I also bet that future iterations of thunderbolt are going to reduce the performance gap. – It also makes for a very good solution for laptop users that could use an eGPU for “docked” work. – GPU makers can offer their own solutions for mac power users. No need to care about external GPU power draw nor heat dissipation… that will be handled by the external enclosure. If you need a discrete GPU, just go with an external solution. – Apple can design “closed” computers with no need for a discrete GPU. The solution won’t be cheap either, as it will rely on external enclosures. External enclosures have been a hassle, but the technology is there to remove much of the hassle as power and data uses a single cable now. He may even pass on a mac pro and rely on a macbook pro connected to one of those eGPU. Apple also offers the Mac mini with two different Intel processors, a 3.0GHz 6-core Intel Core i5 with Turbo Boost up to 4.1GHz, and a 3. The pro that wants a muscle GPU can go for its GPU enclosure of his choice. The new mac pro having plenty of thunderbolt connectivity. My bet is that the new mac pro, as well as the new mac mini, will be small form factor. Mac mini (late 2012, 2.3GHz Core i7, Intel HD Graphics 4000) 10,748 454 Mac mini (mid 2011, 2.3GHz Core i5, Intel HD Graphics 3000) 5,919 292 Mac mini (mid 2010, 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce.

Wide variety of NVIDIA and AMD GPU bundles. Largest marketplace for Thunderbolt eGPUs (eGFX). This way it may even leave the GPU enclosures and part of the support for the GPU companies themselves. Buy an external Graphics Card for PC and Mac (Apple MacBook laptops, Mac Mini, iMac, Mac Pro). The advantages of eGPU are many, at least for the way Apple conceives its products nowadays: they can create really integrated systems, compact form factor with all expandability done through thunderbolt. I would like an i7 Mac Mini but prices are still high so Im going to an i5 processor, so Im. Numbers seem to point that the performance hit was not that huge (~5% to 10% if I recall properly) with Thunderbolt 3. Hi guys, Im planning to buy Mac Mini to have a second setup with my 970 Zotac + Akitio Thunder 2.

Note that is the “link” that is implemented via thunderbolt. Any program that wants to exploit those high end GPUs is going to be optimized to minimize mainGPU memory traffic. (2) are typically the high end systems, as the higher end GPUs need a very performing memory subsystem. Lots of GPU memory if your GPU uses its own RAM. Usually, for any GPU application, you either want:Ģ.

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