# UE with 2019 MacPro

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue-with-2019-macpro/488190>\
**Category:** Platform & Builds\
**Tags:** osx, MAC, unreal-engine, graphics-card, question\
**Created:** [August 30, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue-with-2019-macpro/488190 "2021-08-30T14:02:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![qledbetter](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@qledbetter](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/qledbetter)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue-with-2019-macpro/488190/1 "2021-08-30T14:02:44Z")

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Hello, everyone.

I’m brand new to Unreal Engine and have a MacPro (2019) desktop with a AMD Radeon Pro W5700X 16 GB graphics card. 96 GB of RAM. 3.2 GHz 16-Core Intel Xeon W Processor.

My fans run pretty fast and loud after about 10 minutes of using UE. I’m wondering if there’s a MacPro (2019) compatible graphics card or other bits that I can install to be able to handle the application.

Not looking to spark a Mac/PC debate here. I’m just a newbie looking for solutions.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue-with-2019-macpro/488190/2 "2021-08-30T17:59:15Z")

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I ran the engine on a high spec laptop for a while, and blew it up, literally 🙂

I think the problem with Mac ( hey, not saying anything… ), is you don’t have much control over the GPU.

But: I think you can (?) use an external GPU? Might be worth looking at.

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**Author:** ![qledbetter](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@qledbetter](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/qledbetter)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue-with-2019-macpro/488190/3 "2021-08-30T23:02:41Z")

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Ooooh, great idea. Thanks so much! I’ll start looking into external GPUs.