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"Firstly I just want to thank everyone in this community. I read a lot of info before i start my project! Now i have more then 5 times better laptop just for 633 EUR!\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tWindows 10 64 Bit (BIOS) / Bootcamp\n \n\n\n\tMacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)\n \n\n\n\t2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 \"Ivy Bridge\" (I7-3615QM) (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache\n \n\n\n\t8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3\n \n\n\n\tNVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB\n \n\n\n\tIntel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB\n \n\n\n\tNvidia Driver: 372.70\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tI dont like the new retina MacBook Pro 2016 and choose to spend my money for the Akitio eGPU setup with:\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tI. PARTS:\n \n\n\n\t1. Akitio Thunderbolt2 PCIe Expansion Box 290 EUR\n \n\n\n\t2. 2 x Startech.com 6 inch PCI Express Power Splitter Cable 20 EUR\n \n\n\n\t3. EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 Super Clocked (1607 /1835)  GAMING 6GB  275 EUR\n \n\n\n\t4. Dell 220W DA-2 35 EUR\n \n\n\n\t5. DC Barrel 5.5mm x 2.5mm 1 EUR\n \n\n\n\t6. HDMI to VGA adapter from Bulgaria 12 EUR - to play on the retina internal screen\n \n\n\n\tTOTAL: 633 EUR\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tII. DELL 220W DA-2 SETUP: \n \n\n\n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tI have Windows 10 64 bit (BIOS) via Bootcamp on my SSD and eGPU-Setup-1.20 ready.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tIII. Uninstall GT650M Drivers from Device Manager and Download and install 327.70 NVIDIA Drivers - http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/107012/en-us\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tIV. ERROR 12 FIX\n \n\n\n\n\t\tUnzip eGPU Setup 1.2 to c:\\eGPU\n\t \n\t\n\t\trun setup-disk-image (as admin user)\n\t \n\t\n\t\tRestart and load eGPU Setup 1.2 and select 2 with your keyboard\n\t \n\t\n\t\tThen:\n\t \n\n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tV. Install again 327.70 NVIDIA Driver when you with the two GPU's in Windows\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tVI. DONE\n \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tVII. GAMES - I can play all games i have with 60FPS with High/Ultra setings FULL HD 1920x1080 - Before that i can play only on lowest settings with my GT 650M 1GB with 1280x800\n \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tVI. UPDATE NVIDIA DRIVER via GEFORCE EXPERIENCE TO LATEST DRIVERS - 378.66\n \n\n\n\t\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tVII. DONE\n \n\n\n\tI can play all games - FULL HD / 60 FPS (all to MAX + AA) on External Display\n \n\n\n\tI can play all games - 1680x1050 / 30-40 FPS (all to MAX + AA) on my Internal Reitna Display\n \n\n\n\t\n \n\n\n\t I also made a custom Windows 10 theme aka macOS Gaming 10.10.10 \n \n\n\n\t\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tVIII. PLAY ON INTERNAL RETINA MONITOR @LukeHero MOD:\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tSo the main limitations with this model of Macbook is the fact that you need an external display. So @LukeHero got around this limitation with this little device and three resistors: \n\tIt's a HDMI to VGA adapter. \n \n\n\n\t\n\tAll you need to do is put 3x 100ohm resistors inside the VGA port to create a fake external display. You can see where the resistors need to go with this image:\n\tSo the deal with this is, any program started on the 'external screen' (being powered by the eGPU) will use the eGPU. So what you'll want to do is set the fake display as your main display. Then anything started on that display will be running from the eGPU. Now there is a little limitation here; only games that run in windowed mode will work (which is most). You'll want to start the game on the fake screen in windowed mode and then drag it over to your internal display.  \n\tSo how do you grab from a display you can't see? Well, I found this free program called Dual Monitor Tools (it's free right here: Dual Monitor Tools - Home ) \n\tand what you can do in this program is set a keyboard shortcut to move the selected window over to the other display. So you click on the game in the task bar, and hit the shortcut you assigned and it'll pop over to the internal screen, but because it was launched on the fake screen, it'll be powered by the eGPU.  \n\tSimple as that, there's no performance hit either as you're just dragging the game to the other screen.  \n\tA good tip is to have the internal display set as default first, launch the game, go to options and set the game to windowed mode now, then quit and relaunch after you've changed the fake screen as your primary. Otherwise you might not be able to switch it with the shortcut while it's in full screen.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tHOW TO CLOSE THE AKITIO CASE: \n \n\n\n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tHOW TO START THE SETUP (when i want to play games):\n \n\n\n\t1. choose eGPU Setup 1.2 from boot menu and select 1 with your keyboard\n \n\n\n\t2. choose again Windows 10 from boot menu\n \n\n\n\t3. Start the game i want\n \n\n\n\t4. Press the combination for Dual Monitor Tools to show the game on my internal display (i use Borderless Gaming so i run my games fullscreen on my retina display)\n \n\n\n\t5. Done - my old rMBP 2012 can run all new games - 30-60FPS (1680x1050) on Very High/Ultra settings on my retina display Borderless like Fullscreen!\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tBENCHMARKS:\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tUnigine Heaven 4.0 Benchmark Score EXTERNAL DISPLAY 1920x1080:\n \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tUnigine Heaven 4.0 Benchmark Score INTERNAL RETINA DISPLAY 1680x1050:\n \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t6584 in Fire Strike (V1.1) - External (fake display) - the basic test (for example only 1522 with dGPU - GT 650M) \n\tGraphics score \n\t7 210  \n\tGraphics test 1 \n\t32.47 FPS \n\tGraphics test 2 \n\t30.30 FP\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tFOR EXAMPLE: This user have 8556 in Fire Strike (V1.1) ( http://www.3dmark.com/fs/9689714 ) with the closer CPU to mine so there is 20% performance loss because of TB1 but I still can play all games Very High or Ultra FULL HD!\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t1680 x 1050 - External (fake display) - just change the resolution i don't touch any settings \n\tGraphics score \n\t9 089 \n\tGraphics test 1 \n\t46.98 FPS \n\tGraphics test 2 \n\t34.11 FPS\n \n\n\n\t 1680 x 1050 - Internal Retina Display  (Borderless) - just change the resolution i don't touch any settings Graphics score \n\t7 852  - the score is enough to play all games VERY HIGH/ULTRA with 1680 x 1050 on the Internal Retina Display  (Borderless) \n\tGraphics test 1 \n\t33.96 FPS \n\tGraphics test 2 \n\t34.32 FPS\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t1680 x 1050 - Internal Retina Display  (Windowed) - just change the resolution i don't touch any settings \n\tGraphics score \n\t8 377  \n\tGraphics test 1 \n\t37.83 FPS \n\tGraphics test 2 \n\t35.12 FPS\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tAKITIO TB2 CASE MOD - by enjoy \n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\t \n\n \n"
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