Running External GPU on MacBook for gaming

[Kevinm1]

It seems Apple is allowing external GPU to be used on Macs.

More details on the below video:

He only talks about LLM workloads.
Do you know if you can run games and what kind of performance can you get vs a windows machine?

 

[chrfr]

It seems Apple is allowing external GPU to be used on Macs.

More details on the below video:

He only talks about LLM workloads.
Do you know if you can run games and what kind of performance can you get vs a windows machine?

That eGPU doesnt support graphics at all- it is just for compute power.

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Apple Silicon users can finally run demanding AI models on small Macs thanks to the officially approved TinyGPU driver

www.techradar.com

 

[maflynn]

Its not for gaming.

With that said, I used to use an EGPU for my laptop. Depending on the game, it was helpful but overall it was more trouble then it was worth. I just got rid of it and got a proper gaming rig