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Now that macOS High Sierra 10.13 officially supports external graphics cards, we’ve developed a reliable procedure to set up and maintain a functional external GPU in Windows 10 via Boot Camp. In the past month, we’ve tried many different solutions by reading through. What we’ve found to work most reliably with a Late 2016 15″ MacBook Pro is a combination of, rEFInd, integrated.bat, and the right-side Thunderbolt 3 ports. The 13″ MacBook Pro is less involved to implement due to its lack of a discrete graphics card. Our goals were to have an integrated GPU active for eGPU internal display mode and a reliable Windows bootup without error 12. Why so serious? Let’s discuss graphics switching in Windows briefly.

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Forum member explained the three modes in Windows 10 (Microsoft Hybrid graphics, AMD XConnect, and Nvidia Optimus) in. The crucial prerequisite is the Intel integrated graphics card for internal display acceleration with an external graphics card. Without a functional iGPU, eGPU would only work with an external display.

This explains the ease of eGPU implementation on iGPU-only hosts while dGPU + iGPU hosts such as the Thunderbolt 3 15″ MacBook Pro is harder to accomplish. The worst-case scenario is when there’s no iGPU present either due to the host firmware or its CPU configuration. Prior to setting up an external GPU, it’s a good idea to identify the routing of the PCIe connection over Thunderbolt 3 for each host. We used to check the arrangement of PCIe controllers and lanes on this Late 2016 15″ MacBook Pro (same as Mid 2017 model). The x16 PCI Express Controller connects to the Radeon Pro dGPU. The x8 PCI Express Controller connects to the left-side USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports.

The x4 PCI Express Controller connects to the right-side USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports. It makes total sense to disable the entire line of communication to the dGPU so that we can free up resources for the USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports. The 13″ MacBook Pros have no direct Thunderbolt 3 to CPU connection. All PCIe lanes are routed through the platform controller hub (PCH). Apple’s states that the right-side Thunderbolt 3 ports on the Late 2016 13″ Touch Bar MacBook Pro have lower bandwidth than the left-side ports.

This is due to the x2 PCI Express Root Port #9 – 9D18 to which these ports attach. The left Thunderbolt 3 ports attach to x4 PCI Express Root Port #5 – 9D14. We captured the PCIe arrangement of the Thunderbolt 3 15″ MacBook Pro (shown on the left) and Thunderbolt 3 Touch Bar 13″ MacBook Pro (shown on the right) in and labeled them for reference. The name of the game is to allocate enough resources for the external graphics card to function in Windows 10 while not severely crippling other functionalities of the laptop. Through trial and error, we found the right-side Thunderbolt 3 ports under PCI Express x4 Controller – 1909 is the best way to connect an eGPU to the 15″ Thunderbolt 3 MacBook Pro. This is especially relevant when using an AMD Radeon eGPU in which both PCI Express Controller 1901 and 1905 need to be disabled to resolve error 12. The 13″ non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro would likely be able to negotiate enough resources for eGPU automagically.

If error 12 arises, simply disabling the connection to the iSight camera would resolve it. The 13″ Touch Bar iteration is slightly harder for eGPU implementation due to an extra Thunderbolt 3 controller and two more Thunderbolt 3 ports. It’s best to use the lower left Thunderbolt 3 port closest to the TAB key for eGPU connection on this model and to disable the PCI Express Root Port #9 – 9D18 that connects to the right Thunderbolt 3 ports to resolve error 12.

Here are the recommended steps to set up an external GPU with Thunderbolt 3 MacBook Pros and the reasons behind them. If you’re familiar with using an external graphics card in Windows 10 via Boot Camp, proceed to the summarized setup procedure. Step 1: Install Windows, DDU & Restore Point There are setup guides to install Windows on an external hard drive so that the internal PCIe flash storage can be preserved solely for macOS partition.

