
Thus the entire argument about "why won't anyone make a Thunderbolt card" is completely pointless and needs to stop. Hi there, Im wondering what Thunderbolt add-in cards work with macOS First of all, here are my specs: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra Intel Core i7 9700K Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700 XT SE 32GB (2x16GB) G. PC users don't want anything to do with thunderbolt since its very expensive, entirely focused on Apple products and most PCs have internal PCI-e slots (see the above paragraph). They are also much faster! Thunderbolt is limited to 4x PCI-e lanes, while Mac Pros have several 4x and/or 8x slots open.Īll other Macs (Laptops, iMacs, Minis) have no expansion slots, which means adding thunderbolt would be physically impossible even if there were a thunderbolt card! Then there is the fact you have a MacPro, which means you have "internal thunderbolt", AKA PCI-express slots. Its the same answer for Thunderbolt Computers were far more simple back then, modern computers are far too complex to add technology 3-8 years newer than them. Enjoy maximum productivity by daisy-chaining up to six.
#WHAT IS A THUNDERBOLT ADD IN CARD UPGRADE#
PPC cards were made to work with 68K Macs (two completely different architectures), so why hasn't anyone made an Intel upgrade card for PPC Macs? Support data and video with PCIe and DisplayPort on a single card with a single cable connection. People keep referencing Asus' (never released) motherboard as an example, yet fail to recognize that it was designed for thunderbolt and the card is just a feature enabler.
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Logged X299X Aorus Master, i7-9800x-3.80Ghz, 32gb G-Skill DDR4-2400, MSI RTX-3060 12GB, Cooler Master case, Thermal-take PSU 850w, 1-M2-NMVe SSD-512gb, 3-Pny 1TB SSD, 2-WD Raptors 1TB, Win 10 pro 64bit, Asus 35' 144Mhz Monitor. Every fact points to what Intel has already confirmed Thunderbolt cannot be added to any computer not designed to accommodate it from the start. Sorry I havent really got into the Thunderbolt add-in card.

I was just asking since nobody can seem to provide ANY proof that thunderbolt could be added to any computer not desgned for it. Supported graphics cards include Nvidia K5000, K4000, K2000, and K610. No references? Thats okay, we can take your word on it HP Thunderbolt Add-in Card GPIO (General-Purpose Input/Output) cable DisplayPort cable Extra bulkhead Installation instructions (this document) Warranty information IMPORTANT: Use of the Thunderbolt add-in card requires installation of a PCI Express graphics card.
