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    Display on laptop?

    Discussion in 'e-GPU (External Graphics) Discussion' started by Yashodhan Wagle, Apr 21, 2016.

  1. Yashodhan Wagle

    Yashodhan Wagle Newbie

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    I will be buying all the stuff new soo just wanted to know which laptops allow to use eGPU and the laptop display for playing it...I don't want to use an external monitor....I want the Gpu to run on the laptop display itself.....is it possible?

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    Yashodhan Wagle, Apr 21, 2016
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  2. WhackingCheese

    WhackingCheese Notebook Enthusiast

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    Unless you can find a way to connect the gpus output to the laptops display, i don't see that being a possibility.
     
    WhackingCheese, May 2, 2016
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  3. Stooj

    Stooj Notebook Deity

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    It's called "reverse optimus". Just requires proper software support to happen.

    You can attempt it in Linux if you wish but it's not stable. AFAIK this functionality is built into upcoming drivers for eGPU usage over TB3. The eGPU will use TB3 to send back the framebuffer to be displayed by the iGPU (or other dGPU for that matter).
     
    Stooj, May 11, 2016
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