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    Turning rMBP 2012 into a gaming laptop

    Discussion in 'e-GPU (External Graphics) Discussion' started by arladeveze, Oct 14, 2014.

  1. arladeveze

    arladeveze Notebook Enthusiast

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    The 650m inside the rMBP its seeing its last days of dignity. With games such as Battlefield 4 or Rome 2: TW, its time for an upgrade. It seems eGPU can be a good option, but im confused about its performance under Thunderbolt 1. Is it worth attaching a GTX980 via Thunderbolt 1? Will the CPU (i7 2.3GHz) bottleneck the out of it?
    Any help and feedback will be appreciated :)
     
    arladeveze, Oct 14, 2014
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    Crisix Newbie

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    Netstor NA211TB-1 Thunderbolt™

    Extremely expensive .
    1000dollars without graphic card
     
    Crisix, Oct 15, 2014
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