Clevo P870DM-G now available to order on HIDevolution

I'm disabled bud... I could sell a bunch of other electronics and swing it or even do it in a few months but like you said, I've got one hell of a machine already... It sounds silly... but the only reason I really want it (besides the problems I've had with this one) is because it was dubbed the Rising Phoenix... and that has a strong personal meaning for me... I have to be realistic though. My medical costs are going to go from 104.90 (what we pay for Medicare every month) to ~300 a month next year for the same services I receive now... And now I have to pay rent... although I get the feeling that rent + half utilities is still going to be less than I paid with my old roommate/best friend who passed away on the 16th.... I need to start planning for things. I lucked out this time... His passing meant I had to move with no real notice... This place popped up right when I was about to start looking... Its just not in the cards at the moment.

 

Really sorry man.. I hope something great comes your way to change things to the better! Everything is increasing in prices everywhere, rents, medical insurance, even freakin' bottled water here in Dubai is more expensive. It all adds up.

 

The universe is going to do what it is going to do... And so am I... Whatever happens, it happens for a reason and I am finally starting to accept that fact. But thank you for the concern.

 

Hey @Matrix Leader eGPU can it use with this beast?

 

Since the P870DM has a USB 3.1 Type-C port with Thunderbolt, it should accept an eGPU easily

 

I see it have PCIe too, i mean a outside not inside?

 

That's just a generic image I pulled off the internet and not for the Clevo P870DM in particular. All you need to care about is that it has a USB 3.1/Thunderbold port which means it can work with devices that need high data transfer rates such as an eGPU.

With that said though, I'd never put an eGPU in such a beast, dude it has room to take a desktop GPU or two 980Ms in SLI why would you want to add a bulky eGPU to the equation?

 

Because i want use AMD graphic too,

 

I see, that's your choice but hardware wise, it should support eGPUs as it has the necessary Thunderbolt port

By the way, did you order your system yet from HIDevolution or from Amazon?

 

Do you have any program(s) that might benefit from using AMD graphics, specifically?

 

Some reason i need that for film program in the future, amd can do better than gtx of nvidia

 

Well there is nothing quite like benching at 600W with a huge system, but that was some CRAZY level ocing to get there. Power level is exponential with voltage increases, so if you leave those mostly alone the increases are usually not huge.

 

If you want to use an eGPU with this beast, then you aren't really getting the fact as to WHY it is a beast... You're going to add latency and lose speed on the eGPU... Quite frankly, AMD has NOTHING that can compete with two 980Ms.

 

If this is a CUDA vs OpenCL thing, then I think I understand where you're coming from. Be sure to really research the two to make sure you're getting what works best for you! (An eGPU might not be ideal.)

 

This, I cannot think of a single program where an AMD GPU would perform better than nVIDIA's offerings. If anything was more optimized, it was nVIDIA's CUDA which unfortunately now has been killed.

And as Ethrem stated, these beasts are meant to be the most powerful laptops in the world, adding an eGPU would only add more latency even though it's on the fast Thunderbolt Port or USB 3.1 and it would be a shame to the Phoenix.

IMO, eGPUs are for very low end machines that want to at least be able to play some games because with the integrated graphics they are left with crappy graphics.

You don't buy a Ferrari then install aftermarket air filters to try to make it go faster, you'll only hurt its performance.

 

It's true that the bigger cores tend to have better compute abilities, but you could not take it with you.

 

No iam waiting black friday sale from hidevolution dude