eGPU gaming benchmarks in 2020
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Adam has been using an eGPU for gaming over the past 4 months and shares his real-world benchmarks as well as his thoughts on eGPUs in general. Played on a Dell XPS 15 7590 and Asus XG Station Pro equipped with an RTX 2070 Super.
Check out my initial thoughts on this eGPU: • I bought an eGPU in 20...
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Laptop/eGPU specs
01:21 - Testing parameters
02:16 - Testing configuration
03:14 - Halo 2 benchmark results
04:11 - The Witcher 3 benchmark results
05:22 - XCOM: Chimera Squad benchmark results
06:16 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) benchmark results
07:25 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered benchmark results
08:27 - DOOM Eternal benchmark results
09:13 - Resident Evil 3 (remake) benchmark results
09:56 - Gears Tactics benchmark results
10:55 - Control with RTX benchmark results
12:30 - The Division 2 benchmark results
14:18 - Asus XG Station Pro thoughts
16:03 - Who is an eGPU for?
19:00 - Is an eGPU best for me?
20:28 - Final thoughs
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As a college student portability was the most important thing when looking at either to build a PC or get a eGPU. I was willing to sacrifice some performance for portability. Now I can carry my laptop to class, and then bring it back home and plug it in for some gaming, all while keeping all my files and stuff on a single computer. Personally, that's why the eGPU made sense to me in my situation.
Same! I am considering an eGPU for the same reason.
What kind of laptop are you using
Ive been using eGPU for 1 year plus.
Conclusion: Ive been able to game decently but yes, expect a loss of at least 20% of your cards capability.
I have the sonnet breakway box 550 hooked with a Radeon RX 590 Sapphire Nitro Plus 8GB mem.
My laptop is an HP zbook 15v5 G5 xeon e2176m which has been bottlenecking my performance because it has awful cooling that has drove me nuts fixing but im close to making it perform amazing, by using liquid metal on the cpu die along with a cooling pad. Im really into Star Citizen right now and that game NEEDS the CPU like no other game, and i suspect modern games will start relying heavily on cpu specially if they´re MMO with a persistent world like Star Citizen.
IT WORKS FINE : D ... but of course im thinking about changing my laptop setup for a PC. But if i had no other choice at all and i needed the laptop then yes, its an amazing solution.
I can play Destiny 2 with max settings 1080p at over 30fps easily xcept for really crowded areas.
Metro Exodus 1080p High settings 30+ as well.
All that we need for a nice gaming experience.
Hi, im also considering an egpu with a good laptop and i am also in college
I am thinking to buy new rtx 30 series gpu along with a good laptop. Will you suggest me to go for it as you are using that setup.
Coz waiting for integrated 30 series gpu in laptops can take time.
What will you suggest
I'm considering doing that since next year I'm going to college but still waiting for USB 4 support for AMD
As an eGPU enthusiast I can honestly say TB3 eGPU performance is a minefield. It pays off to do your research, but most of the time you have to rely on enthusiasts self reporting these things rather than manufacturers. Some things to consider:
1- Make sure to use a computer and enclosure with full 4x PCI-E lanes. Use the included TB3 cable that came with your enclosure or a high quality 40 Gbps cable.
2- Even if your computer has 4x ports it probably shares its TB3 controller(s) with multiple ports. Your eGPU should not be sharing its controller with any other devices, so do your research as to which ports in your computer share one. Newer 10th Gen CPUs have integrated TB3 controllers that solve this issue by dynamically assigning controllers to ports while also having reduced overhead.
3- Plug your eGPU directly into your computer rather than daisy chained. If your eGPU has additional ports, don't use them. It will take from your precious TB3 bandwidth.
Also, thankfully TB4 is a stricter specification which will mean more consistent results across the board.
Thanks for the tips, what I've read/seen so far supports what you're saying
what if on the same TB3 bus, I also plug in an external TB3 SSD where I store my games? Would it greatly reduce the bandwidth available for the eGPU?
What do you mean buy daisy chained? Directly to the plug?. Because my egpu sometimes goes off without knowing why.
My laptop is asus g701vi-xs with 1080 gpu and 32 g ram . does it work fine with these egpus ? I am willing to get an egpu and rtx 3080 .
Nice video adam, really appreciate the detail testing and suggestions.
Your video answered just about every question I could think of on eGPUs. Thank you.
Same Laptop I have so was VERY interested in this, great video :)
The video I have been waiting on!!!
This video and the last helped so much. Thank you!
Amazing thank you so much for this video. Love to see the professional software side in the same testing setup - specifically to see how blender performs.
Thanks for the information, I'll be there for the next update!
Have to like and sub, this is what I've been looking for, thanks.
Great video. Took a loot of time testing all those settings
Thanks for your work! Great video.
Thanks for the sobering assessment.
