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Anyone Tried EGPU with El Capitan yet ?


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First of all: THANKS to goalque!

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After installing OS X 10.11 over my beta it took a few minutes to get my eGPU running thanks to your script and the new NVIDIA web drivers.

Although the OpenGL benchmark scores with Unigine Heaven were about 300 points lower than with 10.10.5, the result of Unigine Valley was almost the same.

With LuxMark v2.1 / OpenCL the result was even higher due to the fact that the old D500 of my Mac scored about 16% better ;O)

I haven’t tested that much with El Capitan as I currently have to finish a job (for which I’ll use Yosemite to be on the safe side) but there is one big difference from 10.10.5:

I’m currently using 3 displays (Dell UP3214Q/UHD, LG 31MU97/4K, 27“ ACD), if all of the displays are connected either to the eGPU or the internal D500 everything is fine.

As soon as not all monitors are connected to either eGPU or D500 I’m experiencing massive lags e.g. windows stuttering when moved, scrolling isn’t smooth etc.

It’s definitely a lot better in Yosemite (where the Dell is connected to the D500 and the LG + ACD to the eGPU).

@goalque

I truly mean it: thanks a lot for your time and effort!

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I guess we will see improvement over time as new releases always have a few bugs.

Haven't made my move to 10.11 yet because of software compatibilities but nice to see that it still works :) thanks for the report !

I am really hopeful for better performance and deeper driver integration because of the TB3 soon to be released. Hopefully an official support for EGPU. Yes still dreaming :D

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