I hope everyone is doing well here! Just wanted to share my second build with everyone here. I found this build much easier than my last: the new 2019 MacBook Pro's have made it dead simple to get started.
System specs:
2019 16" MacBook Pro
i9-9980H
Radeon Pro 5500M dGPU/32GB RAM/2TB SSD
eGPU hardware
Razer Core X + RTX 2080 Super + Included 0.5m Thunderbolt 3 Cable
Hardware pictures
(don't have enough post history yet to post pictures, but I'll come back and post it!)
Installation steps
I had a breeze this time around, here's what I did:
- Install Windows 10 through Bootcamp Assistant [MacOS]
- The latest copy, build 1909 works fine
- Continue to install all Bootcamp drivers [Win]
- Restart computer and wait for Windows to fully boot (desktop loaded) and plug in the eGPU [Win]
- Download official Nvidia drivers [Win]
- After this point, I was ready to go. No yellow-banged icons and GPU acceleration right of the box. Honestly did not expect it to work "plug and play"
Boot instructions:
Follow the steps below every time you'd like to use the eGPU in Windows.
- Just boot to Windows desktop and plug in the eGPU [Win]
Benchmarks
(I'll upload pictures as soon as my post history is above 5)
CUDA-Z Report (internal display)
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Version: 0.10.251 64 bit http://cuda-z.sf.net/
OS Version: Windows x86 6.2.9200
Driver Version: 432.00
Driver Dll Version: 10.10 (26.21.14.3200)
Runtime Dll Version: 6.50
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Name: GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Compute Capability: 7.5
Clock Rate: 1830 MHz
PCI Location: 0:129:0
Multiprocessors: 48
Threads Per Multiproc.: 1024
Warp Size: 32
Regs Per Block: 65536
Threads Per Block: 1024
Threads Dimensions: 1024 x 1024 x 64
Grid Dimensions: 2147483647 x 65535 x 65535
Watchdog Enabled: Yes
Integrated GPU: No
Concurrent Kernels: Yes
Compute Mode: Default
Stream Priorities: Yes
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Total Global: 8192 MiB
Bus Width: 256 bits
Clock Rate: 7751 MHz
Error Correction: No
L2 Cache Size: 48 KiB
Shared Per Block: 48 KiB
Pitch: 2048 MiB
Total Constant: 64 KiB
Texture Alignment: 512 B
Texture 1D Size: 131072
Texture 2D Size: 131072 x 65536
Texture 3D Size: 16384 x 16384 x 16384
GPU Overlap: Yes
Map Host Memory: Yes
Unified Addressing: Yes
Async Engine: No
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Memory Copy
Host Pinned to Device: 2079.01 MiB/s
Host Pageable to Device: 1800.38 MiB/s
Device to Host Pinned: 2500.54 MiB/s
Device to Host Pageable: 2150.43 MiB/s
Device to Device: 169.043 GiB/s
GPU Core Performance
Single-precision Float: 12.0323 Tflop/s
Double-precision Float: 388.524 Gflop/s
64-bit Integer: 2660.09 Giop/s
32-bit Integer: 11.7983 Tiop/s
24-bit Integer: 11.5779 Tiop/s
Comments
Compared to my previous computer with a 6th generation i7, the new 9th generation i9 processor really allows the 2080 super to shine. I've had a great experience playing CPU heavy games such as Boneworks, which my previous device could not handle.
@khaliq, Thank you for sharing this excellent build! I see you like the first model year of a new product line :-D. Most of the time you end up with something like the 2016 15-in MacBook Pro which takes a tremendous effort to set up an eGPU. The 2019 16-in MacBook Pro has so far been a much better product.
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@itsage, Yeah I guess I like shiny new things, even if it’s to my detriment! But honestly, this device is a significant upgrade from the 2016, the processor is easily twice as fast on general tasks, and with the improved cooling I’m constantly getting turbo boost without any thermal throttling.
I was pleasantly surprised by how easy the setup was with the 2019.
Now for internal display acceleration I think you need to tinker around a little bit, but nothing as complicated as the 2016.
I’ll post some more info once I’ve tried some games with the internal display!
So do you have to boot into Windows and then plug in the eGPU? Or can you cold plug?
Also, any idea how this setup would behave on MacOS?
Thanks 
To do: Create my signature with system and expected eGPU configuration information to give context to my posts. I have no builds.
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So do you have to boot into Windows and then plug in the eGPU? Or can you cold plug?
Also, any idea how this setup would behave on MacOS?
Thanks
Same here, I am interested in knowing how this works in macos and if cold booting to macos and windows works
To do: Create my signature with system and expected eGPU configuration information to give context to my posts. I have no builds.
.@nahtnam, You'd need an EFI boot loader in order to cold boot and keep the dGPU functional in Windows. I'd recommend the modified apple_set_os v0.5 which works great on T2 Security Chip Macs.
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@khaliq, could you please check do you have working bluetooth in windows? Mine just disappears from device list at all. Also eGPU and iGPU works great without any mumbo-jumbo.
2019 16" MacBook Pro (RP5500M) [9th,8C,H] + GTX 1080 @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Aorus GB) + Win10 1909
@alexxxst, My Bluetooth is working fine. If you have issues, try disabling it in device manager before your last shutdown and then enabling it once you got back up.
I had some issues with it disappearing in the beginning, but have not had issues since disabling/enabling it in device manager once.
I've not had any issues with Bluetooth recently either. Hot plugging as soon as I get to the windows desktop seemed to help avoid issues, but now I think maybe a windows update may have made this work properly even if I don't.
2019 16 Macbook Pro + Core v2 + Radeon VII MacOS 10.15.1
Core X Chroma + RTX 2080 Windows 10 1909
Asrock X570 Phantom Gaming ITX/TB3, Ryzen 5 3400G + Core v2 + Radeon VII Win10 1909
2020 13" Razer Blade Stealth (GTX1650Ti) [11th,4C,G] + RTX 2080 @ 32Gbps-TB4 (Razer Core X Chroma) + Win10 20H2 // inc Radeon VII & 4xGPU concurrent benchmarks [build link]
@khaliq, heh, hot plug helped. Everything works!
2019 16" MacBook Pro (RP5500M) [9th,8C,H] + GTX 1080 @ 32Gbps-TB3 (Aorus GB) + Win10 1909