Can I use an external graphics card over Thunderbolt?

Could anyone please tell me if I can use a graphics card with a Mac Pro 2013 over Thunderbolt using an expansion chassis? I have read that OS X doesn't support graphics cards over thunderbolt, however I've also read things that indicate it is possible.
I'm thinking of the using NVIDIA K5000 for Mac with aMagma Thunderbold to PCIe Expansion Chassis. Any help or advice appreciated. Thank you:)

Here is an article about Drivers that do just what you described, but for the NVIDIA 4000.
http://mediapros.co.uk/portfolio-view/thunderbolterizer/
An important deficiency remains. You don't get near a 16x slot worth of bandwidth, so transfers to/from the card may be slow. But if you want this for GPU computation, it may be workable (if expensive).

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/5352/msis-gus-ii-external-gpu-via-thunderbolt
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