын

If you are staying in MacOS use an AMD card since it is supported in the OS, you won't see any real benefit in a MacOS visualization environment like Parallels with an Nvidia card but you will see a big improvement with AMD. The Vega cards work very well in MacOS. Have a great day.

@dudeguy8553 5 жыл бұрын

@@joesalyers Yeah, nvidia hasn't made drivers for mojave. (yet?)

@michaelpoon7370 5 жыл бұрын

@@dudeguy8553 Thanks.

@michaelpoon7370 5 жыл бұрын

@@joesalyers thanks.

@kebbinator 5 жыл бұрын

@@dudeguy8553 Nvidia have drivers ready but Apple won't allow them.