External GPU on a 7 Year Old Overclocked Laptop? | Alienware Graphics Amplifier in 2022
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- I had a lot of fun doing this one! If I had more thermal headroom I could probably match stock i7 6700K performance which is just nuts!
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It's really nice to see how old stuff holds up with the features that were meant to future proof them .BTW You really nailed the narrative part of the video this time.
Thanks man! I feel the same way when it comes to using and benchmarking this stuff. It's almost like $2600 got you a kick ass laptop and egpu combo.
This doc is no longer available? Where can I find one
Thanks for the video
Hey no problem!
I have an Alienware 13R3, purchased in 2016, with a Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.80Ghz. Sadly, the CPU is locked and as such, I can't perfom any undervolting or overclocking, but I was thinking about getting an Alienware graphics amplifier to extend it's life spam, but I'm not sure if it's worth the money at this point. Would you say it will let me keep the machine for 2 more years or so?
You actually CAN undervolt a locked CPU! Although as far as the Alienware graphics amplifier goes, don't get one of those because the dock cable is made of unubobtainium. However you can just use a regular thunderbolt 3 GPU enclosure to get an eGPU with your machine. Even still I don't think it's worth it for your machine did to the low all core turbo speed (3.4GHz) as most TB3 enclosures start at $200 and you still would need to add a gpu bringing the price up to $450 for a 1080 Ti in an enclosure like that.
I've got the 17 R3 with the graphics amplifier... I'm going to follow your lead and upgrade the card to the 2080. BUT- can you share some info on the overclocking? Is there maybe a video on it?
I can indeed share a bit of info. The BIOS has built in options to overclock the CPU (if you have an HK series CPU) to do overclocking or you can install XTU to do more custom overclocking. However to overclock the GPU all ya need is MSI Afterburner and you just need to adjust the Core and Mem frequencies until you can get them to be as high as they can be without crashing in game.
¿Qué Modelo de amplificador gráfico debo comprar para una laptop como la tuya? Tengo exactamente la misma y quiero hacer esto porque mi GPU murió hace tiempo
@@ticotin4011AFAIK there's only this one. Otherwise you must use TB 3 eGPU systems.
I just got a alienware graphics amplifier for my alienware 15 R4, dell said it wouldn't work but I got it to work with a RTX 3070. I have some interesting results. First it works great. I am able to run hunt showdown over 100fps when before it ran at 20 - 30. The interesting part is my on board nvidia 1060 DGPU is running with my nvidia 3070 eGPU they run at the same time. If I run a game the nvidia 1060 will be at 30 percent utility while the RTX 3070 is a 99 percent utility. It runs great like this but I don't understand how it can do this. Any thoughts?
What on earth? I've never heard of that being a thing. The only thing I can guess is that perhaps its leaving 8 lanes for your 1060 and 4 lanes for the 3070? (cause thats the AGA bandwidth limit) Otherwise that is really strange.
............... I'm gonna try this someday
are you really serious bro ? 😳😳😳
@sipenarekbecha7193 Yeah it's almost like it's running in SLI. From what I've read, the on board GPU is supposed to turn off but in my case they both are processing at the same time. Which I imagine is granting me extra performance. I can't test it because I can't get the board GPU to stop running.
What up man nice video showing the capabilities of old hardware! I have a Alienware 17 r4 with a i7 6700hq and an Alienware amp with a 6750xt red devil! But for some reason my vr quality is absolute dog ****. I can’t run anything even at the lowest settings! I get the average fps at like 36 frames. Do you have any pointers on how to at least make my games playable?. I have the same set up as you (quest 2 link/ air link) but my elite dangerous game play is ungodly awful! All non vr games have a tremendous boost in fps vs the onboard 1070. Any info you could spare would be a great help my friend!
