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Getting eGPUs work in OSX


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Because I didn't follow the the latest developments for the OSX script...

What is the current way to install a eGPU in OSX? Since the script from @goalque is discontinued, what is the alternative? I guess the script should still work for OSX 10.9-10.11, right?

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2 hours ago, RKelley said:

Yes, the existing script by @goalque still works fine.  It needs an "adjustment" to work in Sierra (namely the nvram boot args), but it works well.  I used it both in El Capitan and Sierra today.

 

Can you elaborate on this nvram boot args adjustment?

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43 minutes ago, theitsage said:

 

Can you elaborate on this nvram boot args adjustment?

 

Prior to Sierra, the nvram boot-arg for Nvidia was "nvda_drv=1"; now it is "NvidiaWeb".  Download, edit the eGPU setup script from @goalque -  search for:   boot_args="nvda_drv=1"

 

Change the "nvda_drv=1" to "NvidiaWeb" in all occurrences.  Save, exit, then re-run the script.  Otherwise, the Nvidia drivers will get loaded but not run on boot.

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21 hours ago, RKelley said:

 

Prior to Sierra, the nvram boot-arg for Nvidia was "nvda_drv=1"; now it is "NvidiaWeb".  Download, edit the eGPU setup script from @goalque -  search for:   boot_args="nvda_drv=1"

 

Change the "nvda_drv=1" to "NvidiaWeb" in all occurrences.  Save, exit, then re-run the script.  Otherwise, the Nvidia drivers will get loaded but not run on boot.

 

Thank you for the explanation. I have only tried AMD GPUs so I didn't encountered that - will keep that in mind when I use an Nvidia GPU though.

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