Apple has worked with cinema company Blackmagic on an external GPU based around an AMD Radeon Pro 580 graphics card with 8GB of DDR5 RAM. The Blackmagic eGPU features “an HDMI port, four USB 3.1s and three Thunderbolt 3s, the latter of which makes it unique among these peripherals,” reports TechCrunch. From the report: The company says the on-board cooling system operates pretty quietly, which should fit nicely alongside those new, quieter MacBook keyboards. Many developers will no doubt prefer to configure their own, but for those who want an easier solution for playing resource-intensive games or graphics rendering on with a MacBook, this is a fairly simple solution. The [$699] eGPU is available now through Apple’s retail channels.

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Source: Slashdot – Apple Partnered With Blackmagic On An External GPU For MacBooks