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    TB3 with eGPU Optimus, what laptop to buy?

    Discussion in 'e-GPU (External Graphics) Discussion' started by Zorrobyte, Oct 13, 2015.

  1. Zorrobyte

    Zorrobyte Notebook Enthusiast

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    Greetings!

    I'm deciding between a XPS 13 and XPS 15 - both have a USB-C TB3 port however the 15" has a dedicated GTX 960m. The XPS 13 has a Dual core CPU while the XPS 15 has a Quad. I don't want to carry around a monitor if possible.

    Will Nvidia Optimus not work (routing image back into the internal display panel) if I already have a onboard Nvidia GPU?

    I currently have a GTX 670 and a AMD 390 desktop cards, is there really no way to pipe the image back through with an AMD card?
     
    Zorrobyte, Oct 13, 2015
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  2. Seanwhat

    Seanwhat Notebook Evangelist

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    From what I've read, there are methods to use the internal display at an additional ~20% performance hit if there is no dgpu
     
    Seanwhat, Oct 15, 2015
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