Is an eGPU Worth It for Mac Users? We Ran the Tests. Here’s What You Need to Know
Wondering whether an eGPU could actually make your old Mac feel new again—even when doing creative work? We did the testing for you.
Wondering whether an eGPU could actually make your old Mac feel new again—even when doing creative work? We did the testing for you.
Hang around a group of Mac power users long enough, and eventually, you’ll hear the term eGPU. As you can probably surmise from this article’s headline, eGPU is an acronym for “external Graphics Processing Unit.” The acronym is pronounced “eee-gee-pee-you,” not “egg-poo.” It describes an external chassis that is connected to a laptop computer via a high-bandwidth connection cable and provides more graphics processing power than is available from the laptop’s internal graphics processing unit (GPU). Let’s get into some more detail!
Trying to play graphically taxing games or perform professional video editing on a notebook is unsatisfactory at best. That’s because the built-in graphical processing power is either woefully inadequate for intensive uses or has fallen behind the latest technology. The...
https://youtu.be/Sc1HHj_99tU Enjoy Pro-Class Gaming, Professional AR/VR Video Editing, Out-Of-This-World VR Realism, and More Introducing the AKiTiO Node Titan, an external Graphics processing Unit (eGPU) that lets users transform their notebook or other slotless computer (Mac mini, iMac, NUC, etc.) into...
A quick public service announcement of sorts... I happened upon a recent article on Apple Insider that caught my attention. The title said it all – Apple's macOS Catalina causing problems with select eGPU setups. Yikes. The reason it piqued...
Larry O’Connor, Founder and CEO of OWC (Other World Computing) talks tech with Host Cirina Catania—covering Tim Cook’s address to the graduating class at Stanford, his thoughts on “giving back,” the new expandable MacPro, eGPU’s and Helios, Envoy 3 SSD’s,...
