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    egpu

    Discussion in 'e-GPU (External Graphics) Discussion' started by crassus96, Jan 28, 2012.

  1. crassus96

    crassus96 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,

    so i´ve been thinking about buying a laptop, but i found out about egpu here in the forum, and ive some questions about it:

    1- What are the best enclosures ? they are usually made by normal people right?

    2- Can i put a gtx 580 working?

    3- can i play it, in my laptop lcd?

    4- do you recommend to wait for ivy bridge and thunderbolt?


    thanks guys
     
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    SimoxTav Notebook Evangelist

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    No commercial enclosures available yet, find the one that fit best your GPU and adapt it :)

    Yes, having an ATX PSU powerful enough
    yes at lower performance than on external screen
    It's up to you, for now except one product from MSI, no supplier has provided an ETA for the adapter. From my point of view Thunderbolt will not be available to mass market before 6-8 months. IB could be an improvement, but compared to SB the biggest gap in on the integrated GPU, not on the CPU itself.
     
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    crassus96 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok thanks, I´m going to start thinking about this project

    I let you know what I decide :)
     
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    crassus96 Notebook Enthusiast

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    one question more:

    which ways can I connect the egpu to my laptop? which are the disavantages and vantages?
     
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    SimoxTav Notebook Evangelist

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    Express Card
    Pros: easily accessible
    Cons: it is disappearing from the market (mainly available on business market today)

    mini-PCIe
    Pros: every PC has at least one
    Cons: usually below the notebook, it's not confortable to use it without a stand.
     
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    ok thanks man.
     
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    hey, I forgot to ask something

    Can I have the egpu connected by thunderbolt ? And usb 3.0? And pci 3.0 ??
     
    crassus96, Jan 29, 2012
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    Thunderbolt: yes, in the future.
    USB 3.0: quite hard due the need to write drivers to redirect data through PCI-e bus
    PCI 3.0; yes, once the notebooks will have those ports.
     
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    hey,

    which one do you think is the best one? And thunderbolt parts, when are they gong to be released?
     
    crassus96, Jan 29, 2012
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