System specs
eGPU hardware
Hardware pictures
Installation steps
- Make sure SIP is disabled, and you can boot from external media.
- Downloaded the latest windows ISO from Microsoft (2004).
- Installed via Bootcamp installer, ran all updates for both W10 and Apple drivers - new bootcamp updates mean I can reboot into macOS properly now - I couldn't before.
- Created automate-eGPU EFI bootloader on external USB plugged into Mantiz Venus.
- Restarted holding down alt to initiated Bootloader.
- Select Windows.
- Download and instal AMD Drivers.
- Restart Windows through boot loader.
- Play PUBG.
Benchmarks
Edit: Attached a benchmark, which after chatting to a chap on reddit who has two similar MacBooks I've found out its below an RX 5600XT connected to an external monitor so Navi cards in Loopback are still pretty sub par. Le sigh.
2017 13" MacBook Pro Touch Bar
GTX1060 + AKiTiO Thunder3 + Win10
GTX1070 + Sonnet Breakaway Box + Win10
GTX1070 + Razer Core V1 + Win10
Vega 56 + Razer Core V1 + macOS + Win10
Vega 56 + Mantiz Venus + macOS + W10
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LG 5K Ultrafine flickering issue fix
2017 13" MacBook Pro [7th,2C,U] + RX 5700 XT @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Mantiz Venus) + macOS 10.15.4 & Win10 2004 [build link]
@eightarmedpet, Loopback performance has been terrible with Navi cards since release. This is both in macOS and Windows. For gaming with Windows, Nvidia cards perform much better through internal display. They are much easier to set up too.
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2020 14" MSI Prestige 14 EVO [11th,4C,G] + RTX 3080 @ 32Gbps-TB4 (AORUS Gaming Box) + Win10 2004 [build link]
@itsage, aye, my plan is to retire the SFFPC after its whole 6 months of use to a living room HTPC and get either next gen Nvidia or pick up a deal on a 2070s. I do still love the reference cards.
2017 13" MacBook Pro Touch Bar
GTX1060 + AKiTiO Thunder3 + Win10
GTX1070 + Sonnet Breakaway Box + Win10
GTX1070 + Razer Core V1 + Win10
Vega 56 + Razer Core V1 + macOS + Win10
Vega 56 + Mantiz Venus + macOS + W10
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LG 5K Ultrafine flickering issue fix
2017 13" MacBook Pro [7th,2C,U] + RX 5700 XT @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Mantiz Venus) + macOS 10.15.4 & Win10 2004 [build link]
@eightarmedpet, your result of unigine heaven seems not desirable....
Attached my test result with macbook pro with GTX1060 in Razer Core X . Seems like something wrong with your set up? or it is due to the bottleneck of the CPU?
@egpu_freak, you’re quite correct! The issue is loopback performance of Navi cards as itsage mentioned. My next eGPU will be an rtx card.
2017 13" MacBook Pro Touch Bar
GTX1060 + AKiTiO Thunder3 + Win10
GTX1070 + Sonnet Breakaway Box + Win10
GTX1070 + Razer Core V1 + Win10
Vega 56 + Razer Core V1 + macOS + Win10
Vega 56 + Mantiz Venus + macOS + W10
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LG 5K Ultrafine flickering issue fix
2017 13" MacBook Pro [7th,2C,U] + RX 5700 XT @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Mantiz Venus) + macOS 10.15.4 & Win10 2004 [build link]