We don’t recommend having the Windows volume on an external drive because it would complicate the eGPU setup process and may cause unforeseeable maintenance issues. If your MacBook Pro has a limited amount of storage, partition the Boot Camp volume with 50GB for Windows installation and save 200GB for the macOS partition. You can then install software and games on an external hard drive. Windows 10 can detect new graphics cards and install the drivers automatically. However the drivers are not up-to-date and sometimes interfere with setting up an external GPU. We recommend using to uninstall the Radeon Pro drivers that came with Apple Boot Camp drivers 6.1 (part of Boot Camp Assistant in macOS). DDU can also disable Windows automated graphics drivers installation.

Keep in mind Apple itself has not provided support for external GPU in Boot Camp. Therefore the following steps to set up an external graphics card with your MacBook Pro can possibly cause bootup issues. We highly suggest the use of the Windows System Protection feature. You can create manual Restore Points that capture snapshots of Windows in order to revert changes should you encounter issues.

Step 2: Use applesetos.efi When booting into an operating system that is not Mac OS, the Mac laptop’s firmware tends to deactivate the integrated GPU if there’s another GPU present. For example, the 15″ MacBook Pro boots into Boot Camp with only the Radeon Pro discrete GPU activated.

By only having an integrated GPU, the 13″ MacBook Pro sometimes hangs at the Windows bootup process if an external GPU is connected. To remedy this first hurdle we rely on to trick the Mac laptop into believing it’s booting into Mac OS. This boot loader file can be stored on either a USB drive or in the ESP partition of the Mac’s internal drive through the use of boot manager.

Is the resource for accomplishing this task. He provided instructions on creating a USB thumb drive with. Is an alternative for the need to use an external USB drive and Option boot. Once the iGPU is active in Windows, we want to make sure it has the latest Intel graphics drivers. If the iGPU shows up in Device Manager as “Microsoft Basic Display Adapter,” you may need to install the manually. In the 15″ Thunderbolt 3 MacBook Pro, we want to attach the iGPU to the internal display so that we can use eGPU internal display acceleration and disable the dGPU if needed.

This is where comes in. Step 3: Run integrated.bat This step is relevant to the Thunderbolt 3 15″ MBP only. If you have a Thunderbolt 3 13″ MBP. The purpose of 0xbb’s GPU-switch script is to assign a particular GPU to the internal display at the next boot.

We want to run integrated.bat in Command with Administrative privilege to execute iGPU attachment to the internal display. Upon the next and subsequent restarts, Windows will use the iGPU to power the Mac internal display. May be required to run this script successfully. Warning: One important thing to keep in mind is that you have to re-enable PCIe Controller x16 – 1901 in Device Manager (if it’s disabled) then re-attach the dGPU to the internal display by running dedicated.bat prior to booting back into macOS. Otherwise the next Windows boot will hang due to macOS force-attaching the dGPU onto the internal display. This is another reason why we recommend creating manual restore points in Windows.

In the event Windows fails to boot, you can go back to a safe point without redoing the entire setup process. Step 4: Solve error 12 The last and most challenging step is to overcome error 12 (not enough resources for eGPU). This almost always happens on a Mac with both iGPU and dGPU. There are several methods to resolve error 12.

This is also called “yellow-banged,” as visually identifiable in Device Manager by the yellow triangle and black exclamation. For late-2016 Macbook Pros, via registry works well, but the required Windows Test Mode prevents some some games and software working. The workaround has some risks but can provide a simple final solution. Adventurous users may consider this. For mid-2017 15″ Macbook Pros consider using a PCIe relocation script from to solve error 12. A reasonable workaround is to disable PCIe controllers/bridges to free up enough resources so that Windows can handle hosting an external GPU. The PCIe arrangement is different for each Mac but the approach is similar.

We start with the PCIe component with the least usage. In the 13″ non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro, disabling the iSight camera PCIe bridge does the trick. The 13″ Touch Bar is slightly different in that it has one more Thunderbolt 3 controller to handle the two additional Thunderbolt 3 ports on the right side. Some have success by disabling the PCI Express Root Port #9 – 9D18 that connects to the right Thunderbolt 3 ports and using the lower left Thunderbolt 3 port closest to the TAB key for eGPU. The 15″ MacBook Pro is rather challenging to allocate resources for the external graphics card.

