The now-available $249 Akitio Thunder3 is much smaller than the larger Akitio Node, so it takes up a smaller footprint on your desk. Instead, you can utilize a Boot Camp installation, and turn your MacBook Pro into a 1080p gaming machine. That’s not to say that you should run out and buy a Windows laptop if you want to play the latest games requiring a more powerful GPU. It should come as no surprise that the setup process and support with Windows is, in some ways, quite a bit better than using an eGPU with macOS. While that solution yielded definite benefits, it was also hindered by difficulties caused by macOS itself. In our previous tutorial, we showed you how to wield an AMD RX 480 in macOS. As we’ve shown in a previous post, an eGPU can make a significant performance difference, turning an otherwise graphically pedestrian MacBook Pro into a competent gaming machine.
While they’ve existed before the most recent MacBook Pro, the surge of interest in external GPUs is largely thanks to the implementation of Thunderbolt 3 in the latest Mac hardware.
