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I just bought an eGPU to solve the Macbook overheating problem. While that works, it made me mad that I had to spend 350 euro’s to fix a problem I did not have with my 2014 model, while having an extra unsightly box on my desk with a giant power brick.

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Heh, you effectively no longer have a laptop either (I mean, you do, if you want it to overheat I guess), so you spent money + changed it to a desktop computer, without really getting any of the benefits of a desktop computer.

While your comment is genuinely amusing it should be stated that the eGPU wouldn't be needed when out and about since you'd only be running the one screen. So in some ways having an eGPU is the best of both worlds: something equivalent to a desktop PC when "docked" at his desk but still a usable portable device when out and about.

Yes, but I absolutely do not need the 3D capabilities of that card. I just want a cool laptop with a large screen for remote work and a 4k or 5k monitor at home.

Here's hoping some enterprising TB3 hub maker adds a decent, low-powered GPU into one of their hubs.

This might help balance the load of driving a 4k/5k screen, or at the very least, keep the MacBook's motherboard cool, and also keep the whole setup fairly portable.

I’d snap that up in a heartbeat if it meant I could run more than 2 external screens on my shitty 2015 non-touchbar MBP (the model with only 2 USB-C ports)

Yes I hate it, but I did not have the time and willpower to find another solution so I bought the eGPU.

Which macbook do you have?

16 inch i7

Runs freaking hot when driving a 4k monitor through thunderbolt. The secondary GPU seems to be the problem.

I didn’t have this issue with my 15 inch retina Macbook pro through mini Displaport.

Crazy.

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