[rz2k]

>Currently Mac users are limited to Maxwell GPUs from the company’s 9-series cards, but next week we’ll be able to finally experience Pascal, albeit a $1200 Pascal model, on the Mac.

>We have reached out to Nvidia for a statement about compatibility down the line with lesser 10-series cards, and I’m happy to report that Nvidia states that all Pascal-based GPUs will be Mac-enabled via upcoming drivers. This means that you will be able to use a GTX 1080, for instance, on a Mac system via an eGPU setup, or with a Hackintosh build.

https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/06/nvidia-titan-xp-beta-pascal-d...

[josephg]

> for instance, on a Mac system via an eGPU setup

This is one of my biggest feature requests for Apple. I want a tiny little laptop with an integrated GPU when I'm on the road. But when I'm home I also want to be able to run simulations, play games on a big screen & do VR. And for that I want a desktop class GPU when I'm at home. And I want that GPU to be upgradable - CPU speed isn't improving anywhere near as fast as GPU speed, so it makes sense to keep the rest of my system across multiple GPU generations.

The laptops are already there. The RAM fiasco aside, the current laptops are fine little machines. And with thunderbolt 3 they should have no problem supporting external GPUs.

All thats missing is an official apple egpu enclosure and software support! People on the internet have already gotten them working via injecting kexts into the kernel. But first party support would make the whole thing way better, and way more stable. C'mon apple! We're so close! Take my money!

[mhermher]

They'd probably lean towards just selling the egpu with gpu included rather than just the shell. Seems more in line wit the company. They don't want people using untested hardware I am guessing. It's bad for brand image or whatever. I figure that's the same reason they don't just sell OSX licenses on their own. They want to know the hardware and software will work well together. Even then, and even with a markup, I think mac users would be pretty happy with at least having that option.

[eliperkins]

This is great. Hackintosh builds using the GTX 1080 will be fairly powerful now.

[gogopuppygogo]

I wish Apple would pay attention to the pro users out there who still want a workstation.

*Still rocking a Mid 2010 Mac Pro since the 2013 model was underwhelming and nothing has been released since.

[alfredxing]

Just a couple of days ago, Apple held a small press meeting discussing the Mac Pro: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031619

[jacurtis]

It makes you wonder if this isn't a coincidence. Nvidia and Mac have pretended like the other one doesn't exist for several years now (since Apple adopted AMD and dropped NVIDIA about 4 years ago). Now, less than a week apart Apple breaks its iron curtain randomly to come out and tell us that they are making better Mac Pros and promises that they actually listen to customer feedback and NVIDIA announces mac support coming to their high end GPUs. Its a bit too crazy of a coincidence for me.

Once of the biggest requests from Mac Pro users was the ability to at least have the option to use NVIDIA cards. I had a Macbook pro (2013 i think) which had a dedicated NVIDIA graphics card in it, and then i upgraded to a 2015 model Macbook pro with the same specs (100% decked out) and noticed a huge drop in graphics performence due to the fact that I was stuck with the AMD graphics card (as Apple had dropped NVIDIA as their dedicated graphics card provider during those years). I really regretted upgrading my Mac and wish i could have my older one back which had the NVIDIA card.

[WelcomeToHeaven]

My gut tells me this is more than coincidence. This and Apple's newfound dedication and commitment to 'pro' users has me excited (for the time being) about Apple's future

[mhermher]

Reading between the lines here a little too much here, but maybe it signals that Apple is going to be using NVIDIA in the new Mac pros?

[Keyframe]

That's the real news. Just yesterday we were lamenting the lack of drivers for newer cards from Nvidia. Good times for Hackintoshes all around!

[Cacti]

Finally! This is fantastic news and the first real indication in ~10 months that the 1000/Pascal line will even be functional on a Mac. This is going to make a lot of people very happy.

[KaoruAoiShiho]

I'm thinking of MBPs with nvidia. I'm guessing Vega only comes in big configurations and there won't be a smaller version suitable for notebooks. Mobile Polaris is non-competitive with Pascal on notebooks. Hope this is the case.