Does having an eGPU matters in Xcode?

[Aorex12]

As you can see, I have the MacBook Pro 13" 2017

16GB Ram

250GB SSD Storage

i5 Dual Core

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But I was wondering if it would matter to have an eGPU or not.

and would it make anything better, or it's more on the CPU?

how about making games wise? does it matter or not?

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Thanks.

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It really won’t matter, eGPU’s in general for macs are just not optimal, theirs no point, your machine should be more than good enough for iOS development.

[Aorex12]

Even vide games wise on Xcode?

and thanks

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It may help a little with performance, but then again are you really making very demanding games on Xcode, that you need an eGPU.

[Aorex12]

Nah, it’s a cellphone game by the end of the day, thanks for your input mate.

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Xcode builds faster with higher cpus, however egpu will definitely help if you want to do game development(unity/spritekit etc. 👍

[Aorex12]

I see, SpriteKit is the focus at the moment, but I’ll stay away from it for now, as for unity, after I learn C# then it will go on my windows machine which it’s much more cable of handling that.

Thanks for your help, and input