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Apple sells out of External Graphics Development Kit allotment, Sonnet offers eGFX Box + GPU at reduced cost

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/external-graphics-development-kit-sonnet.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>Apple launched its External Graphics Development Kit during WWDC 2017 as a way to assist developers with demanding graphics-intensive apps and VR content creation (https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/05/apple-metal-2-developer-kit-with-support-external-graphics-vr-headset/). The unit included the developer edition of Sonnet’s external eGFX GPU chassis, along with Sapphire’s AMD RX 580 8GB graphics card, and Belkin’s USB-C to 4-port USB-A hub.</p>
<p>Apple priced the External Graphics Development Kit at $599, which was reasonable considering that the Sapphire Pulse RX 580 8GB still goes for around $279, and demanded a higher price during the kit’s launch. The External Graphics Development Kit has been on sale for several months, but now all stock appears to be exhausted.</p>
<p>As a part of its Cyber Week Sale, Sonnet is offering the eGFX Breakaway Box – Developer Edition (https://www.sonnetstore.com/collections/giftguide-cyberweek) — the same unit included in Apple’s kit, sans Belkin USB hub, for $499. That’s a $100 price difference from what Apple was charging, and the developer edition of the eGFX units are available to all users, not just developers. <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/21/apple-external-graphics-development-kit-sold-out-sonnet-egfx-rx-580-sale/#more-509513" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=509513&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=509513&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare">
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