eGPU for 2018 mac mini

Hi, barrie32- in answer to your question, yes, pretty much so. About the only nVidia cards that would work would be those with the “Kepler” chipset … especially in Mojave or later… nvidia and apple have this longstanding feud going… so basically your choices would be a “Kepler” nVidia video/graphics card or one with an AMD chipset in it… plus grafix/video cards are in short supply generally, and there’s a shortage of chips (Blame crypto mining for that first bit) .. so high demand + short supply + overall chip shortage = higher prices overall… you may be able to squeak by with an R9 280 x or rx-460 /rx-480 card… plus an egpu enclosure… mac native or Mac flashed would be OK…you might want to check out egpu.io for more info…

john b

from this article:

Use an external graphics processor with your Mac - Apple Support

Pay close attention to the section: Supported eGPU configurations

Using any other graphics cards besides the ones listed can prove to be problematic, if they work at all.

You’re welcome, barrie32. That’s why i’m here and we’re here, to ask questions, maybe get some help, maybe a few answers, helpful suggestions, just fellow Mac users helping each other out…

john b