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Develop module LR Classic 9.0 - Is an eGPU worth it yet with a non-4/5K monitor?

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I run LR on a 2018 Mac Mini i7 32GB RAM with a NEC PA272 monitor (non-4k).
I'm curious if Adobe has now updated LR Classic's GPU acceleration enough to warrant getting an eGPU. So far there has been no compelling reason to do so.
 
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I would agree with you "So far there has been no compelling reason to do so."

I run LR classic with over 300,000 images on a MacBook Pro late 2014, i7, 16GB, with Drobo, works really fast.

Although I'm looking at for my new studio a Mac Mini, i7, 6 core, 64GB, with dual 4k monitors
 
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mavots said:
I run LR on a 2018 Mac Mini i7 32GB RAM with a NEC PA272 monitor (non-4k).
I'm curious if Adobe has now updated LR Classic's GPU acceleration enough to warrant getting an eGPU. So far there has been no compelling reason to do so.
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Hard to say without comparing. The monitor or monitors are still the most important reason for an eGPU. I have the same Mac Mini as you, but with two 4K monitors and the BlackMagic eGPU. On my Mac edits are in real time. No delay when I move a slider. My wife used a 5K monitor on her MacBook Pro 13" initially, but Lightroom was so slow that she went back to a non-5K monitor. I wanted to demonstrate the Texture slider, and for I moment I thought it did not work on her computer...
 
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