ID | | Article Title | Post Date |
907 |
| Can I upgrade the power supply in the Sonnet eGFx Breakaway Box or Breakaway Box 550? | Sep-20-19 |
913 |
| Does an eGPU accelerate Adobe After Effects? | Jun-21-21 |
914 |
| Does the Breakaway Box support the AMD Radeon Vega 64, FE, WX8200 or WX9100, Radeon VII, or Radeon 5700 or 5700 XT? | Jan-12-20 |
915 |
| The GPU-350W-TB3 and GPU-350W-TB3Z both have 350W power supplies, but only GPU-350W-TB3Z supports some higher end cards. Why? | Oct-21-19 |
925 |
| My Breakaway Box won't turn on. | Jan-06-21 |
926 |
| I have a Windows computer with a discrete (internal) NVIDIA Quadro dGPU, and the external NViDIA GeForce or Titan eGPU is not recognized. | Jun-21-21 |
929 |
| Can I use a Sonnet eGPU with Boot Camp? | Jun-21-21 |
930 |
| What kind of performance can I expect from the NVIDIA Titan Xp (Pascal) with the eGFX Breakaway Box? | Nov-06-17 |
| In a Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box, the Titan Xp was performing at:
Single-precision Float 12.4 Tflops/s
Double-precision Float 416 Gflop/s
Note: You may have read that some other manufacturers' external graphics boxes--even some with a higher power supply rating--fail under heavy load with the NVIDIA Titan Xp (Pascal) card. Not so with a Sonnet Breakaway Box. In choosing a power supply, Sonnet carefully considers not only the eGFX Box nominal power rating, but also its instantaneous peak power delivery capability. Sonnet runs many rigorous tests (including the CUDA-Z benchmark, set to Heavy Load Test Mode). The Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box must pass the most stringent tests before we put it in your hands. |
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932 |
| How can I use the Sonnet eGPUs to accelerate games on the MacBook Pro or iMac internal video? | Jun-21-21 |
938 |
| What power cable do I need for the Avid HDX card? | Jun-21-21 |
| Sonnet has made a power cable for the Avid HDX card that is compatible with the Breakaway Box. The part number is TCB-HDXB and is available from Sonnet or Sonnet-authorized resellers.
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970 |
| How do I use the Breakaway Box or RX 560/570 Puck with the LG Ultrafine 5K Display sold on the Apple store? | Jan-06-21 |
978 |
| Sonnet's macOS-compatible external graphics supports up to 5 displays. How can I tile them into one large display? | Jan-06-21 |
| In macOS:
Open System Preferences.
Open Mission Control.
Uncheck Displays have separate Spaces.
Log out.
Log in. |
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991 |
| What is the maximum size GPU card that will fit in a Breakaway Box? | Jan-06-21 |
995 |
| Which NVIDIA cards are supported as external GPUs. | Oct-21-19 |
998 |
| I need to ship the Breakaway Box. Do I need to remove the card? | Jan-06-21 |
| Sonnet recommends that you remove the card and ship it separately. Because graphics card lengths vary, the Breakaway Box could not offer support for the back end of cards. Some cards have stiffeners, but many do not, and are at risk when shipped inside the box. |
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999 |
| How do I get external graphics working on a Gigabyte motherboard? | Feb-03-23 |
| On newer Gigabyte computers, you have to enable boot ridge 2.0 (Gigabyte) in the BIOS/UEFI.
\ql On older Gigabyte motherboards, you may need to take these steps to get an eGPU working :
1. Install latest BIOS (e.g. use Gigabyte Q-Flash utility within the BIOS to update via USB-drive)
2. Install latest Thunderbolt firmware (available on Gigabyte.us support site)
3. Uninstall the existing Thunderbolt bus driver, and then install the latest Thunderbolt bus driver.
(We got bus driver version 16.3.61.275 working,. This is the latest one as of February 2018)
4. Change settings in the system BIOS to allocate enough PCI resources to the Thunderbolt bus.
....Boot into BIOS by pressing Delete key during boot
....Go to "Peripherals" > "Thunderbolt (TM) Configuration" > "ThunderBolt Detachable Graphics Support" > switch to "Enable"
....Increase the following settings to its maximum values:
........"Reserved Memory for Dgpu" > enter maximum allowed value, typically 299
........"Reserved PMemory for Dgpu" > enter maximum allowed value, typically 499
........"Reserved Memory" > enter maximum allowed value, typically 4096
........"Reserved Memory" > enter maximum allowed value, typically 4096
....Save settings and exit BIOS |
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1001 |
| My display is not being detected on macOS. | Jun-21-21 |
1002 |
| My 4K display is connecting only at 30Hz. Why I can't set it to 60Hz? | Jun-21-21 |
1004 |
| How to Solve the DP No Video / Wrong Resolution Issue with the Dell P2715Q / P2415Q Flat Panel Monitors | Jun-21-21 |
1025 |
| Will a Sonnet eGPU accelerate internal video on a Mac? | Jun-21-21 |
| If you are using macOS 10.14.6+, you can accelerate applications with the external GPU (if they support GPU acceleration)...
Select the app in Finder
Get Info
Check Prefer External GPU
Adobe Premiere and Apple Final Cut Pro automatically use the eGPU when appropriate. Do not select Prefer External GPU for these applications.
Some professional applications let you select the external GPU (or multiple GPUs) in their preferences. |
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1026 |
| Does Final Cut Pro use the external GPU in a Breakaway Box, or Breakaway Puck, or DuoModo eGPU Module? | Jun-21-21 |
1028 |
| Does the Breakaway Box or RX 560/570 Puck support the LG UltraFine 4k Display sold by Apple? | Jan-06-21 |
1038 |
| I purchased a Breakaway Box bundled with a Radeon GPU card and now I need warranty service on the GPU card. | Sep-20-19 |
1051 |
| I'm connecting from a DVI (or sometimes DP) port on my GPU Card--via an adapter cable--to an HDMI port on my monitor and the display looks magenta. | Jun-21-21 |
1054 |
| How do I extend the length of a DisplayPort cable? | Jun-21-21 |
1084 |
| I connected my monitor to the Breakaway Box, Breakaway Puck, or DuoModo eGPU Module on my 2018 or newer Mac mini, but it boots with a black screen. | Jun-21-21 |
1110 |
| I'm trying to use four HDMI monitors by adding DP-to-HDMI adapters, but it doesn't work. | Jun-21-21 |
1111 |
| I'm trying to use an additional HDMI monitor by adding a DP-to-HDMI adapter, but it doesn't work. | Jun-21-21 |
1145 |
| Do not disconnect or power off you eGPU during sleep or your Mac will crash. | Apr-20-21 |
1191 |
| I upgraded to macOS 12.4 and my Vega 56 is no longer seen by macOS. | Nov-25-22 |
| If you had Filevault turned on during the update, then you need to turn Filevault off and then on again. This should fix the issue. |
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1212 |
| My computer will randomly freeze | Feb-25-23 |
1225 |
| My Windows PC freezes without a blue screen when using an NVIDIA GPU. | Jun-05-23 |
1246 |
| Disconnecting my eGPU crashes macOS 14+� | Sep-09-24 |
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