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Dear Daniel, This was my question also. I just purchased a new Mac book pro and see that Mantiz sells an eGPU compatible with AMD cards for Thunderbolt 3 MacOS. I would be very interested in anyone’s experience or advice in making stereo work on the Mac platform. Linda On May 18, 2018, at 8:43 AM, Daniel M. Himmel, Ph. D. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: ATTENTION: This email originated from a sender outside of MCW. Use caution when clicking on links or opening attachments. ________________________________ If I may jump in, I wonder if there are any hardware configurations (monitor, 3D glasses, graphics cards, etc.) that allow 3D graphics with a MacIntosh OSX platform. -Daniel On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 4:42 AM, Wim Burmeister <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: I answer a bit late, but I repost a message on 3D graphics from Mai 2017 : Hello, we just wanted to share our experience in finding a configuration which allows to use 3D graphics under linux using Nvidia GeForce 3D glasses. We had quite a hard time to find a configurations which works correctly. We finally used Debian linux with a xfce desktop. Other recent desktops use a tiling which is not compatible with 3D graphics. The hardware consists of * a DELL Precision T5810 desktop computer with an Nvidia Quadro M4000 (8 Gbyte memory, 4 DP) graphics card * Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision 2 (NVIDIA GEF 3D VISION 2 GLASSES KIT) active stereo glasses * a stereo connector PNY Quadro 4000 3D for the synchronization of graphics card and glasses * an ASUS 24" LED 3D - VG248QE display * a DisplayPort-DisplayPort cable The Nvidia linux drivers from version 367.57 can handle the current version of the Nvidia glasses. For an obscure reason a direct DP-DP connection between graphics card and display is absolutely required in order to obtain fully working stereo. If a DP-DVI dual link adapter is used, the stereo does not work on the top and the bottom part of the screen. This is true for a native DELL active adaptor or generic models. The exact reason remains unresolved, but the solution is to use a direct DP-DP connection. This limits the available choice of displays which require 120 Hz for 1080*1980 screen resolution and a DP input. We have been choosing a “Nvidia 3D ready” model. There has been a considerate about of exchange about this problem on https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/992892/linux/partially-working-stereoscopic-effect-with-3d-vision-under-debian-linux/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__devtalk.nvidia.com_default_topic_992892_linux_partially-2Dworking-2Dstereoscopic-2Deffect-2Dwith-2D3d-2Dvision-2Dunder-2Ddebian-2Dlinux_&d=DwMFaQ&c=aFamLAsxMIDYjNglYHTMV0iqFn3z4pVFYPQkjgspw4Y&r=iHKIgRWrjiS1dpoNu_8JEA&m=JccbA1ImOPmzxS-3_G-vAdUePszLwkzMvjfMwmt9YMo&s=Kk66XlHD8Jeu1VQzcNyNV2GpuzLZWSn3KI5VVRIfmuM&e=> The setup comes with a price tag of about 1600 € free of taxes. coot, pymol and chimera work straight without problems in hardware stereo mode. The experience is absolutely great. Best Wim -- Wim Burmeister Professeur Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) CIBB 71 avenue des Martyrs<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__maps.google.com_-3Fq-3D71-2Bavenue-2Bdes-2BMartyrs-26entry-3Dgmail-26source-3Dg&d=DwMFaQ&c=aFamLAsxMIDYjNglYHTMV0iqFn3z4pVFYPQkjgspw4Y&r=iHKIgRWrjiS1dpoNu_8JEA&m=JccbA1ImOPmzxS-3_G-vAdUePszLwkzMvjfMwmt9YMo&s=eR1CYJ5cgmIjlTIEnwnDvVInXoMaZtUt7a-Vaf836Cw&e=> CS 20192 38044 Grenoble Cedex 9, FRANCE E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: +33 (0) 457 42 87 41 Fax: +33 (0) 476 20 94 00 website<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ibs.fr_research_research-2Dgroups_viral-2Dreplication-2Dmachines-2Dgroup-2Dm-2Djamin_team-2D03_article_poxvirus-2Dreplication-2Dmachinery-2Dpresentation_&d=DwMFaQ&c=aFamLAsxMIDYjNglYHTMV0iqFn3z4pVFYPQkjgspw4Y&r=iHKIgRWrjiS1dpoNu_8JEA&m=JccbA1ImOPmzxS-3_G-vAdUePszLwkzMvjfMwmt9YMo&s=1wRA9h4UDpx2Uc9dw-IYZEMSS4QHHtiy9fc8970_LbQ&e=>