MacBook Pro laptop owners looking for a little more
graphics processing power may be interested in a new external graphics card
created by Blackmagic Design in the form of the Blackmagic eGPU specifically
designed for the Apple MacBook Pro and priced at US$ 700.
The Blackmagic Design external graphics card is
equipped with a Radeon Pro 580 graphics processor providing users with GB of
GDDR5 RAM, 256-bit memory bandwidth and 36 discreet compute units for up to 5.5
teraflops of processing power, capable of a massive 38.4 billion textured
pixels per second. the Blackmagic eGPU external; GPU offers plenty of
flexibility and plugs in to a spare Thunderbolt 3 port on your MacBook Pro.
Giving you an HDMI output, 85W of power, another Thunderbolt 3 connection as
well as four USB 3.1 connections.
The casing of the Blackmagic eGPU external graphics card
has been extruded from a single piece of aluminium and features a unique
thermal cooling system that’s been designed for the airflow and dissipate heat
more efficiently. Providing a system that emits just 18dB at its lowest.
