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So one one has tested this in After Effects?

I thought that the Akitio Thunder2 PCIe Box needed a riser to use a bigger card externally from the box with a bigger PSU

Thanks for the info, I had no idea that other cables aren't shielded. I may just have to go with the 980Ti now.

Also has anyone posted any benchmarks of Egpu on Mac in After Effects? I seem to only be able to find videos of people using Egpu for video games

Thank you for the prompt response!!!! Very helpful!!! So is the build I have posted above recommended for my use in After Effects? I think the 970 is the best bang for buck for what I am doing in after effects on my mac. Would you be able recommend a better graphics card within a reasonable price range (Titan is way to expensive for me although I'd love to have it and 980 doesn't seem like its too much of an improvement for the price difference) Also on the page your link sent me to you describe how risers can cause issues due to poor quality. Is there a proper cable brand or type that you would recommend of my purpose? I think the link I originally posted before was a cable with built in riser. Thanks again

I have a mid 2012 Macbook pro with one thunderbolt 1 port. I would like to have an Egpu for 3d rendering/acceleration in After Effects and was wondering if this would work. Amazon.com: Akitio Thunder2 PCIe Box: Computers & Accessories http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GUKRX6S?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_2&smid=A31PZHDAKM5BC7 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H33SFJU?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_3&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Amazon.com: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card 04G-P4-3975-KR: Computers & Accessories I understand that thunderbolt 1 still will not have a big enough pipeline for for the full power of the card but I think it will be an improvement. I currently run all my projects off my Lacie Big 5 thunderbolt hard drive which is very fast but, I also want to know if I will be able to use this efficiently with the Egpu because Ive heard that external graphics cards take a lot of bandwidth (Daisy-chaining, if it does work, does it matter what order I put them in series?) Ive seen many youtube videos of external graphics cards with macbook pro's but almost all of them are running on bootcamp, I also want to make sure I can run this on Mac OS. Lastly I want to make sure that I will be able to use the external graphics card for hardware acceleration (CUDA) Thanks for the help and advise everyone!