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Re:MacOS finally gains external GPU support by bitL on Friday March 30, 2018 @02:44PM (#16718725)
IMO it's more cost effective and stable just to buy a Ryzen 2400G system (the same cost as a good eGPU case), put in Linux and use it for training at a full speed. TB3 has 4x lower throughput than PCIe, so if you need to transfer a lot of data (any meaningful non-toy model these days), it's better to stick with internal GPU. Not mentioning Linux is 1st class/preferred platform for many frameworks like TensorFlow etc.
Re:MacOS finally gains external GPU support by walshemj on Saturday March 31, 2018 @06:53AM (#16722755)
I say for thease sort of application why bother with MAC at all just go with Ryzen or wait for Ryzen2 out this month or go the full Threadripper or Eypc / Rome