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    eGPUs as a replacement for laptop power cords?

    Discussion in 'e-GPU (External Graphics) Discussion' started by laserbullet, Apr 26, 2017.

  1. laserbullet

    laserbullet Notebook Evangelist

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    I see that on a technical level, TB3 is capable of feeding up to 100W to a laptop, which is probably enough for anything not running a discrete GPU. But I wasn't sure that all eGPUs took advantage of this. The only good documentation I can find is PowerColor noting their eGPU can feed up to 60W, but it's easy to envision a quad core system at full load drinking up more than that. In such a case, would the battery slowly start to drain?
     
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  2. sicily428

    sicily428 Donuts!! :)

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    Do you know egpu.io?
     
    sicily428, Apr 29, 2017
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