Best review for eGPU. Well done
this video has a serious flaw: the 2070 Super is being used in a electrically power-constrained enclosure. That power supply brick is 330W, nowhere near the needs of the enclosure itself when paired to a desktop graphics card that requires about 215W just for itself. TB3 enclosure not only take a big chunk of power for themselves, USB and other peripherals, and most importantly, USB-C Power Delivery (which, granted, for this enclosure it's only 15W) but most importantly, PCIe power which goes up to 75W (this does combine with the 215W requirements of the card). But there's more at play here than just the standard TB3 x4 limit and controller/PCH overhead.
So I am pretty sure the 2070 Super on this test is running very gimped, especially since GPU BIOSes and controllers these days seriously limit clock frequencies and overall performance when power is not detected to be enough. I'm genuinely surprised the card even powered. I know people like small eGPUs, but these are simply not suited for graphics cards above mid-range, especially with an external power brick (notable exceptions are Flex ATX power supply enclosures such as the Gigabyte Gaming boxes and other).
And a side note: this TB3 enclosure is not even close to being the best enclosure. Mostly because of the above limitation, but also due to a range of other issues such as being outdated in 2020, with things like Razer Core Chroma, Mantiz Saturn Pro or the many Gigabyte boxes, outdated controllers, lack of support due to having being released more than 2 years ago, etc.
I think the review did have proper care and mentioned relevant stuff on eGPU use, but the problem in the eGPU world is that there's simply too many small details that can go wrong and take performance, behavior and value away. Even the size or space or internal layout of them are a problem for temps and card mounting, or their PSUs constraining stuff, or simply abandonment by the OEMs who like HP (Omen Accelerator) or Asus (their 2 XG stations) stop supporting these niche products and no recent thunderbolt firmware will prevent it from running in recent versions of Windows or laptops with recent versions of the TB3 firmware and software properly.
I think what you've stated here is very true when it comes to the limitations of the GPU, however, the fact that cpu used in the laptop(6 cores and 4.5 GHZ) does not compare to that of the desktop(8 cores and 5.0GHZ). That being said i think the general idea of the video was to give people an in-sit of what an EGPU is like.
Great review Adam, was not expecting something so in depth, I have no interest in e-gpus until we get enough bandwidth as you said maybe with TB 4, I do wonder though that for GPU acceleration in adobe, CAD, Blender, Resolve etc.. I think in most case the TB 3 limitation won't be as pronounced so it can still be a good solution if you don't wan't to go full tower or build SFF. My recommendation would be not to bother going over an RTX 2060 or 2060 Super if you really need the extra vram, especially a couple of months away from ampere and RDNA 2. PS: Great vid, would love to see some more Adam GPU gaming videos, me likes!
I use this egpu with my xps 13 with a rtx 2060 and it’s great for portability and living in small spaces as a college student. The tb3 hasn’t been an issue for me perhaps because I display the video on a different monitor than the laptop screen. Definitely expensive but I think for me the portability was worth it and through testing the performance drop seems to be minimal. Great video 👍
What's ur % loss compared to an RTX 2060 into a desktop PC?
Subbed great video man
Nice content, please keep up! Also would be nice to benchmark xps 13 and some lower tier graphic cards :)
Hi. Thanks for take your time for this egpu test give me a good idea on how this works in a normal day by day use. Do you think the system experience any kind of bottleneck beside the thunderbolt limitations?
best detailed video
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This was awesome! Thanks for following it up. Was the laptop in it's highest performance mode whilst you were gaming? Would also love to see the production use cases/benchmarks using the egpu setup.
Thanks for this. I have a msi laptop with rtx2060 and love the portability of it. Was interesting in a egpu to get more power at home using 2070 super or similar but idk if spending cash on it is worth it now. After seeing your benchmarks. Haha. It would be better to build PC but Im always been pro laptop.
Thanks for the feedback, Adam. Personally, I going to use it to render using C4D and Redshift, combining an internal 2070 Super and 2080 Super in the GPU. Seems like there is very little performance drop for that use case scenario. Maybe TB4 might close the gap, but we will have to wait a while.
I’ve been wondering about the performance drop with rendering, you mentioned it has less of a performance hit, how much would you say in percentage?
Excellent review! Finally someone has come up with comprehensive comparisons in real world scenarios. Thank you, Adam!
Now the question is why the industry doesn't design a new type of connection that would allow laptops to utilize the full potential of GPUs. Is it not that an easy task to do or there's not enough demand?
Do you remember the ExpressCard slot ? Give it a x8 connection instead of x1 and laptop upgradability goes boom-boom.
Thanks for the review :)
My back is a mess and I can't really move the old beast of a tower at current. I'm super tempted to try this. I can even use my old card
Good job!
