Apple has just launched refreshed MacBook Pros and that’s great news! But for us filmmakers this is not the only great news for today: Blackmagic Design has teamed up with Apple in order to create an external powerhouse for the aforementioned MacBook Pro: The Blackmagic eGPU combines a Radeon Pro 580 graphics processing unit alongside with a full-featured Thunderbolt 3 dock. The new Blackmagic eGPU. image credit: Blackmagic Design Over the years the number of ports on the popular Apple Macbook Pro has been drastically reduced. Now, in 2018, we’re down to 4 USB-C ports and 1 headphone jack. That’s it. So adding a capable dock to your virtual shopping bag became somewhat mandatory in order to really exploit the machine’s full potential. That’s the one thing quite a few professionals mutter about. The other thing is graphics. The GPU of a given computer can’t be potent enough for creative work such as editing, FX work, color grading, RAW processing and so on. Blackmagic Design and Apple obviously listened and created the Blackmagic eGPU. An external GPU plus the kind of dock you need when there’s some serious work to be done in the field. Blackmagic eGPU Hot on the heels of today’s new MacBook Pro lineup comes the Blackmagic eGPU, a companion for that computer (or any other Mac with Thunderbolt 3 ports). It sports a Radeon Pro 580 with 8GB RAM. That’s not the fastest graphics board but that way the whole unit can be operated pretty much silent....
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 12 July, 2018