For many, the MacBook Pro is the perfect Mac: it has power and portability. But the reality is that there is no perfect team, unless your requirements are very precise. In any case, there are external GPUs on the market that allow us to improve the graphic capacity of a Mac. In this case, we have the versatility of a laptop, but once we get to the desktop, we can take advantage of all the power of a GPU, attached to our team. One of these companies is Sonnet, which released a Thunderbold 3 eGPU, the eGFX Breakaway Box. But this team had a problem, its enormous dimensions.
Knowing these limitations regarding its versatility, the company decides to release a much smaller version, in dimensions and weight. Therefore, today we have the Breakaway Puck eGFX, much easier to transport.
The operation is very simple. The eGFX connects to the Mac and voila. Its dimensions are square, similar to an Apple TV 4, 15 centimeters by 13 centimeters. as well as 5 centimeters thick. Its weight is around 2kg. In the rear connections, we find an HDMI and 3 DisplayPort.
But the most important thing is its interior. We have two configurations:AMD Radeon RX 560, as well as a more powerful model, AMD Radeon RX 570. Both graphics have 4Gb of dedicated memory, which guarantee to move 4k files at 60 hz. Graphics are equivalent to those used by Apple on iMac. The graphics that the 21 ″ iMac mounts with a retina display is very similar to the AMD Radeon RX 560. While the AMD Radeon RX 570 is similar to the one incorporated in the 27 ″ iMac.
Therefore, if you need graphic power, especially in the 13 ″ models, the eGPU solutions can facilitate your day to day. You can find both solutions in the page from Sonnet, at a price of $ 449 that the AMD Radeon RX 560 mounts and for $ 599 the AMD Radeon RX 570 model.
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