theconnactic Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hi! I recently had to upgrade my computer, after my motherboard went bang a couple of weeks ago. As you can see in my sig, I'm now a proud owner of an Asus Z97 Gryphon m-ATX board. One of the nicest features of it is the possibility of thunderbolt expansion via the Asus Thunderboltex II PCI-e card, for a smaller total cost than Gigabyte's competing solution, the Z97-UD7-TH. On the other hand, the UD7-TH thunderbolt port works more or less OOB under OSX - like everything Gigabyte usually does - and didn't even know the Asus card existed until very recently. So I'm now curious - did I make a good choice going Gryphon for a future thunderbolt capability without the UD7-TH's price tag? Have anyone actually tried this card with a hackintosh? If so, does it work fine, or work at all? All the best! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/306346-does-anyone-have-the-asus-thunderboltex-ii-card/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Dev Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I have both versions of the card. Please refer to Asus list of supported motherboards as they need the board header. Card works fine. I like both type of solutions. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/306346-does-anyone-have-the-asus-thunderboltex-ii-card/#findComment-2139064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theconnactic Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 I know, I bought the Gryphon because of the TB header. Since you're saying it works, the card solution seems to be better, because if I switch to, say, an Asus X99 motherboard, I'll keep the possibility of Thunderbolt connection as long as I keep the card. Thank you for the answer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/306346-does-anyone-have-the-asus-thunderboltex-ii-card/#findComment-2139314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Dev Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Yep and if you have a TB Monitor you can have your powerful GPU run to it and not onboard. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/306346-does-anyone-have-the-asus-thunderboltex-ii-card/#findComment-2139596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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