exposurebydl

I'm one of those users using eGPU (eGFX Breakaway Puck RX 560) with my 2019 16" Macbook Pro (2,6GHz 6-Core i7, 64GB RAM, AMD Radeon Pro 5300M) solely for the reason of overheating when in clamshell mode driving single 4K 32" display and I can tell you it's no picnic and the only reason why I'm thinking about M1 upgrade although this machine was really expensive and performs otherwise quite well. The problems are that it can crash after going to sleep and before disconnecting the eGPU you have to close all applications that might be using it otherwise it wont disconnect and the Mac will crash if you unplug it. That includes whole Adobe suite which I use extensively and can be expected to rely on eGPU but also Microsoft Office programs. So it's quite a chore and not something I will connect to if I have only one hour to work on the computer since I will spend 10 minutes setting and unsetting things, quite a long shot from the usual Apple experience where I'm used to having the same programs open all the time and just opening and closing the lid. I can say I'm happy that Apple moved away from dedicated GPUs in their laptops and from Intel's underperforming chips.