Dual GTX 980 Ti eGPU with Late 2016 13" MacBook Pro

[theitsage]

For those demanding more GPU performance from the latest MacBook Pro, eGPU is the way to go. I was able to pair two GTX 980 Ti graphics cards using an AKiTiO Node and a Mantiz Venus Thunderbolt 3 enclosures to my 13" MacBook Pro. They work in both macOS and Windows 10.

 

[killawat]

theitsage you are a madman, good to see you still pushing the envelope.

Why oh why can't we have Mac drivers for pascal. How disgusting would it be to have (dual?) 1080ti running in those enclosures.

 

[theitsage]

How disgusting would it be to have (dual?) 1080ti running in those enclosures.

Not as disgusting as paring a 15" MBP/Radeon 460 with dual Ultrafine 5K displays then realize you can't do anything else.

 

[tongefactor40]

Did you use the dsdt fix on this?

 

[ocnitsa]

This is indeed epic. I have a Node on permanent back order from B and H. Glad to hear you got a more complicated rig working on both OSs.

 

[ZapNZs]

You are making me want to buy the Node.

Not as disgusting as paring a 15" MBP/Radeon 460 with dual Ultrafine 5K displays then realize you can't do anything else.

Do dual 5k's on the 15 eat up that much in the way of resources?!?!

 

[jerryk]

theitsage you are a madman, good to see you still pushing the envelope.

Why oh why can't we have Mac drivers for pascal. How disgusting would it be to have (dual?) 1080ti running in those enclosures.

So macs do not support the 10xx series cards? Bummer. I cannot see every spending money on a 9xx series card.

 

[davidcmc]

So macs do not support the 10xx series cards? Bummer. I cannot see every spending money on a 9xx series card.

Boot Camp is always there.

 

[theitsage]

You are making me want to buy the Node.

Do dual 5k's on the 15 eat up that much in the way of resources?!?!

22Gbps out of Thunderbolt 3 40Gbps bandwidth is reserved for dual DisplayPort connection to power a single 5K display (fig. 7, page 6 of Intel Thunderbolt Technology Brief).

 

[theitsage]

Did you use the dsdt fix on this?

I didn't encountered error 12 in Windows so no need for DSDT override.

 

[ZapNZs]

22Gbps out of Thunderbolt 3 40Gbps bandwidth is reserved for dual DisplayPort connection to power a single 5K display (fig. 7, page 6 of Intel Thunderbolt Technology Brief).

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Sorry, I was way too vague. I mean in terms of CPU/GPU resources?

 

[killawat]

Why oh why can't we have Mac drivers for pascal. How disgusting would it be to have (dual?) 1080ti running in those enclosures.

@theitsage I can't believe only a week ago this was a pipe dream, now it's almost here ready for use.

 

[theitsage]

@theitsage I can't believe only a week ago this was a pipe dream, now it's almost here ready for use.

This has been an insanely great week for Mac users!