From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 20:51:15 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

This article says rCLApple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work
with Arm MacsrCY <https://www.theverge.com/tech/907003/apple-approves-driver-that-lets-nvidia-egpus-work-with-arm-macs>.
Note that you need to run Docker in order to actually build it for
your system.

But isnrCOt Docker a Linux-only technology?

ThatrCOs right: you will need a Linux-based container system installed
on your Mac in order to use this driver.

Another nifty little example: this person <https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/m5-max-macbook-pro-paired-with-rtx-5090-in-an-egpu-dock-runs-cyberpunk-2077-at-over-100-fps-at-max-settings-with-frame-generation>
has figured out how to run an NVidia RTX 5090 graphics card from a
MacBook Pro.

Besides the overheads of driving external PCIe cards through a
Thunderbolt interface, there is the little added problem that Apple
doesnrCOt actually support NVidia cards.

But Linux does.

But Linux running on Apple chips canrCOt handle Thunderbolt!

Which is where the old adage, rCLtwo heads are better than onerCY, rears
its tousled head: run an ARM-native Linux VM under the Mac OS, and let
it access the NVidia card via VM passthrough. Basically play the games
on Linux, just using macOS for its Thunderbolt interface, and not much
more.

And Linux-on-ARM can run Windows games, which macOS-on-anything
cannot!

Yes, performance is somewhat less than on a machine with native PCIe.
But itrCOs still better than using the MacrCOs integrated GPU.
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From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

On 2026-05-17 4:51 a.m., Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 20:51:15 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

This article says rCLApple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work
with Arm MacsrCY
<https://www.theverge.com/tech/907003/apple-approves-driver-that-lets-nvidia-egpus-work-with-arm-macs>.
Note that you need to run Docker in order to actually build it for
your system.

But isnrCOt Docker a Linux-only technology?

ThatrCOs right: you will need a Linux-based container system installed
on your Mac in order to use this driver.

Another nifty little example: this person <https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/m5-max-macbook-pro-paired-with-rtx-5090-in-an-egpu-dock-runs-cyberpunk-2077-at-over-100-fps-at-max-settings-with-frame-generation>
has figured out how to run an NVidia RTX 5090 graphics card from a
MacBook Pro.

Besides the overheads of driving external PCIe cards through a
Thunderbolt interface, there is the little added problem that Apple
doesnrCOt actually support NVidia cards.

But Linux does.

But Linux running on Apple chips canrCOt handle Thunderbolt!

Which is where the old adage, rCLtwo heads are better than onerCY, rears
its tousled head: run an ARM-native Linux VM under the Mac OS, and let
it access the NVidia card via VM passthrough. Basically play the games
on Linux, just using macOS for its Thunderbolt interface, and not much
more.

And Linux-on-ARM can run Windows games, which macOS-on-anything
cannot!

Yes, performance is somewhat less than on a machine with native PCIe.
But itrCOs still better than using the MacrCOs integrated GPU.

Admittedly, the gaming experience on Linux is any times greater than the
one on MacOS. If you don't want to use Windows but still intend to play
games, you're better off with Linux.
--
CrudeSausage
M4 MacBook Air

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disabled. And the poor. Look at the "Bible Belt" where all of these
things and so much more are worse. We are in end-stage capitalized
fueled by right wing extremist Christians. Muslims do not do nearly the
harm." - Sodomite Snit Brock McNuggets Michael Glasser, lying shamelessly.
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