By disabling the x16 PCIe controller – 1901 to the discrete Radeon Pro GPU, we found Windows likely has enough resources for an external GPU. For us this method has worked with GTX 980 Ti, GTX 1070, and GTX 1080 eGPU.

From eGPU.io members’ experience, Windows has a harder time with AMD cards. When we tried the RX 580 and RX Vega 56 eGPU, we needed to also disable the PCI Express x8 Controller – 1905 that connects to the left Thunderbolt 3 ports.

External GPU works reliably using the right-side ports that connect to the PCI Express x4 Controller – 1909. Boot Camp eGPU Setup Procedure If viewing this on the forum, please jump to the mirrored news post to see steps 1-4 below correctly. Here are all the steps from start to finish to get an external graphics card running on a Thunderbolt 3 15″ MacBook Pro. Do not connect the external GPU to the Mac laptop until instructed to do so.

Download the linked resources at each step. Nvidia eGPU can work without error 12 when the PCIe Controller x8 -1905 is disabled.

AMD eGPU needs the PCIe Controller x16 – 1901 disabled as well to free up enough resources. Select View » Devices by connection in Device Manager and locate PCIe Controller x16 – 1901 to disable it. Windows Booting Procedure We’ve tested different combinations of the R9 Fury/X, RX 480, RX 580, GTX 980 Ti, GTX 1070, and GTX 1080 with the, Gigabyte, and on a Late 2016 15″ MacBook Pro, a Mid 2017 13″ non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro, and a Mid 2017 13″ Touch Bar MacBook Pro. External GPU works well and reliably once these steps are completed successfully.

A normal boot procedure is as follows:. Connect the external GPU to designated Thunderbolt 3 port and power MacBook Pro on.

Cold boot shows rEFInd boot menu (hold OPTION at boot if is on USB drive). Press ENTER on boot item – MacBook Pro’s display flashes briefly to confirm selection. Press ARROW key to Windows 10 volume then press ENTER to boot. Windows loads to Desktop and AMD XConnect/Nvidia Optimus icon shows up to confirm eGPU activation There are reports of hot-plug possibilities.

However, we’ve found it’s not reliable and can crash Windows. Furthermore it may cause corruption in the bootup process.

We’ve made a habit of always creating a manual restore point following a change. You never know when Windows will decide it can’t boot into the Desktop anymore. Having these restore points labeled for each step allows you to go back to a particular stage should something happen. Closing Thoughts Apple can facilitate external GPU support in Boot Camp by optimizing its firmware.

We’re uncertain how many engineers are working on external graphics support for High Sierra. Boot Camp eGPU is likely low on the list of priorities, if on the list at all. We’ve opened a thread to. Please voice your opinions so that Apple will hopefully focus more attention on Boot Camp Mac users. We’re all learners as we venture into the territory of eGPU Boot Camp environment. If you know of a better procedure to setup and use external GPU in Boot Camp with a Mac, please share your experience with the community.

Update Apple has made some firmware improvements in the mid-2017 MacBook Pro. Windows 10 now shows “” under Device Manager » View » Resources by connection. This means some Mid 2017 MacBook Pros may be able to use Nvidia eGPU without encountering error 12, no workaround needed. So I believe I am about there, but when i log into windows (without egpu connected) the desktop displays, then flashes black, and then back to the desktop again. It appears that it’s attempting to switch from the igpu to the dgpu.

I installed rEFInd, copied applesetos.efi over to the boot partition. Select it, then go over to windows and tell it to boot. I disabled the x8 1905 pcie bit, installed the intel video drivers, and ran the integrated.bat file. Ideally windows would be functional sans egpu if needed, and then with egpu for gaming if desired and Read more ». Hi there, I got a macbook pro retina which is MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), it only got the Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB and only comes with the thunderbolt 2.