Ok the reason for this really really stinks. AMD graphics cards, when it comes to VR on headsets like the Quest 2 and Pico 3/4 etc, the GPU must use it's encoder to encode the video signal and send it to the headset. On AMD GPUs, the drivers from 2021 and onwards (for 6000 series) and 2020 and onwards (for 500 series) borked the encoder and made it to where the quality is hot garboooge. I feel your pain there! If you want better VR quality and performance you'll have to sell that 6750xt for something like a 1080 Ti, aka no faster than a 3060 Ti. Even a GPU that meh will be bottlenecked by the 6700HQ due to the low clocks.
@@DimondDoesTech yah that’s what I’ve been hearing, thanks for your input dude. I’ll have to see what I’ll do next! Might be time to retire this bad boy :,)
@@carloscenteno9896 Yeah thats like the one really big thing I hate about AMD GPUs these days other than the no good rtx voice competitor: the borked encoder for VR... :/
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Would like to know about performance boost with 6750 XT, I have Alienware 17 R3, with the same processor as your 6700HQ (2.6-3.3 GHz toorboboost).
How can you play VR with the dedicated gpu? Is their a way? I tried using steam Vr but no luck
You must set steamvr to use the dedicated gpu in windows settings
I have a 17r4
This old laptop is
Window 10 Pro
I7-7820HK @2.90Ghz
32GB Ram
GTX1080 8gb vram
2560x1440 (120hz) gsync (matte)
256gb ssd from factory
1tb disk drive I think.
And I put in a 1tb 2230 ssd
Hoping AMA or egpu to increase some life.
In thinking the AMA remove top shell and get a plexi cover or something 3d printed taller.
Man that is like the EXACT laptop I want! This thing is great but man that 980M leaves much to be desired.
@@DimondDoesTech it's still a great laptop for the age and if a newer external GPU could be used it'll be relavant ish still!
What is the best card i can use with this
2080 Ti is the fastest officially supported GPU. I've heard that some 30 series cards work in it but that you have to do a whole rigamarole to get them to work.
@@DimondDoesTech hello, could you tell me if the amplifier closed well with that gpu and if you can make a list of the cards that are left and which are not, thanks
@@teamparalaxx2171 It did not. As I said in the video any card that is even a few millimeters taller than 2 slots won't allow the amplifier to close. As I said the 2080 Ti is the fastest officially supported GPU as well. Length though is not an issue but height may be
@@DimondDoesTechsilly question but do every RTX 2080 differs in height ? and all RTX 2080 are Ti or do Ti another variants of said GPU ? 🤔
@@sipenarekbecha7193 There are a fair few different SKUs of the 2080 Ti and yeah there is also the 2080 SUPER and reggo 2080. I'd personally recommend a blower 2080 SUPER or Ti if you can find one as they have the best chance of fitting properly in the AGA.
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I am new to this topic of Alienware Graphics Amplifier)Can you please help me? I have an old Dell Alienware 17 R3 17.3" Intel Core i7-6700HQ/ 16Gb DDR4/ SSD m.2 256Gb+HDD 1Tb/ nVidia GTX 980M 8Gb+Intel HD 530.
I have an opportunity to buy Alienware Graphics Amplifier, and a graphics card to it, but I don't know what kind, can you advise the maximum option for this processor ? As far as I understand there is no point in buying a 1080 TI or higher as the processor is a bottleneck, AMD RADEON cards I haven't touched, I just don't know anything about them.
I understand that i7 - 6700HQ already quite a weak processor, the stock 2.6GHz, turbo boost 3.3GHz, although in some forums I read that if the BIOS enable Perfomane mode, the processor can accelerate to 3.5GHz, as long as the temperature does not exceed 90, otherwise it resets to 3.3GHz. I will solve this problem with liquid metal, one of these days I'll give it to the master for relubrication and replacement of thermal gaskets.
Can you help me decide if it's worth the hassle and expense, and if I can get something acceptable if I still bother with this idea?
Liquid metal will kill your laptop! Do NOT use it! Use a better alternative such as Arctic GC Gelid Extreme. As far as a GPU is concerned I'd go GTX 980 Ti/ GTX 1080/ RTX 2070 and no faster for that CPU.