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However, his appears to only be a cosmetic issue so I ignore it. The only oddity that I noticed at first is that system information lists the Vega64 as “AMD RX xxx”. 3) Initial experiencesĪfter plugging it in and turning it on for the first time I was excited to see that everything was working out of the box. As a side note it looks like some users have had success with Nvidia cards on macOS after some elbow grease but AMD cards were reported to be plug and play hence my decisions to go with AMD. For my graphics card I decided to go with the Vega64. For my enclosure I decided to go with the Mantiz Venus ($399). So after reading about the success and watching several youtube reviews I thought it was time to give this EGPU thing a go. They quickly updated some of their guides and recommendations to help beginners, such as myself, start their EGPU journey on High Sierra. This news was welcomed at egpu.io where a community of capable individuals have been trail blazing EGPUs on macOS prior to 10.13 & Windows. At WWDC17 Apple announced that they would be fully supported in High Sierra sometime during the spring of 2018. Until recently they were relatively niche however, with the release of thunderbolt3 they have begun to gain traction. The acronym EGPU stands for external GPU. 1) What is an EGPU & when did Apple start supporting them?