I was wondering if this guide can work on my computer since your mentioned “This explains the ease of eGPU implementation on iGPU-only hosts while dGPU + iGPU hosts such as the Thunderbolt 3 15″ MacBook Pro is harder to accomplish.” But since I know nothing about the “PCIe connection with thunderbolt” issue, which makes me really uncertain about purchasing a e-GPU set up So, can you Read more ». Posted by: Eightarmedpet Not sure if it was you who messaged me (it appears to have vanished – this forum’s software is buggy as hell IMO) but I’m afraid my experience isn’t transferable. I use the 13inch model and dont need to disable anything. The LG 5K gets treated like an internal screen by the eGPU and comes with the same sort of performance loss. So in terms of setting up the eGPU, I need to set it up as if I don’t even have this 5k monitor because it’s being recognized as an internal display, correct?

Futhermore, have Read more ». @theitsage, I’ve just received my 1080 Ti, installed into a Mantiz Venus, connected via TB3 to 2016 15″ MBP with R460, connected the card to an external monitor, followed the guide fully on macos H.S. & win 10, iGPU is working as expected, disabled both PCIe 16x 1901 and PCIe 8x 1905, and using the right side TB3. Still the 1080 Ti shows error 12 in device manager whatever I do, I restarted win many times, and in every time I’m activating the applesetos.efi and boot windows from rEFInd, then disable / enable both PCIe again, but with no luck!!! Great write-up – which I am trying to follow. I am on High Sierra 10.13.1 Beta – 2017 13-inch i7 MBP no touchbar.

No problem in Windows 10 anniversary with GTX 1080, Akitio Node,- but when I tried to use an RX 580 in Windows (worked great with High Sierra) -problems problems problems. Easily detected the AMD card in the Nodebut – Error 12. I tried to disable and re-enable the RX580, the the camera, the thunderbolt ports and used refind with applesetos.efi, then after updating the intel and Radeon drivers (still have error 12) – I now have a Read more ».

Since this is a new laptop (purchased 18 days ago) and I have not made it my working one yet and I was online with apple support late into the night we did some pretty extreme things- wiped the SSD completely, reset the NVRAM and reset the SMC several times. We then went back and through the internet clean installed Sierra-no bootcamp and still the flickering windows logo remains in the center of the screen. It’s been there since shutdown after the Windows 10 Intel GPU driver update. Does not effect external screens through thunderbolt hdmi adapters – only the Read more ». Update on persistent windows logo- solved.

After reinstallation of the bootcamp drivers in windows and a reboot it vanished. I imagine it was the intel driver software in bootcamp. It reappeared and was persistent again after I left the computer on overnight Friday night and it went to sleep. Was able to clear it with reinstallation of the bootcamp software and a reboot after NVRAM and SMC reset during which it “faded”. Next time I will just reinstall bootcamp driver software. One odd feature of the persistent logo and flicker – it seems to slowly “fade”. I have done a Read more ».

@Humanovation: How did you end up getting past this issue with the Vive? “headset needs to be run on the same graphics card as the SteamVR program” What, if any additional hardware did you have to use? I have: 15″ Mid-2017 MacBook Pro, Sonnet Breakaway Box, AMD RX 580, Windows 10 on removed link It seems that SteamVR content without laptop display mirroring works great, but SteamVR content that mirrors the HMD on the laptop display requires the USB and HDMI HMD to be connected to the same graphics removed link Is this the same problem you encountered and Read more ».

Hey, I wanted to thank you for the guide. As I, like many used it to make my 15″ MBP w/TB and Radeon 450 work with my GTX 1080 TI in the Mantiz Venus. Long story short I was having 2 issues: first one, whenever I chain loaded applesetos.efi first, Windows 10 would crash and reboot. After consulting with Mantiz John and Nando4, I think the cause of this for me was that I was enrolled and using a windows insiders preview version. After going with 1703 version of windows and opting out of windows insider previews, I was able Read more ». Finally i see some results!!!

