Slovedon Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Is there any product out there that would allow us to use the second Thunderbolt 2 port on our Macbook Pro's as a video input? This would be a really nice boost to performance compared to using Optimus on the internal LCD. Even if there is minor input delay, I think it would still be worth it, considering the overall gaming experience is so much better when using an external monitor directly from GPU vs. using Optimus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschijn Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Yes there are adapters. But they are mini DisplayPort -> HDMI/VGA/DVI. Running a monitor on a TB port will result in a Optimus monitor -> not the best performance. For best performance the monitor has to be connected to the I/O of the eGPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morv Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 @Dschijn I think you didn't understand him. He wants to use the Thunderbolt connection as an input so the eGPU would connect directly to the internal display. I don't know what kind of miracles he's thinking about but that's what Optimus is doing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slovedon Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) On 2/27/2016 at 2:13 PM, Dschijn said: Yes there are adapters. But they are mini DisplayPort -> HDMI/VGA/DVI. Running a monitor on a TB port will result in a Optimus monitor -> not the best performance. For best performance the monitor has to be connected to the I/O of the eGPU. I'm actually looking to use a TB2 port as an input, so that I don't lose performance (which, as you say, happens with Optimus) when I'm using the internal LCD. On 2/28/2016 at 1:40 AM, Morv said: @Dschijn I think you didn't understand him. He wants to use the Thunderbolt connection as an input so the eGPU would connect directly to the internal display. I don't know what kind of miracles he's thinking about but that's what Optimus is doing... Yes, but we lose performance when using Optimus. If I can use Thunderbolt2 as an input, I can use the internal LCD with eGPU without the Optimus performance loss Edited May 11, 2016 by Slovedon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschijn Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Using the internal monitor = optimus Using a TB display on the TB port = optimus Both will result in lower performance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3RYL Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) Hi. I was searching for something like this some days ago. You may look for an thunderbolt capture card like this:http://www.amazon.com/Blackmagic-Design-UltraStudio-Mini-Recorder/dp/B009D91314 or something similar. Edited May 11, 2016 by 3RYL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alarming0 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 (edited) @Slovedon @3RYL Was wondering if either of you have plans to try a thunderbolt capture card as a solution to this problem? Edited May 13, 2016 by Alarming0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3RYL Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 5 hours ago, Alarming0 said: @Slovedon @3RYL Was wondering if either of you have plans to try a thunderbolt capture card as a solution to this problem? Not anytime soon fo me. I don't even have a thunderbolt equipped laptop right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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