2017 15″ MacBook Pro (RP555) [7th,4C,H] + GTX 1080 Ti @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Mantiz Venus) + macOS 10.12.6 & Win10 [Rycco]

Basically I connect the Elgato dock on the upper left port and the Mantiz Venus on the upper right one. I've tried the Mantiz Venus on the upper left and it also worked.

Setting up on MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29):

- The setup was pretty straight forward. Connected it all, disabled SIP, ran goalque eGPU script, restarted and done.

Setting up on Windows 10 thru Bootcamp:

- I decided installing the Windows on the internal SSD for performance reasons. I just did the whole Bootcamp setup with latest Windows 10 iso downloaded from Microsoft website.

- After installing bootcamp software on Windows and restarting, I connected the Mantiz Venus and booted on Windows. It detected the GPU and I installed the drivers. Next restart and it was all working

After a few days, I got error 12 sometimes. When that happened I tried hotpluging (worked a few times) or going to MacOS with eGPU just before booting on Windows (worked lots of times).

- I decided to install reFind and trying the apple_set_os.efi method to use the iGPU on Windows boot. It worked well and now I don't even have to boot on apple_set_os.efi first before booting on Windows (not sure why). The only “problem" I have sometimes is that the internal monitor freezes on the windows loading page and the external monitor starts the Windows normally with eGPU working (weird, but brings no harm while gaming for hours).

Performance comparison between setups:

1- Ok, both the Thunderbolt upgrade (from 2 to 3) and CPU upgrade (from Skylake 2.5ghz to Kaby Lake 3.1ghz) gave me a boost of 23% increase on performance when playing Overwatch. I used to get around 130 FPS on 2K reso EPIC settings. Now I get around 162fps (which is great since I'm using a 2k 144hz monitor, I kind of get his max frames per second). I did a stable OC the GPU so it runs at 2060mhz at 60 degrees with fans on medium.

I haven't tried using Mantiz USB/ethernet ports yet. Will try that soon and post here my experience.

To be honest, I'm pretty satisfied about my current setup. Just waiting now for the h2d fix to see if it makes any difference on OW. I also play BF4 maxed out and get around 80/90 FPS I believe. It’s not a cheap setup but if you need a Macbook for work, its definitely worth the solution.

2017 15" MacBook Pro (RP555) [7th,4C,H] + GTX 1080 Ti @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Mantiz Venus) + macOS 10.12.6 & Win10 [build link]

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August 22, 2017 7:18 pm

Nice setup! Can you post the CUDA-Z Performance screen capture?

EDIT: Thank you @Rycco. Is your firmware version showing 25,1 in macOS System Profiler as well? I’m trying to determine if the firmware 25,1 in my Mantiz Venus is different than the production units.

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August 22, 2017 7:37 pm

Posted by: itsage

Nice setup! Can you post the CUDA-Z Performance screen capture?

EDIT: Thank you @Rycco. Is your firmware version showing 25,1 in macOS System Profiler as well? I’m trying to determine if the firmware 25,1 in my Mantiz Venus is different than the production units.

http://imgur.com/a/3b7il (got an error when uploading here not sure why. Feel free to edit this post)

Is this Current Link Width: 0x2 ok?

2017 15" MacBook Pro (RP555) [7th,4C,H] + GTX 1080 Ti @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Mantiz Venus) + macOS 10.12.6 & Win10 [build link]

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August 29, 2017 9:06 pm

Update:

After a few weeks using, I'm really happy with this setup. For booting on Windows, I don't have to boot on apple_set_os anymore. I just boot directly on Windows and it just works. On all MBP ports.

2017 15" MacBook Pro (RP555) [7th,4C,H] + GTX 1080 Ti @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Mantiz Venus) + macOS 10.12.6 & Win10 [build link]

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