My configuration – Macbook pro 2016 with radeon pro 460 4gb, Akitio node tb3, nvidia gtx 1080Ti via bootcamp. I did everything according to guide, but i have 1 issue and 1 question! ISSUE – gtx1080ti is visible, but works only with external monitor. Any benchmarks do not want even start on internal monitor like on your video. And geforce menu says there is no monitor connected to graphics card. I did everything in 5AM so there is a chance that I miss something, but what?

)) QUESTION – if I wannt just Read more ». I’ll try to make this as clear as possible to understand because even I am slightly confused what is happening.

So firstly I got my Aorus Gaming Box and set everything up as above and it worked great! But then I became stuck in a boot-loop and the manual restore points I made wouldn’t show so I just ended up clean installing windows on my 2017 15″ MBP. Here is where my problem lies when I open device manager on windows (not running on integrated) the integrated card doesn’t show what so ever, not even as microsoft basic display driver. Temporarily I can fix it by uninstalling the internal intel driver with DDU then Manually installing the intel driver again. This fixes the flashing but after playing a game or any graphics intensive task the driver crashes and the flashing beings again until you reinstall the driver ect But this is not a great fix as it always crashes mid game and when in a competitive game it takes 5 min to get back up again.

My ‘current’ solution is to save a GIF on the desktop and just run it in the background, this solution is not a fix but Read more ». Should this article update with new windows update?

I have Macbook Pro 2016 with Mantiz Venus + Aorus RX 580 8GB, after install Windows 1709, just need to disable PCIe 1905 and the setup work perfect. Windows now work with or without eGPU, just simple boot, when I want to use eGPU, just plugged in the cable and restart the windows. Also there is no error or additional step when switch from Mac to Win or Win to Mac. Thanks 1709 Windows update 😀 p/s: I am install windows 1709 directly from Bootcamp.

MBP Mid 2017 + Akitio Node Thunderbolt 3 + GTX970 + Bootcamp/Windows 10 Setup Hello, I have managed to get my setup working in High Sierra. However, I have encountered some issues trying to implement this setup using Bootcamp/Windows. I believe I have followed all instructions correctly from the guide below. When I first removed the intel drivers (from DDU) and plugged in the Node Windows recognized my GTX970. However, when it asked me to reboot I started encountering screen flickering/tearing issues and eventually crashes completely (I tried plugging in from reboot and plugging in after windows boots to desktop, Read more ». May I ask is it that I “must” disable dGPU and activate iGPU to get near full benefit of my gaming box 1080??

Currently I did not disable any port yet on my macbook pro 2016 15″ pro 460, But mine gaming box is working both under MAC(10.12.6) and Bootcamp(win10) and both with external monitor. But I use Unigine Valley for benchmark on ultra, and get a only near 1070 gaming box score, 3477. Less than a youtuber testing 1070 gaming box (he got 3570, though not with macbook pro). And 2832 on MACOS. Posted by: MagicPi HI! May I ask is it that I “must” disable dGPU and activate iGPU to get near full benefit of my gaming box 1080?? Currently I did not disable any port yet on my macbook pro 2016 15″ pro 460, But mine gaming box is working both under MAC(10.12.6) and Bootcamp(win10) and both with external monitor.

But I use Unigine Valley for benchmark on ultra, and get a only near 1070 gaming box score, 3477. Less than a youtuber testing 1070 gaming box (he got 3570, though not with macbook pro). And 2832 on MACOS. Are you Read more ».

OK thanks 🙂 I did enjoy the performance, now running Overwatch in second high settings with some setting to low (ex. Fog) and can get about 140180 fps @2K (with dGPU Pro 460 and connect to the monitor, I have to set every thing to the lowest except something which is more CPU side. And still just Got 120160fps @2K with “50% rendering” use 2K at least to get better display on the text) and finally got my G-sync monitor powered up now! I’m really happy with it, and thanks for all the support I’ve got here.

You can can do your desired setup (which is also mine). I’ve done that with macbook PRO 15″ late 2016 and Aorus Gamming Box GTX 1070. I’ve found that it is pretty easy: After installing Windows 10 via bootcamp assist, go directly to steps 3 and 4. After that you are good to go.

