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 |
| AMD Radeon Vega 56, Radeon 5700 (1)
This card is supported in the Breakaway Box 350, 550 or 650.
AMD Radeon Vega 56, Radeon 5700 XT (1,2)
This card is supported in the Breakaway Box 550 or 650.
AMD Radeon Vega 64 (2) (air cooled), Vega Frontier Edition (air cooled); Radeon Pro WX8200 or WX9100; Radeon VII (3):
These cards are supported in the Breakaway Box 650.
AMD Radeon Vega 64 (liquid cooled) or Vega Frontier Edition (liquid cooled):
These cards are not supported.
1. The Radeon 5700 and 5700 XT are supported on Windows 10 Build 1809+. Support on macOS requires 10.15.2+
2. Some large gaming versions of Vega 64 and Radeon 5700 XT do not fit in the Breakaway Box. Check the Graphics Card Compatibility pdf for specific model information.
3. The Radeon VII is requires Windows 10 Build 1809+ or macOS 10.14.6+ to work at all, but we don't recommend it. On macOS, the Radeon VII mostly works, but is not officially supported by Apple, AMD, or Sonnet. On macOS or Windows, The Radeon VII fans unnecessarily run at full speed upon sleep or shutdown. To quiet the fans, the user must power down an eGPU chassis with a Radeon VII upon sleep or shutdown. |
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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 |
| For the eGFX Breakaway Box to turn on, you must (1) turn on the power switch AND (2) connect the Breakaway Box to a computer with the supplied Thunderbolt 3 cable. |
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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 |
| If you have an NVIDIA Quadro dGPU, then the installed driver will automatically support NVIDIA Quadro eGPUs.
If you have an NVIDIA Quadro dGPU, and you are using an NVIDIA GeForce or Titan eGPU, then you may need to:
Step 1:
Uninstall the Quadro dGPU driver and install the GeForce eGPU driver, which will support both an external GeForce or Titan GPU and the internal Quadro dGPU. Download and run the latest Driver Display Uninstaller from Wagnardsoft.
Step 2:
Install the latest NVIDIA desktop driver for the GeForce or Titan GPU. |
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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 |
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 |
| All GeForce RTX 20 series, GTX 9, 10 series, TITAN X (Maxwell), TITAN X (Pascal), TITAN Xp, Titan V, Titan RTX are supported. In addition, Quadro RTX5000, RTX6000, RTX8000, P4000, P5000, P6000 and GP100 are also supported. NVIDIA publishes a support list. |
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998 |
| I need to ship the Breakaway Box. Do I need to remove the card? | Jan-06-21 |
999 |
| How do I get external graphics working on a Gigabyte motherboard? | Feb-03-23 |
1001 |
| My display is not being detected on macOS. | Jun-21-21 |
| Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Displays. If your Mac doesn't recognize a display you've just connected, hold down the Option key to make the Detect Displays button appear, then click that button. |
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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 |
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 |
| Use at least one active DP-to-HDMI adapter.
Display Port signal is not compatible with HDMI.
However, on most modern GPU cards, the DisplayPort output is a Dual mode DisplayPort (DP++), which has the ability to recognize and adjust the signal to HDMI when a passive DP-to-HDMI adapter cable is connected, but only up to a point. If the HDMI monitors you are trying to connect are identical (use identical video signal timings), then you should be able to use passive adapters for all. However, if the monitors are different, then there may be a limit of two special clocks to drive passive DP to HDMI adapters; ergo only two HDMI monitors may be supported with passive adapters; the third and subsequent monitor would need to be native DisplayPort or would need to use an active DP-to-HDMI adapter.
Older generation GPU cards require the use of active DP-to-HDMI adapters on every DP port. |
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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 |
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 |
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