With a GPU card installed, the Breakaway Box can accelerate your video production workflow.
And, unlike with gaming laptops, when the next generation of GPUs ships and you are ready for another performance boost, simply upgrade the GPU card in the Box-nobody should have to replace their computer just to keep up with the latest in GPU technology.įor a highly-portable eGPU solution, check out Sonnet’s eGFX Breakaway Pucks.įrom editing to rendering to color grading, and from animation to special effects, many applications rely on GPU cards to do the heavy lifting. When used with an eGFX-compatible computer, accelerated graphics can either be displayed on your notebook’s own display panel or on multiple external monitors. You can play this content on the built-in display on MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iMac.Ħ. If you use Akitio Node with a Mac notebook, you may need to connect your Mac to its power adapter to ensure proper charging.ħ. Only Radeon RX 6900 XT models made or sold by AMD are supported (Device ID 0x73BF).There’s no need for you to carry a heavy and expensive gaming laptop to have a great gaming experience-just plug in a Breakaway Box and add the GPU power you want when you need it! By delivering significantly higher frame rates for smooth game play, the Breakaway Box is ideal for enabling graphic-intensive gaming on Ultrabook™ and other thin/light notebook computers that otherwise would deliver a poor gaming experience.
These chassis provide at least 85 watts of charging power, making them ideal for use with 15-inch MacBook Pro models.ĥ. Playback of HDCP-protected content from iTunes and some streaming services is not supported on displays attached to Radeon 560-based eGPUs. macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 and later don't support eGPUs in Windows using Boot Camp or when your Mac is in macOS Recovery or installing system updates.Ĥ. If you're using a 13-inch MacBook Pro from 2016 or 2017, always plug eGPUs and other high-performance devices into the left-hand ports for maximum data throughput.ģ.
After you've logged in and can see the macOS Desktop, you can unplug the display from Mac mini and connect it to your eGPU.Ģ. If you have a Mac mini (2018) with FileVault turned on, make sure you connect your primary display directly to Mac mini during startup.
Because of this deep system integration, only graphics cards that use the same GPU architecture as those built into Mac products are supported in macOS.ġ.
The GPU drivers delivered with macOS are also designed to enable a high-quality, high-performance experience when using an eGPU, as described in the list of recommended eGPU chassis and graphics card configurations below. Aftermarket GPU drivers delivered by third parties are not compatible with macOS. In order to deliver the best possible customer experience, GPU drivers need to be engineered, integrated, tested and delivered with each version of macOS.
This deep integration also enables optimal battery life while providing greater system performance and stability.Īpple develops, integrates and supports macOS GPU drivers to ensure that there are consistent GPU capabilities across all Mac products, including rich APIs like Metal, Core Animation, Core Image and Core ML.
These include accelerating the user interface, providing support for advanced display features, rendering 3D graphics for pro software and games, processing photos and videos, driving powerful GPU compute features, and accelerating machine learning tasks. This design fuels the visually rich and graphical macOS experience as well as many deeper platform compute and graphics features. Mac hardware and GPU software drivers have always been deeply integrated into the system.