At least until apple decide to support mac ePGU on bootcamp, I preffer this option because it does not disable your macbook discreet GPU. So, you do not have to rely on the crappy intel graphics when the eGPU is not connected. By the way, Read more ». Posted by: Caleb Rasak Hi there! SO I am succesfully running an egpu and driving my intel graphics at the same time. But I just ran into an issue.

I unplugged one of my thunderbolt 3 hubs on accident one day and now my internal macbook pro display sticks on the windows logo. My system recognizes the display is there but I cant display anything on it. Anyway to fix this? @calebrasak does this happen when you have eGPU attached and connected to an external monitor? You can force shut down a couple of times for Windows to go into Read more ». Thanks for the set up guide!

It works perfectly with the eGFX Breakway 350 and a GTX 1070ti. I have just some suggestions. Is’it possible to add more details on boot procedure for each model ( 13″ and 15″ ) and for each if we want to use an external display ( for a higher H2D with Nvidia GPUs, boot without setappleos.efi ) or use the internal display ( need to run integrated.bat for a 15″ and not needed for a 13″ ). After a child calcul it’s just 4 case to describe it and i think it may Read more ». I have a mid-2017 13″ Macbook Pro with Touchbar. I bought a Power Color (Tul) Devilbox to use to BIOS mod each of the AMD GPU’s in my mining rigs. I was pissed when booting it into Win10 Creators Update and it would hang at the Windows logo with artifacts everywhere.

I found this tutorial, and having previously used rEFInd to triple boot another Macbook Pro, I found it pretty easy to follow, and the applesetos.efi at least allowed me to boot my system up while having the GPU attached to it by using the. I can also confirm Read more ».

Io Express is the perfect Mac or PC interface for those who need a quality portable monitoring and mastering solution when working with Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer/Symphony/Newscutter, Adobe Creative Suite, and more. Rugged and portable, Io Express delivers desktop-level functionality that's powerful enough to deliver in the edit suite, but sturdy and portable enough to handle life in the field. With support for a wide range of analog and digital HD/SD video and audio I/O, and broadcast-quality HD to SD down-conversion.

Compatible with PC or Mac, Io Express can be connected via PCIe card or ExpressCard interfaces, offering the flexibility to work on any platform, in the software of your choice. Io Express features HDMI 1.3a I/O plus 3G/HD/SD-SDI I/O. In addition there are connections for Genlock or LTC input and a loop-through output, and component SD/HD analog video output. The high-quality deep color HDMI input and output provides complete color representation when you need it, while allowing you to interface with HDMI camcorders and HD monitors.

Io Express also offers support for both 8-channel HDMI and SDI embedded digital audio or 2 channels of unbalanced analog audio via two RCA connectors. For multi-channel audio mastering, the 8-channel SDI embedded 24-bit 48kHz audio provides pristine quality. The same Io Express unit can be used with PC or Mac, desktop or laptop - giving users the flexibilty to choose how they want to work in each scenario. A rear panel PCIe connector enables use with laptops via an ExpressCard, or with a Mac Pro or Windows workstation via a PCIe card. With the ability to rack mount two Io Express units in a single 1RU space, you can have a secure setup while still having the mobility to change locations quickly. The RS-422 connection on Io Express enables control of external decks and other recording devices directly from within your software application of choice.

Capture clips directly off tape and layoff sequences all frame-accurately without the need for a separate device control adapter. Just some of the supported applications include:. Mac OSX: Apple Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and more. Windows: Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Adobe After Effects, CineForm New 3D, Adobe Photoshop, CineForm Neo HD, Sony Vegas, Eyeon Fusion 64 bit, Autodesk Combustion Featuring full 10-bit, broadcast-quality HD to SD hardware down-conversion and automatic HD/SD 12-bit component analog output, Io Express offers conversion flexibility all the time - during ingest or playback. Io Express can accept a reference signal, which ensures it is locked to any necessary devices for the best quality capture and output.

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