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Apple Partnered With Blackmagic On An External GPU For MacBooks (techcrunch.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the side-hustle dept.

Apple has worked with cinema company Blackmagic on an external GPU based around an AMD Radeon Pro 580 graphics card with 8GB of DDR5 RAM. The Blackmagic eGPU features "an HDMI port, four USB 3.1s and three Thunderbolt 3s, the latter of which makes it unique among these peripherals," reports TechCrunch. From the report: The company says the on-board cooling system operates pretty quietly, which should fit nicely alongside those new, quieter MacBook keyboards. Many developers will no doubt prefer to configure their own, but for those who want an easier solution for playing resource-intensive games or graphics rendering on with a MacBook, this is a fairly simple solution. The [$699] eGPU is available now through Apple's retail channels.

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  1. Too little too late by volodymyrbiryuk · · Score: 3, Funny

    for playing resource-intensive games or graphics rendering on with a MacBook, this is a fairly simple solution

    The simple solution is to just use cloud based GPUs.

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  2. What will they invent next?? by rogoshen1 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Cool another innovation for Apple!

    First they invent the mp3 player
    then the smart phone
    then an app store
    then the tablet
    and now external GPU's??

    Real men of genius indeed.