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[ikir]

Hi all just a quick post to let you know my eGPU project is going well!
My Mac mini now has 17 x OpenGL performance

Valley 4K high
iris 5100 integrated: fps 1.9 score 78
Nvidia GTX 970 AKitio: fps 32.4 score 1357

https://www.techinfe...ia-gtx-970-4gb/

[DirtyHarry50]

Oh, brother. Another one of those performance gear heads that just has to get a few more FPS or else gaming sucks.

The Iris was so close to 2 FPS. I don't see the big deal really. I mean, you can only see one frame at a time!

[the Battle Cat]

Then that means he has built Mac that will age well.  It's a win either way.

[Frigidman™]

DirtyHarry50, on 28 July 2016 - 05:06 PM, said:

Oh, brother. Another one of those performance gear heads that just has to get a few more FPS or else gaming sucks.

The Iris was so close to 2 FPS. I don't see the big deal really. I mean, you can only see one frame at a time!

Well I dont know about you, but my eyes just dont see 2 fps anymore... I maybe see 1.5 these days.

[ikir]

DirtyHarry50, on 28 July 2016 - 05:06 PM, said:

Oh, brother. Another one of those performance gear heads that just has to get a few more FPS or else gaming sucks.

The Iris was so close to 2 FPS. I don't see the big deal really. I mean, you can only see one frame at a time!

Do you know what is Valley? It is a GPU burner, even gaming machines gets 30-40 fps in 4k. My workmate build a gaming PC for Oculus and he gets the same results, but the funny things i get this on a Mac mini thanks to Thunderbolt 2.

Getting 30fps on Valley in 4k is super, my "old" Mac Pro did much less.

[DirtyHarry50]

ikir, on 29 July 2016 - 12:18 AM, said:

Do you know what is Valley? It is a GPU burner, even gaming machines gets 30-40 fps in 4k. My workmate build a gaming PC for Oculus and he gets the same results, but the funny things i get this on a Mac mini thanks to Thunderbolt 2.

Getting 30fps on Valley in 4k is super, my "old" Mac Pro did much less.

I know. I was joking. I'm familiar with the Unigine benchmarks and just installed both Valley and Heaven on my triple boot iMac to make some comparisons between OS X El Capitan, Windows 10 and Linux Mint 18 Sarah with the Cinnamon desktop.

That's great you can game on the Mini now, very cool.

[ikir]

DirtyHarry50, on 29 July 2016 - 05:04 AM, said:

I know. I was joking. I'm familiar with the Unigine benchmarks and just installed both Valley and Heaven on my triple boot iMac to make some comparisons between OS X El Capitan, Windows 10 and Linux Mint 18 Sarah with the Cinnamon desktop.

That's great you can game on the Mini now, very cool.

Yeah that's really awesome, having these performance on a Mini is fantastic. Now waiting for Mac mini 2016 with Thunderbolt 3...

[mattw]

Interesting - given there is no longer a Mac Pro desktop for the hobbyist with an interest in gaming it could be that a future Mini with an eGPU (that works in MacOS) could be the solution, although the latest models have soldered CPUs and RAM if I recall 👎

[Frost]

DirtyHarry50, on 28 July 2016 - 05:06 PM, said:

Oh, brother. Another one of those performance gear heads that just has to get a few more FPS or else gaming sucks.

The Iris was so close to 2 FPS. I don't see the big deal really. I mean, you can only see one frame at a time!

This. The first time I played Marathon it was in glorious 2 FPS on a Mac IIx. You can't buy that experience nowadays. Of course, when I finally got a PowerPC levels that once took 2 1/2 hours to complete took 15 minutes, but you can't skip that 2 FPS immersion. It was like playing a Hypercard FPS.

[DirtyHarry50]

Frost, on 29 July 2016 - 01:13 PM, said:

This. The first time I played Marathon it was in glorious 2 FPS on a Mac IIx. You can't buy that experience nowadays. Of course, when I finally got a PowerPC levels that once took 2 1/2 hours to complete took 15 minutes, but you can't skip that 2 FPS immersion. It was like playing a Hypercard FPS.

Oh, yeah. Hypercard gaming for the win! Why settle for anything less than making the game you personally want and to your own exacting specifications!

There's a lot to be said for proper pacing in games.

[the Battle Cat]

Oh man, I did a lot of Hypercard programming back in the day.  I still have some stacks for download on my website.

[macdude22]

Did you keep them on a SyQuest drive?

[Thain Esh Kelch]

the Battle Cat, on 31 July 2016 - 02:50 PM, said:

Oh man, I did a lot of Hypercard programming back in the day.  I still have some stacks for download on my website.

You may want to update your design soon.

[Janichsan]

Thain Esh Kelch, on 01 August 2016 - 03:42 AM, said:

You may want to update your design soon.

That design style is making a comeback.

[the Battle Cat]

I started out brutal, and I plan to finish just as brutally.  I haven't touched that site since March 2000.

[ikir]

(quite) final result

https://www.techinfe...ngle-power-plug

[DirtyHarry50]

Very nice!

[Cougar]

Anyone see this eGPU kickstarter project? https://www.kickstar...top/description

It says they have their own software, I wonder how it handles the nVidia web drivers that are obviously needed?

I've sworn off hardware kickstarters and I'm happy with my hackintosh but I could see this being my ideal computer endgame in five-ten year's time. Apple SSD storage has to come way down in price first, though.

[ikir]

Noooo they beat me! I was starting making ad hoc pcb and case for a Kickstarter project

[Janichsan]

Cougar, on 23 August 2016 - 05:26 PM, said:

Anyone see this eGPU kickstarter project? https://www.kickstar...top/description

What is this guy playing?



Stevie Wonder Simulator 2016?