Gaming on a MacBook Pro? This GPU box wants to make it happen

By Darren Allan

External GPU enclosures are all the rage these days when it comes to ramping up the pixel shifting power of your laptop, and a fresh option has popped up on Kickstarter to tempt MacBook Pro owners.

The Wolfe and Wolfe Pro are the two boxes on offer, with the former boasting an Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 graphics card, and the latter upping the ante to a GTX 970 GPU.

The early bird version of the basic GTX 950 box runs to a pledge of $399 (around £300, AU$520), with the GTX 970 costing $599 (around £450, AU$790) – the early bird units of the latter have all been snaffled. This Kickstarter project has already been fully funded on its first day, incidentally, racking up just over $70,000 (around £53,000, AU$92,000) as of the time of writing, well in excess of the $50,000 (around £38,000, AU$65,000) goal.

In terms of ports, you get three DisplayPorts 1.2, an HDMI 2.0 port, plus a Thunderbolt connector. Maker Wolfepack notes that there will be Thunderbolt 2 and Thunderbolt 3 versions available, but only those who purchase their device via Kickstarter will get the choice of a TB2 enclosure.

That option will be available in a …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components