Thinking of using Boot Camp to run SteamVR via your eGPU? Think again!Proper eGPU support on macOS less painful than hacking Boot Camp
I write this just as I happily delete my Boot Camp partition and restore my SSD for my MacBook to use it in its entirety. It's not that I don't care for Boot Camp itself per se. Nor is it that I have anything against dual booting to Windows or Linux. In fact, I am OS-agnostic when it comes to desktop platforms, as I use macOS, Linux,and Windows daily for my home environment.
My contentment comes due to me finally understanding why patience in technology is a virtue. How did I come to this patience-as-virtue epiphany? Let me tell you a story.
The performance is there now, so why wait?
You see, I've been really excited with the prospect of being able to run my HTC Vive VR headset on macOS. And since I received my eGPU, I know that I have the performance capability on my Mac hardware to run my VR head-mounted display (HMD). The eGPU allows my powerful I7 Kabylake CPU in my MacBook to couple with a powerful desktop-clas...
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Thinking of using Boot Camp to run SteamVR via your eGPU? Think again!
