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    EGPU Setup super slow

    Discussion in 'e-GPU (External Graphics) Discussion' started by Donnyten, Jun 2, 2015.

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    Donnyten Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello. I have a Lenovo T510 laptop with four gigs of RAM , running a PE4C EGPU to a evga geforce 760 and the frame rates seem to be super slow. The CPU usage is also very high as well and gameplay keeps stuttering. Is this normal or is there a way to fix this? I am also running Windows 8.1 64 bit. I also read that a user changed the express card speed to gen1 but I do not have any of those options in my bios, which is updated
     
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    Can any body help ? If it doesn't work might as well return the laptop, graphics card, and PE4C unit. I also have tried this on my older t410 on windows 7 64 bit and 8.1 respectively with the exact same results. Slow lagging, cpu spiking, slow frame rates. Should I order the beast egpu one? What about a pe4L? Or a pe4c using the mpcie interface instead?
     
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    Where did every body go from the egpu thread? Have all of you abandoned your egpus? Willing to paypal someone 20.00 bucks if they can help me with my problem .
     
    Donnyten, Jun 19, 2015
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    Are you playing on laptop display or external? Try to measure FPS in both situations. And what GPUs you have in your laptop (Intel, Nvidia, Nvidia+Intel)?
     
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    I had a previous set up using the ExpressCard version pe4c that I ordered from Amazon. I could not for the life of me figure out why I was getting lagging. It could have been due to a faulty graphics card, a faulty cable, or faulty unit itself . Recently I have managed to order it again because I wanted to try it out, still intrigued. For some reason it works now, although I'm using a different graphics card now which is XFX 2 GB 7900 series ghost. The old card was a GTX 760. Most games are playable . The only game I'm struggling with is Resident evil HD remaster . It runs better than before but still lags. Any idea of why it may lag? It's among the lease graphically demanding games.

    When I get home I'll post the exact gpu in the laptop. Also it's connected to an external display
     
    Donnyten, Jun 29, 2015
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    I'm looking for some help here. With the recent release of the Intel thunderbolt cable i want to know if I am able to connect my Surface pro 3 to a thunderbolt cable via the mini display port using an adapter and then connect the thunderbolt to a eGPU, will this work?

    I understand there will be some bottleneck because of the adapter but I would like to know if this setup will work

    Any replies are appreciated and direct messages
     
    Marcus7777777, Oct 19, 2015
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