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carmina292 Author

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eGPU card compatibility with iMac 2017

Hi there

Could someone please advise on the following:

I have an iMac running on macOS Monterey (v 12.6) with the following specs:

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)

Processor: 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5

Memory: 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4

Startup Disk: Macintosh HD

Graphics: Radeon Pro 570 4 GB

Thunderbolt 3

As I use it primarily with 3d architecture & rendering softwares such as ArchiCAD, Twinmotion, Cinema 4D I need to upgrade the graphic card specs asap.

For this I want to use an eGPU card AMD Radeon RX 6900XT or RX 6700XT with 16GB memory on a Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box 750ex chassis.

Would all these combined be compatible to one another as I see the graphic card doesn’t mention being macOS compatible in the specs?

Thanks,

Carmina

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 14, 2023 3:36 AM

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MartinR

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21,835 points

Posted on Jan 14, 2023 7:13 AM

Here is Apple's KB document about eGPUs:

Use an external graphics processor with your Mac - Apple Support

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