The Blackmagic eGPU is extruded from a single piece of aluminum and features a unique thermal cooling system that’s been designed to balance the airflow and dissipate heat more efficiently. This new MacBook Pro and eGPU will no doubt be popular with artists on location, on set or freelancing. There is no getting around the fact that desktop machines stay in the office. While the iMac Pro is our go to machine given its impressive 18 cores. Here at fxguide we rely on the Powerbooks for most day to day work and the top of the line iMac for AR-VR and Real time graphics work (more on this next week). It means artists can get higher resolution images, higher frame rate gameplay, better lighting and more detailed textures, even on a laptop computer. It’s perfect for speeding up professional creative applications such as DaVinci Resolve. The Blackmagic eGPU simply plugs in via Thunderbolt 3, and then users can get improved graphics performance and acceleration of computational tasks. It is designed to address the needs of professional video editors, colorists and visual effects artists who need to remain mobile, but want the power of a desktop class GPU added to their MacBook Pro. With the huge shift from Desktop units to Powerbooks, and no word yet on the new Apple Pro machines beyond the high end professional iMacs, this is a great option for many artists, especially freelancers or smaller studios. The Blackmagic eGPU is shipping now for US$699 on and in select Apple Retail stores worldwide. It comes in an integrated design that first to support Thunderbolt 3 displays. The Blackmagic eGPU was designed in collaboration with Apple, it features a built-in Radeon Pro 580, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, HDMI 2.0, 85W of charging power and four USB 3.1 connections. ( Yes someone here at the fxguide tech compound has already put in their order !) The new MacBook Pro models feature 8th-generation Intel Core processors, with 6-core on the 15-inch model for up to 70 percent faster performance and quad-core on the 13-inch model for up to two times faster performance. Additional updates include support for up to 32GB of memory and Radeon Pro discrete graphics with 4GB of video memory in every configuration (15″). It is released with the new MacBook Pros also being announced today. Blackmagic Design today announced the Blackmagic eGPU, a high performance graphics processor for pro creative software such as DaVinci Resolve, 3D games and VR.
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