2014 13" MacBook Air [4th,2C,U] + RX 570 @ 10Gbps-TB1>TB3 (Sapphire GearBox) + macOS 10.13.6 + Win10  

System specs 

• Early 2014 13" MacBook Air,  i5-4260U [email protected], 4GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, Intel HD 5000 1536 MB
• High Sierra 10.13.6
• 34-inch (3440 x 1440) Philips 349x7
• Docking station LandingZONE DOCK
• External USB3 SSD

 

eGPU hardware

• Sapphire GearBox
• Sappire Radeon Pulse RX570 4GB
• Apple TB3 to TB2 Adapter
• HDMI 2.0 cable to Monitor

 

Hardware picture

 

Installation steps

• MacOS (csrutil disable, PurgeWrangler) = plug and play
• Win10 1903 V1 = After clean install with Bootcamp drivers and autoupdate disabled it is necessary to configure and test on second computer or mobile phone the RDP connection (Remote Desktop Protocol). Shutdown. Connect eGPU TB cable and start straight to WIN10. Result no internal or external screen. Run the RDP on second computer and login remotely. Everything has to be configured and drivers installed via RDP (if you prefer TeamViewer it is also usable). After Adrenaline installed simple reboot with everything connected. External screen will start up with login screen. Closed-display mode switching between OS without problems. Hundred hours of gaming various games and all OK. Temps of CPU 80-85deg C, GPU 65-75deg C.

 

Benchmarks 

Unigine Superposition

Unigine Valley Benchmark

Luxmark MacOS

Diablo 3 (Battle.Net)
3440x1440 fullscreen, details to max. Locked V-Sync 60FPS stable