**Installing and Using the Nvidia Pascal Web Driver with an External GPU (eGPU) on a MacBook Pro**

Now that we've detected our external GPU, it's time to download the Pascal web driver from Nvidia. To do this, simply type 'y' when prompted to confirm the installation, and then press return. The drivers are approximately 62.2 megabytes in size, so be patient as they download and install.

Once the download is complete, the installer will begin removing validation checks from the package, and we'll be ready to install. Simply type 'y' again when prompted to confirm the installation, and wait for a few seconds until it's completed. The driver will then rebuild caches and we'll be done.

**Restarting Our MacBook Pro**

Now that we've installed the Nvidia Pascal web drivers, let's restart our MacBook Pro to ensure everything is properly recognized. Once we're back up and running, we should see an Nvidia logo in the menu bar, which allows us to quickly switch between the Nvidia web driver and the built-in internal graphics on our MacBook.

**Performance Comparison**

When it comes to performance comparisons, we've found that there are some obvious gains when compared to the internal Intel Iris 550 Graphics. For example, in the Heaven Ultra benchmark, we see a stark difference of 91 frames per second versus 10 for the GTX 1080 TI, which really shows the potential of Nvidia's beta Pascal web drivers.

However, despite these impressive benchmarks, real-world gaming performance doesn't quite live up to expectations. Running Rocket League at 4K resolution using High settings, we see around 30 frames per second or less, which is choppy and not ideal. The same issue persists when running Abduction from the Mac App Store at 1080p.

**The Limitations of Beta Drivers**

It's worth noting that these beta web drivers lack the optimization found in Windows versions, particularly when it comes to OpenCL tasks. This means that Final Cut Pro will run poorly with an eGPU setup, but we can still enjoy some great performance gains when gaming on Windows.

**Using Boot Camp for Gaming Performance**

So, if you're looking to take full advantage of your eGPU and experience top-notch gaming performance, it's recommended to install Boot Camp and run Windows alongside your MacBook Pro. This will allow you to drive the internal display with the GTX 1080 TI and enjoy some impressive frame rates in games like Rocket League.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, while an eGPU setup with a Pascal-based card offers some exciting possibilities for Mac users, these beta web drivers have some limitations that prevent them from reaching their full potential. If you're looking to take full advantage of your eGPU and experience top-notch gaming performance, it's recommended to install Boot Camp and run Windows alongside your MacBook Pro.

