# GTX 570 eGPU on a 2013 11" Macbook Air

DevFeed: [GTX 570 eGPU on a 2013 11" Macbook Air](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gtx-570-egpu-on-a-2013-11-macbook-air-21103.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://lg.io/2013/07/28/gtx-570-egpu-on-a-2013-11-macbook-air.html>)

Published: 2013-07-28T07:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Larry Land](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/larry-land.md>)

Topics: [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intel.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphics.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intel.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step guide to connecting an external GTX 570 graphics card to a 2013 11-inch MacBook Air through Thunderbolt and ExpressCard adapters. It describes the required hardware, Windows 7 setup, and reported graphics performance gains of approximately five to seven times.

## Source excerpt

Note: This is a repost of my TechInferno Forum article from July 28th, 2013. Methods have changed and are somewhat easier these days. Make sure to check out that forum for more info. TLDR: By buying around $250 in commonly available parts, plus a video card, you can make the graphics of your 11" Macbook Air from 5X to 7X faster. Demo video at end of post. Step-by-step, here's how to exactly do it. Warning: not for the faint of heart! Hey everyone! This is my third article here on this forum, though it's the first that the process can be done by anyone with off-the-shelf parts. No more discontinued exotic parts like the $180 BPlus TH05 are required. All you need is a macbook air, a graphics card, a power supply, Windows 7, and ~$250 to buy some adapters and software online. All these parts are readily available for anyone. Like usual, I really want to thank nando4 for his help in doing all this. He's the mastermind behind the technicals, I just like writing articles and making stuff easier for everyone. He's super dedicated and eGPUs wouldn't be anywhere near where they are today if it wasn't for him! Thanks! So what are we doing? We're going to make a Macbook Air accept an external video card via Thunderbolt! Yes, you might have read in the news that real commercial solutions are just around the corner. We've been promised by these companies over-and-over again, with youtube videos, hands-on reviews, press releases, etc, but nobody is releasing anything. It's been like this for over a year. Intel even openly admits its bias against GPU usage where it's listed as unsupported in their Thunderbolt Certification Application. Talking to one of their thunderbolt guys, here's what that "Not Supported" means: The "Not supported" means that Intel won't neither certify your product nor deliver, at the moment, any Technology License for this kind of usage. As you know, this Technology License is required to develop a Thunderbolt device in the market and Certification is a must