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jspec1594
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August 24, 2018
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PS Not Detecting Radeon Pro 580 (Blackmagic eGPU)

  • August 24, 2018
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Hello,

I am trying to get my Radeon Pro 580 (Blackmagic eGPU) to work with PS. I am able to get the eGPU to be detected by my MacBook, but PS does not recognize it in the Performance settings. Is there anything I am missing here? Is this eGPU supported by PS? I have seen that other users are able to use it with Photoshop and also Premiere. Here are those videos:

Blackmagic eGPU Review. Not what I was hoping for APPLE. - YouTube

2018 Macbook Pro + Blackmagic eGPU TESTED for Video Editors! - YouTube

Funny enough, in the first link he actually mentions that he went to the Performance settings and saw the Radeon Pro 580 being detected.

Apple was unable to help me out with this, and I didn't have any luck on the Adobe CS line.

Currently I am running OS X 10.13.6 on a 2017 MB Pro 13".

Hopefully someone can help me out!

Best,

Josh

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    Correct answer jspec1594

    I did look at that first link. What I found out is that I am only able to get PS to see the GPU when I have it daisy chained to my LG 5K Ultrafine. Perhaps OS X determines what GPU to use based on which display it is connected to. When I did not have the eGPU connected to the monitor, it defaulted to the internal Intel GPU.

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    symonty
    Participant
    April 6, 2020

    This fixed my issue completely, no need to plug in or do special work arounds, when this is set the performance corretly uses the eGPU. Just set the OS to prefer external GPU in the info panel of photoshop.

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      symonty
      Participant
      April 4, 2020

      I have worked out the correct way to make PS use the eGPU

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        Anonymous
        August 24, 2018

        Hi

        Take a look here to see if it helps

        Troubleshoot Photoshop graphics processor (GPU) and graphics driver issues

        There's plenty of post here about the card

        https://www.google.com/search?q=radeon+pro+580+photoshop+site:forums.adobe.com&client=firefox-b&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqy8XJkY…

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        jspec1594AuthorCorrect answer
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        August 24, 2018

        I did look at that first link. What I found out is that I am only able to get PS to see the GPU when I have it daisy chained to my LG 5K Ultrafine. Perhaps OS X determines what GPU to use based on which display it is connected to. When I did not have the eGPU connected to the monitor, it defaulted to the internal Intel GPU.

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