BizonBOX 2 (External Graphics Card for Mac)
Accelerate your Mac graphics power. Up to 10X Boost! New redesigned case.
Starting at $599 $549
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Presenting the BizonBOX, an external graphics card (eGPU)
for Apple MacBook, Mac Pro, Mac mini, iMac powered via Thunderbolt.




The Apple MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac only offer Intel Iris integrated, mobile, and/or underpowered discrete graphics cards build to order options. To harness the power of desktop-class NVIDIA GTX graphics cards you’ll need an external solution. Graphics cards cannot be installed in Macintosh computers due to the limitation of Apple’s design language for their laptop and desktop computers.

BIZON is the first company to market to offer expansion chassis that are designed especially for NVIDIA GTX graphics cards — the BizonBOX.



BizonBOX is packaged with a powerful 200W or 300W power supply, PCIe power connectors, ventilated chassis, and detailed product and installation documentation and customer support. It’s a ‘plug-and-play’ eGPU that requires little setup time. BIZON is the first company in the world to create a ‘plug-and-play’ eGPU.

With the BizonBOX, graphic design, video editing, 3D modeling,
and gaming become an easy task for any Mac to tackle;
even with a slow Macintosh laptop or desktop!


Transform your laptop to Desktop-level Workstation (Mac Pro)




Use cases

  • Professional Use:
    Boost video editing, 3D Render, and 3D modeling software up to 10X and enable CUDA acceleration on Macintosh computers that do not currently support it.
    • Video editing: Final Cut, Adobe Premiere, AfterEffects, Photoshop.
    • Color grade: DaVinci Resolve.
    • 3D Render: Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, Octane Render, SketchUp and other.
  • Games:
    Play responsive games using high, maximum, and/or ultra settings.
    Witcher 3, GTA 5, Battlefield, Fallout and many other popular titles.

  • VR:
    Prepare your Mac to handle the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and other similar VR systems.


Features

  • Performance boost.
    Up to 10X times faster compared to integrated graphics.
  • Easy to connect.
    Compatible with any Thunderbolt 2 or Thunderbolt 1 equipped Apple computer..
  • Universal.
    macOS/OS X and Windows support.


What we offer

  • ‘Plug-and-play’ eGPU solution.
    Customized driver installation to get you up and running quickly.
  • Customers support.
    Premiere customer service support with a dedicated tech support team, ready to help you. Detailed user manual and installation documentation.
  • Warranty.
    1-year warranty with the option to purchase a 2-year extended coverage.
  • Quality.
    Every BizonBOX is tested though a rigorous quality assurance process before being shipped to you.


FAQ »


Quick Start Guide »



Examples of use cases


1. Professional

External graphics cards allow you to make color correction even on a MacBook Pro with integrated Intel Iris,
because all calculations rely on the external graphics card.
You can transform your MacBook Pro into 4K video editing workstation.

Example 1
We conduct video editing and color correction in 2K / 4K on MacBook Pro Retina.
We require mobility, but we must work with 2K / 4K material from multiple cameras.
A desktop workstation is too big and lacks the required mobility.

Solution: MacBook Retina have a powerful CPUs and fast SSD drives. The only limitation is the graphics card.
An eGPU Chassis + GTX 970/980 completely solves this problem.

Example 2
We have a Mac with an AMD Radeon graphics card. We need to get CUDA support (only available with NVIDIA).

Solution: An eGPU Chassis + any NVIDIA graphics card.


Gaming.

Example 1:
Your main computer is a MacBook laptop, and you value its mobility.
But sometimes you want to play games with the power and speed of a desktop PC. Purchasing another PC is not an option.

Solution: An eGPU Chassis + NVIDIA GTX 970 graphics card allows you to play games on the MacBook Pro.
With MacBook Air there will be also a big boost.
By adding the eGPU, you can retain your valued Mac computer but still be a worthy competitor to those playing on desktop PCs.




Meet new redesign!

April 6, 2016
We are happy to announce new redesigned case.

