If you have issues reaching the desktop, verify your display’s input setting, the DisplayPort cable, etc. Instead of restarting, shut down your Mac mini.Īfter shutting down, disconnect the HDMI cable from your Mac mini and the external display, and connect the DisplayPort cable from your eGPU to the external display.īoot the Mac mini, and if you see the Windows desktop, you’re in business. Once the installation is complete, you’ll be prompted to restart your Mac mini. Check Windows Update and Device Manager for the status of the driver install. Windows should detect the eGPU, and begin installing drivers. The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 inside the Razer Core X If the display you’re connecting to has both HDMI and DisplayPort connections, simply use the HDMI connection whenever you need to boot into macOS, and the DisplayPort connection (or second HDMI connection) when utilizing the eGPU.ĭisplayPort connectivity to the external display Connecting the RTX 2080 eGPUĪfter completing the Windows 10 Boot Camp tutorial above, you can now focus on connecting the eGPU to your Mac. Connect the Thunderbolt 3 cable from the eGPU to your Mac mini’s Thunderbolt 3 port, and turn on the eGPU. This is where the Mac mini’s built-in HDMI port comes in handy. Use the Mac mini’s HDMI port to bypass the eGPU when booting into macOS Since macOS Mojave is not compatible with Nvidia GPUs, and no version of macOS works with the RTX 2080, you’ll need to bypass the Nvidia eGPU setup whenever running macOS. If you wish to learn how simple it is to install Windows 10 on your Mac mini or other Mac hardware, follow our easy-to-use video walkthrough below: The next step in replicating this setup is to install Windows 10. Install Windows 10 via Boot Camp Assistant Even the Razer Core X makes for a snug and somewhat uncomfortable fit, as it’s clearly designed for two-slot-wide cards, but it is forgiving enough to accommodate EVGA’s card. Neither the Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 650 nor the Akitio Node Pro allow the RTX 2080 to fit inside. I selected the Razer Core X, because it’s the only eGPU chassis I own that’s wide enough to fit the three-slot-wide EVGA RTX 2080.
The first step is to install the RTX 2080 GPU inside of the graphics chassis. Install the RTX 2080 GPU inside the Razer Core X I’d like to thank the fine folks over at EVGA for loaning me a GeForce RTX 2080 for using in this test. You can, of course, use cheaper components if you wish to do so. Razer Core X external graphics chassis ( review)Īs you may have concluded, this is quite the expensive setup, but it’s more of a proof of concept than anything else.2018 Mac mini (6-core i7 with 32GB RAM) ( review).There are five main pieces of hardware that I utilized for this setup: Subscribe to 9to5Mac on YouTube for more videos Hardware
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