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1. MAC MINI GRAPHICS CARD FOR VIDEO GAME INSTALL
2. MAC MINI GRAPHICS CARD FOR VIDEO GAME DRIVERS
3. MAC MINI GRAPHICS CARD FOR VIDEO GAME WINDOWS 10

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 inside the Razer Core X

MAC MINI GRAPHICS CARD FOR VIDEO GAME WINDOWS 10

If the display you’re connecting to has both HDMI and DisplayPort connections, simply use the HDMI connection whenever you need to boot into macOS, and the DisplayPort connection (or second HDMI connection) when utilizing the eGPU.ĭisplayPort connectivity to the external display Connecting the RTX 2080 eGPUĪfter completing the Windows 10 Boot Camp tutorial above, you can now focus on connecting the eGPU to your Mac. Connect the Thunderbolt 3 cable from the eGPU to your Mac mini’s Thunderbolt 3 port, and turn on the eGPU. This is where the Mac mini’s built-in HDMI port comes in handy. Use the Mac mini’s HDMI port to bypass the eGPU when booting into macOS Since macOS Mojave is not compatible with Nvidia GPUs, and no version of macOS works with the RTX 2080, you’ll need to bypass the Nvidia eGPU setup whenever running macOS.

MAC MINI GRAPHICS CARD FOR VIDEO GAME INSTALL

If you wish to learn how simple it is to install Windows 10 on your Mac mini or other Mac hardware, follow our easy-to-use video walkthrough below: The next step in replicating this setup is to install Windows 10. Install Windows 10 via Boot Camp Assistant Even the Razer Core X makes for a snug and somewhat uncomfortable fit, as it’s clearly designed for two-slot-wide cards, but it is forgiving enough to accommodate EVGA’s card. Neither the Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 650 nor the Akitio Node Pro allow the RTX 2080 to fit inside. I selected the Razer Core X, because it’s the only eGPU chassis I own that’s wide enough to fit the three-slot-wide EVGA RTX 2080. The first step is to install the RTX 2080 GPU inside of the graphics chassis. Install the RTX 2080 GPU inside the Razer Core X I’d like to thank the fine folks over at EVGA for loaning me a GeForce RTX 2080 for using in this test. You can, of course, use cheaper components if you wish to do so. Razer Core X external graphics chassis ( review)Īs you may have concluded, this is quite the expensive setup, but it’s more of a proof of concept than anything else.2018 Mac mini (6-core i7 with 32GB RAM) ( review).There are five main pieces of hardware that I utilized for this setup: Subscribe to 9to5Mac on YouTube for more videos Hardware

MAC MINI GRAPHICS CARD FOR VIDEO GAME DRIVERS

Keep in mind that there are no Nvidia Web Drivers for macOS Mojave 10.14, and as such, you cannot run Nvidia-based eGPUs on Macs running Mojave. With this in mind, I saw no reason why a modern Nvidia card, like the RTX 2080, shouldn’t work in Windows on Apple’s latest Mac mini.

While that’s definitely the case for Apple’s laptops, I’ve found that the AMD RX Vega 64 GPU works quite well in Windows running on the 2018 Mac mini. I’ll preface this post by saying that Apple doesn’t officially support eGPUs in Windows via Boot Camp. Would a similar setup work for an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 GPU from EVGA? Watch our hands-on video walkthrough for the answer.

In a previous video, I showcased a 2018 Mac mini gaming setup using an AMD RX Vega 64 eGPU running Windows 10 via Boot Camp.