It's a big step forward for us. We invested thousands dollars in new milling robot (known as CNC Milling Machine) and hire high-skilled specialists.
The same machines are used for producing iPhone and MacBook cases.
We have spend months for setup and testing best parameters.

Now we are able to mill drawings of any shape on aluminum at hight speed and precision.














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Video Reviews and Benchmarks (customers)


Review by Tomas Villegas, video editor, photographer



Review by Snazzy Labs, popular hardware YouTube channel


Review by BareFeats and well-known Rob-ART, an experienced Mac performance consultant.




Video Reviews and Benchmarks (BIZON)









Windows 8.1


Gameplay benchmarks



GTA V


Witcher 3



Battlefield 4



Unigine Heaven


Settings:
Render: Direct3D11, Mode: 1920 x 1080 FullScreen, Quality: High, Tessellation: Disabled.




3DMark (v1.5.893, Steam, Windows 8.1)





More tests »


OS X Yosemite 10.10





Render: OpenGL, Mode: 1920 x 1080 FullScreen, Quality: High, Tessellation: Disabled





LuxBall
Benchmark (Open CL selected devices)




System info »



Test config:
MacBook Pro Retina 13'' Late–2013 (Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz / 8 GB / 250 GB SSD / Intel Iris / Thunderbolt 2).
Windows 8.1
OS X Yosemite 10.10.3

Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and specific benchmark software and reflect the approximate performance. Performance may vary depending on Mac configuration, software, operating system and other factors.
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Maximum GPU height
4.4 inch
11.2 cm (PCB board)
For larger dimensions, you need to use a chassis without the top cover.

Maximum GPU length
7.28 inch
18.5 cm (PCB Board)
For larger dimensions, we can cut the front panel. Please contact us.

If both height and length exceeds the figures above, it is possible to use the chassis with no top cover and a cut front panel.

Interface
Thunderbolt 1 or Thunderbolt 2.
The chassis is able to use full Thunderbolt 2 bandwidth.

Power Supply
Standard PSU: 200 W (silent). Dell DA–2 (refurbished).
6+8 pin PCI–E power connectors. Cut at the top by default (for PCI–E connectors).
110V – 240V AC support.
Worldwide Standard.

Optional: 300 W.
6+8 pin PCI–E power connectors. No front panel and no cut at the top (it is ok for long GPUs). If you need cut at the top (short GPUs), please, E-Mail us after placing your order.
110V – 240V AC support.
Worldwide Standard.

Please note:
  • Use graphics card only with PCI-E power connectors (6-pin, 6 + 6-pin, 8-pin, 6 + 8-pin; most of cards comes with it). Graphics cards without PCI-E power connectors can’t be used.
  • The connector must match the connector on the graphics card.
  • All of the connectors on graphics card should be used.
  • Both 300W and 200W power supplies comes with 6-pin + 8-pin PCI-E power connectors, but available combinations you can use are different:
    200W: 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin (GTX 1070, 1080), 6-pin + 6-pin (GTX 960, 970, 980).
    IMPORTANT: Do not use both 6-pin + 8-pin connectors at the same time! You may damage BIZON BOX, power supply or graphics card. You can only use 6-pin + 6-pin connectors at the same time. If your graphics card requires 6-pin + 8-pin PCI-E power connectors you have to upgrade to 300W power supply. Please, contact us for power supply upgrade.
    300W: 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin (GTX 1070, 1080), 6-pin + 6-pin (GTX 960, 970, 980), 6-pin + 8-pin (GTX 980Ti, TITAN).


In the Box
Chassis, power supply, instructions, Thunderbolt cable. No GPU included by default, but can be ordered as an option.

Chassis dimensions
9.17 inch x 5.87 inch x 2.99 inch
23.3 cm x 14.9 cm x 7.6 cm

Weight
2.86 lbs
1.3 kg. (without PSU, no GPU).

6.4 lbs
2.9 kg. (200 WATT PSU, No GPU).

7.7 lbs
3.5 kg. (200 WATT PSU, NVIDIA GTX 970).


Warranty
1 year warranty.

Notes
Some of the ideas are used from open sources.
We express our gratitude to the authors at Techinferno DIY eGPU forum.


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