**Future Video: The $200 6 GB Card is More Valuable for Mac Users than the $700 GTX 1080 TI**

And that's not all - in a future video, we'll be showing why this $200 6 GB card is more valuable for Mac users than the $700 GTX 1080 TI. So, thumbs up if you want to see that video and let us know in the comments section below!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhow does the flagship Pascal based GTX 1080 TI perform on a MacBook in this video we'll show you so after Nvidia announced and then released its highly anticipated Pascal drivers for Mac OS I was extremely excited to try out the GTX 1080ti on my MacBook this is of course the flagship gaming card from envidia so I broke out the aido node Thunderbolt 3 enabled egpu enclosure this box can accommodate a full-sized double width GPU so I'm going to unscrew it open it up slap in the GTX 1080 TI and then connect it to my MacBook Pro now keep in mind that you don't necessarily have to splurge for the high-end GTX 1080ti in fact nvidia's drivers work for all Pascal based cards so that means it works with the 1050 the 1050 TI the 1060 the 1070 The 1080 you get the point so now we just need to connect the 8 and six pin power connectors and we're good so here it is folks the GTX 1080 TI inside the aido node ready to connect to my MacBook Pro so I connect to power my external display into the MacBook Pro via thunderboat 3 so now we're booting in the Mac OS and then you just want to paste this command in the terminal basically this downloads the automate egpu script gives it the right permissions switches to the desktop and then executes the script so we'll open up terminal and then just literally copy and paste this string of terminal teral commands so we'll just copy and then we'll paste and then press return on the keyboard so first it downloads the script to the desktop then you want to enter in your password I'll do that now and this is important make sure it detects your external GPU you'll see it right here GeForce GTX 1080ti so it does detect my egpu now it's time to download the Pascal web driver from Nvidia so type y for yes then press return and the driver's are about 62.2 megab so it'll take a few seconds to finish the download once it does it's going to remove the validation checks from the package and now it's ready to install so just type y on your keyboard and press return so the installation will take just a few seconds just be patient and wait on it once it is completed it's going to rebuild the caches and then we'll be done okay we're finished so now it's just a matter of restarting our Mac so let's do that right now all right so we're coming back up we're going to boot back into Mac OS and we're back to the desktop now when you go to the menu bar you should see an Nvidia logo and this shortcut allows you to quickly switch between the Nvidia web driver and the built-in internal graphics on your MacBook now you'll also find a shortcut to nvidia's driver manager which is located in system preferences and here you'll find some duplicate functionality switching between the drivers and you'll find other items like being able to update the drivers for instance okay so the answer to the question we've all been waiting for how do these drivers perform how does the GTX 1080ti perform on a MacBook well hm it it's kind of a mixed bag to be honest with you there are some obvious performance gains when compared to the internal Graphics like look at this chart right here it's obvious that the GTX 1080 TI is MIL ahead of the internal Intel Iris 550 Graphics I mean look at the heaven Ultra benchmark you see 91 frames per second versus 10 so that really shows the potential of nvidia's beta Pascal web drivers however despite the Stark differences and benchmarks it doesn't really translate all that well to real world gaming performance as you'll see here now this is rocket League which isn't a super demanding game but I am running it at 4K resolution using High settings and you'll notice that the frames per second stay somewhere around 30 or less it really is kind of choppy and the same thing happened when I was playing abduction from the Mac App Store running at 1080p it was choppy as well I mean this is a 1080 TI it should be performing much better than this but again these are beta web drivers and they obviously lack the optimization that you'll find on Windows now I know this sounds weird but if you're going to use an egpu setup on a MacBook Pro you want to install boot cam you just want to do it because that is the main reason why you would want an egpu setup with a pascal based card because Pascal based cards don't really perform all that well with opencl task and things like that so Final Cut Pros going to run really terrible but when it comes to gaming if you're in the right environment if you're on Windows and you're gaming oh man it's amazing not only do the games perform way better on the Windows environment than they do on the MacBook Pro but you can also Drive the internal display on your MacBook directly with the egpu and the benchmarks actually translate to real world gaming performance increase so you can see that I've added Windows external display and windows internal display powered by the GTX 1080ti and as you can see in the windows environment it walks all over Mac OS using the same benchmarks and to be honest it's not really a huge surprise that this is the case I mean we knew that these were beta web drivers going into it and we also know that Windows just has a history of being better when it comes to gaming in general so this right here 4K rocket League performs great 60 frames per second Locked In Stark difference between the same test on Mac OS so ladies and gentlemen it's not stupid to want to run a pill card with your MacBook but these cards are primarily aimed at Gamers and as we've seen the games perform better on windows so if you want this type of setup if you want a portable machine that has that power then it's probably best to run boot camp and have windows installed on your MacBook as well that's not to say that there aren't any valid use cases for an egpu for Mac OS users because there are in a future video I'm going to show why this 200 some OD dollar card is more valuable for Mac OS users than the $700 GTX 1080 ti so