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Post by gissel on Mar 27, 2020 8:39:18 GMT
Hello I was wondering if a MacBook Pro 16” could benefit from a eGPU, to keep the CPU temperatures down. I expect that the GPU is a big part of the MacBook Pro getting hot (80C+) when playing a game or render 3d moddels. If anybody have first hands experiance with using egpu and the macbook pro 16", I will appreciate any sharing of thoughts  Thanks Rasmus |
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jimmeh
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Post by jimmeh on Mar 29, 2020 21:17:41 GMT
Ever considered using Throttlestop? I was able to get the CPU temps to stay below 80C by limiting power to 11W and disabling turbo on my 16" with the 2.3Ghz 8-core i9, which slightly improves battery life while gaming. GPU gets to around 80C with my current macfancontrol settings.
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Post by gissel on Mar 30, 2020 13:14:52 GMT
Ever considered using Throttlestop? I was able to get the CPU temps to stay below 80C by limiting power to 11W and disabling turbo on my 16" with the 2.3Ghz 8-core i9, which slightly improves battery life while gaming. GPU gets to around 80C with my current macfancontrol settings. I use throttlestop for gaming, and it helps for games not that CPU demanding. In games like CS i need high CPU clock, and feel that I need the turbo.. I also use the bootcamp for rhino3D and Solidworks, they like the CPU with turboboost when i shap, but for light renderings and so i also need the graphic power. Same story with Photoshop + rendering tasks |
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Post by arizor on Apr 2, 2020 0:38:40 GMT
Yep eGPU will certainly help temps. Depends on your use case, but judging on your first post, you won't need anything too powerful. If you want to use in both MacOS and Windows, go AMD (RX580 should be enough). If you just want to game on Windows, then grab a cheap Nvidia.
As far as eGPU chassis, I would heartily recommend the Razer Core X. No fuss installation, great PSU.
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