We almost gave up getting it to work with the MacBook Pro under Sierra until we found the implementation procedure posted by Mikeal on eGPU.io.
Though designed as a companion product to the Razer Blade line of Windows laptops, from the time it first appeared we have been hoping to get it working under macOS. It is exciting to see the Razer Core join our growing collection of eGPUs that work with the 'late 2016' MacBook Pro.
The one exception was Motion where the built-in Radeon Pro 460 actually completes the render of RAM Preview faster than either eGPU. With one exception, both the Razer Core and AKiTiO Node eGPUs lift the 'late 2016' MacBook Pro to desktop graphics performance. We ran built-in Benchmark using High preset. Valley OpenGL Benchmark using Extreme HD Preset LuxMark 3 OpenCL - Both the factory Radeon Pro 460 inside the MacBook Pro and the GeForce GTX 980 Ti rendered using OpenCL. Motion 5 - Render RAM Preview of Atmospheric 600 frame Template.
The GeForce GTX 980 Ti rendered using CUDA.įinal Cut Pro X - Using a sample 1080p 2 minute clip, we rendered a Focus Blur effect. The factory Radeon Pro 460 rendered using OpenCL. For our test we selected RenderTarget PT (Path Tracing).ĭaVinci Resolve - Candle project playback renders Noise Reduction Node (1NR) on-the-fly. We used the DEMO version with a test scene called octane_benchmark.ocs. However, it only runs only on CUDA capable NVIDIA GPUs like the GeForce GTX 980 Ti. and does so in a fraction of the time it takes with a CPU based renderer. This is a "GPU only" standalone renderer that can process scenes created in Maya, ArchiCAD, Cinema 4D, etc. The GeForce GTX 980 Ti rendered using CUDA. The factory Radeon Pro 460 rendered the BMW GPU Demo scene using OpenCL. The DisplayPort of the GTX 980 Ti GPU was connected by one DisplayPort cable to the Dell 5K 27" display's DisplayPort Scaled resolution was 2560x1440.īlender - Lets you choose either OpenCL, CUDA, or CPU to render a 3D Scene. RMBP>Pro460 - The factory discrete AMD Radeon Pro 460 GPU in the 'late 2016' MacBook Pro 15-inch RMBP>Core>980Ti - GeForce GTX 980 Ti (6GB) GPU installed in the Razer Core Thunderbolt 3 eGPU Box and connected to a Thunderbolt 3 port of a 'late 2016' MacBook Pro 15-inch RMBP>Node>980Ti - GeForce GTX 980 Ti (6GB) GPU installed in the AKiTiO Node Thunderbolt 3 eGFX Box and connected to a Thunderbolt 3 port of a 'late 2016' MacBook Pro 15-inch
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