thumbs up if you want to see that video ladies and gentlemen would you consider an egpu setup for your MacBook Pro let me know Down Below in the comments section this is Jeff with 9 to-5 Machow does the flagship Pascal based GTX 1080 TI perform on a MacBook in this video we'll show you so after Nvidia announced and then released its highly anticipated Pascal drivers for Mac OS I was extremely excited to try out the GTX 1080ti on my MacBook this is of course the flagship gaming card from envidia so I broke out the aido node Thunderbolt 3 enabled egpu enclosure this box can accommodate a full-sized double width GPU so I'm going to unscrew it open it up slap in the GTX 1080 TI and then connect it to my MacBook Pro now keep in mind that you don't necessarily have to splurge for the high-end GTX 1080ti in fact nvidia's drivers work for all Pascal based cards so that means it works with the 1050 the 1050 TI the 1060 the 1070 The 1080 you get the point so now we just need to connect the 8 and six pin power connectors and we're good so here it is folks the GTX 1080 TI inside the aido node ready to connect to my MacBook Pro so I connect to power my external display into the MacBook Pro via thunderboat 3 so now we're booting in the Mac OS and then you just want to paste this command in the terminal basically this downloads the automate egpu script gives it the right permissions switches to the desktop and then executes the script so we'll open up terminal and then just literally copy and paste this string of terminal teral commands so we'll just copy and then we'll paste and then press return on the keyboard so first it downloads the script to the desktop then you want to enter in your password I'll do that now and this is important make sure it detects your external GPU you'll see it right here GeForce GTX 1080ti so it does detect my egpu now it's time to download the Pascal web driver from Nvidia so type y for yes then press return and the driver's are about 62.2 megab so it'll take a few seconds to finish the download once it does it's going to remove the validation checks from the package and now it's ready to install so just type y on your keyboard and press return so the installation will take just a few seconds just be patient and wait on it once it is completed it's going to rebuild the caches and then we'll be done okay we're finished so now it's just a matter of restarting our Mac so let's do that right now all right so we're coming back up we're going to boot back into Mac OS and we're back to the desktop now when you go to the menu bar you should see an Nvidia logo and this shortcut allows you to quickly switch between the Nvidia web driver and the built-in internal graphics on your MacBook now you'll also find a shortcut to nvidia's driver manager which is located in system preferences and here you'll find some duplicate functionality switching between the drivers and you'll find other items like being able to update the drivers for instance okay so the answer to the question we've all been waiting for how do these drivers perform how does the GTX 1080ti perform on a MacBook well hm it it's kind of a mixed bag to be honest with you there are some obvious performance gains when compared to the internal Graphics like look at this chart right here it's obvious that the GTX 1080 TI is MIL ahead of the internal Intel Iris 550 Graphics I mean look at the heaven Ultra benchmark you see 91 frames per second versus 10 so that really shows the potential of nvidia's beta Pascal web drivers however despite the Stark differences and benchmarks it doesn't really translate all that well to real world gaming performance as you'll see here now this is rocket League which isn't a super demanding game but I am running it at 4K resolution using High settings and you'll notice that the frames per second stay somewhere around 30 or less it really is kind of choppy and the same thing happened when I was playing abduction from the Mac App Store running at 1080p it was choppy as well I mean this is a 1080 TI it should be performing much better than this but again these are beta web drivers and they obviously lack the optimization that you'll find on Windows now I know this sounds weird but if you're going to use an egpu setup on a MacBook Pro you want to install boot cam you just want to do it because that is the main reason why you would want an egpu setup with a pascal based card because Pascal based cards don't really perform all that well with opencl task and things like that so Final Cut Pros going to run really terrible but when it comes to gaming if you're in the right environment if you're on Windows and you're gaming oh man it's amazing not only do the games perform way better on the Windows environment than they do on the MacBook Pro but you can also Drive the internal display on your MacBook directly with the egpu and the benchmarks actually translate to real world gaming performance increase so you can see that I've added Windows external display and windows internal display powered by the GTX 1080ti and as you can see in the windows environment it walks all over Mac OS using the same benchmarks and to be honest it's not really a huge surprise that this is the case I mean we knew that these were beta web drivers going into it and we also know that Windows just has a history of being better when it comes to gaming in general so this right here 4K rocket League performs great 60 frames per second Locked In Stark difference between the same test on Mac OS so ladies and gentlemen it's not stupid to want to run a pill card with your MacBook but these cards are primarily aimed at Gamers and as we've seen the games perform better on windows so if you want this type of setup if you want a portable machine that has that power then it's probably best to run boot camp and have windows installed on your MacBook as well that's not to say that there aren't any valid use cases for an egpu for Mac OS users because there are in a future video I'm going to show why this 200 some OD dollar card is more valuable for Mac OS users than the $700 GTX 1080 ti so thumbs up if you want to see that video ladies and gentlemen would you consider an egpu setup for your MacBook Pro let me know Down Below in the comments section this is Jeff with 9 to-5 Mac\n"