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Plus you can upgrade the memory significantly yourself on the 15" model. Even though you say you do not have the funds for a 15", dokeep in mind that the 15" comes with both the standard Intel HD 4000 GPU and a discrete GPU so high-end graphics work will be rendered far better than you will get on the 13" model.
#DOES MAC SUPPORT EGPUS FOR CAD PRO#
A few years ago I was forced to buy a Dell latptop for work-related stuff.to outfit that with the same level of performance components as were standard on the MacBook Pro would have cost more than the MBP.just not the same. The PCs and Macs do not use the same components, well except to say they both have cpus, memory, storage, graphics controlers, etc.
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Goalie, I could not agree with you more.as an engineer I have had to use many platforms and the PC has always been the absolute bottom of the barrel. Also, I am looking into replacing the CD/DVD drive with a Data Doubler so I can have two hard drives one will be an SSD. I am not a fan of the Mac versions of these programs.
#DOES MAC SUPPORT EGPUS FOR CAD INSTALL#
Note: Either way, I will be using Bootcamp to install Windows to run 3D CAD. If I had the money, I would buy the 15" MBP, which has a big graphics card. So my question is: Will graphics intensive programs like Autodesk Inventor and Solid Edge run better on a new base model 13" MacBook Pro with integrated graphics, or my current 13" MacBook Unibody with dedicated graphics? My parents are pressuring me into buying a new MBP, so that I could give them my current MB, which runs almost flawlessly, even after 5 years of abuse from me. However, what my MB has that the new one does not, is a dedicated graphics card(256 MB). The specifications of the new base 13" MacBook Pro beat my MB. This still has a relativly small HDD with 160GB(only 65GB used). I upgraded the RAM from 2GB to 4GB about a year ago. I currently own a 13" MacBook Unibody(Late 2008, base model). Most of my classes involve some work with Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge, and other 3D CAD programs. That's a problem that should disappear fairly quickly.I am a Mechanical Engineering student.
#DOES MAC SUPPORT EGPUS FOR CAD DRIVERS#
So, where is the problem? My best guess is that the problem is the platform is so new that there hasn't been enough time to develop and test drivers for public release yet. Unless I'm missing something on how USB4 works. But then this should also apply to any eGPU that uses the USB-C connector. That is unless people expect more from an eGPU than before and there isn't enough bandwidth to support an eGPU any more. Because USB4 is backward compatible with all versions of USB, all versions of Thunderbolt, all (or most?) versions of DisplayPort, there should not be any physical limits in the connector preventing adding an eGPU. With USB 3.x the superspeed lines had to be either/or, they'd have to be dedicated to USB data or to Thunderbolt/DP data packets.
It adds the ability to put USB packets on the "superspeed" data lines so that it can share those lines with Thunderbolt and DisplayPort packets. USB4 doesn't add any more bandwidth over USB 3.x.
This should fix itself in time as the new platform gains users and therefore becomes a market of sufficient size to make the effort profitable.Īnother place I could see a problem is the limited bandwidth of the USB4 ports. It appears to me that the problem of supporting an eGPU on new Macs is that there hasn't been enough time to develop the drivers. A more striking limitation is the one we've already noted, that the MBP is limited to 16GB of RAM - if you think you'll need 32GB then you'll have to opt for an Intel-powered model. There's also been some focus on the fact that the 13-inch MacBook Pro M1 models only include two USB-C ports onboard instead of four, but whether or not you think that's enough ports, it's consistent with the cheaper Intel models it replaces. Now, they'll have to wait and see if things change for higher-end models as Apple Silicon spreads throughout the company's PC lineup. According to Engadget, citing Paul Gerhardt's tweet, "tech spec pages for the new machines reveal that none of them are compatible with external GPUs that connect via Thunderbolt." From the report: Only some people would require add-on oomph in any case, but Apple's support for external graphics cards gave it some extra gaming cachet and informed creative professionals their needs would continue to be met. Today, Apple showed off the first Macs powered by its new M1 CPU, delivering impressive performance and excellent battery life, however they won't come without any compromises.
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