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    A direct question: Why no member here @ NBR ever tried DIY eGPU with an m17x R2?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by OmarAn, Sep 7, 2011.

  1. OmarAn

    OmarAn Notebook Geek

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    No real need to. The R2 has two mobile GPU slots, there is no reason to use a eGPU when the current performance is excellent. Plus it defeats the whole purpose of a laptop.

    To me eGPUs only make sense for someone who cannot upgrade the internal laptop components or as hobby for fun. Making a desktop will almost always make more sense.
     
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    Not to mention the external gpu is being forced to use a PCI-e 1x slot (expresscard) so the performance gain is so bottlenecked it makes little sense to do so in the first place.
     
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