Very happy you made this. I honestly was considering an egpu, but after this, I’ll stick with a laptop with a good internal gpu. I don’t plan on using a monitor and the performance gain is not strong enough the justify the cost. Only perk I see is upgradability but at what cost if your not gaming on an external monitor. Anyhoo, thanks for the content. My wife thanks you and so does my wallet. 😂
Really grateful for this video. I do hove a high end desktop at home. and an OK gaming laptop that makes you forget about any power draining AAA games because of the FPS and the heat. My situation is that I travel for months for work and cant bring with me my tower every time I fly somewhere. So I tried the egpu and for the competitive games I play they are doing great. So I thought that this will be a solution. No need to bring gaming laptops to meetings, just go home dock it with one TB3 cable and power and game on with your professional laptop.
Thanks again, and surely for any other configuration it would not justify the hassle.
Can you do the other tests with a lower end GPU as well? Like the 2060? Just to see if there is less off a difference between eGPU and tower performance bc there's less performance and probably less bandwith needed?
Thanks for all the info. I was looking to get an eGPU mainly to save money not to have to buy a laptop and and PC. But, I can get a cheaper laptop for work and a good PC for gaming and video editing. Thanks again!
If I’m getting an egpu/graphics card, do I need to do research on and get external ram? Or will my laptop/monitors setup be fine with just the egpu/graphics card?
Nice one. Well done this time. Im looking for an egpu for my Thinkpad P51 with i7820HQ and M2200M. Unfortunately I didn't find yet in your videos what were the issues that you've faced with a Thinkpad. Can you suggest something ?
Control is an awesome game. I have a 2070 XC in my tower and I play that on max settings with RTX Off on a 3440x1440 screen and it plays nice and smooth. I find in that game I am
moving around so much that I don't even have time to notice the difference between rtx off or on except for the times when I am wandering around collecting little story artifacts and watching cutscenes.
I just ordered an xps 17 with the 1920*1200 screen and rtx 2060 so I am hoping when I am not down in the basement but want to get a game in upstairs in the living room or something it will perform well enough with rtx off.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has a high need for improved graphics and processing, and mobility. Gaming comes close to the computation needs of GIS.... Thank you for sharing this. I'm trying to get my HP Z-book 17 "enhanced" in the office while still being able to go to the field.
Do you use Topaz denoise and have you tested it with the eGPU? I would be interested to find out if there is a significant improvement vs the laptop GTX1650
Does the Laptop heat up (using its own fans) while gaming with the gpu?
I enjoyed your review, did you check that the cable you were using was a 40Gbps cable? Just curious as you didnt explicitly mention that in the review.
Good job. I want to connect an EGPU with a desktop all in one. It has HDMI input and output ports. May I use a HDMI to HDMI cable instead of a
HDMI to mini PCI-e? Would it work? Thanks!
theres no way the bandwidth on that thunderbolt usb could hold up to the full PCIE16 bandwidth on the desk top !! i see this as an option for someone who had purchased a laptop and want to do light on the go gaming
are the pci express lanes the same with this laptop as the dell xps 13 9370 2020? would I experience the same bottleneck?
Do you think the Alienware laptop egpu solution would be any better than this because of the custom connection?
I think the best experience we are having is that shirt :)
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Cpu on your laptop is important for best experience in game ? I want to try a egpu with my hp spectre x360 with intel ice lake i7 and "U" version. (I heard his thunderbolt port has more pci lanes)
Hey PC world, what about the ePCI where the wifi module is connected? I guess it could be quite the same result as a tower pc (cpu difference not considering as not willing of bottlenecks )
Hi, do you know a eGPU that is fully compatible with an rtx 4000 quadro card, HP Zbook 17 G3, CAD software such as Revit + Enscape and an VR Headset like HTC Vive or Occulus Rift?
What does Microsoft Flight Simulator need to run on correctly?
Would you recommend this with a rtx 3080? To upgrade my graphics on my laptop?
In my case, I have a Notebook which I use to work and when I travel. For me, it's nice to have all my files/games in the same device and once I get home, just plug it in my 3-monitor setup and have the "complete" desktop experience. Even if I lose some performance, most games I play are a bit older (Battlefield, Pubg, Sea of thieves and Forza) and run them in 1080p
Hi Adam! Great Review thank you! I have an HP Omen 15 Laptop with an 8th Gen Core i-7 and GTX 1060 in it (not too different from your test). I wanted to know what your experience was switching from the internal card to the external card (i.e. what happened when you unplugged it?). Are there weird issues with drivers between GTX and RTX? I'm in a weird position where I actually have an empty core x chroma (from a friend), now eyeing 3000 series GPUs. I know there will be bottlenecks, but are there a bunch of hidden pains as well?
Hey!
If u try this out then plz share your experiences
Which eGPU would work fine with my laptop
TOSHIBA Satellite L845?
It originally had 4GB ram, which I upgraded to 12gb. I just want to be able to play COD Warzone, for which I am currently getting a "DirectX unrecoverable error", so I realized my Intel HD Graphics 4000 won't work.
So in what way does the eGPU not work with Quadro? Does it not work at all, or does it just not make as big of a difference? I have a Thinkpad P43s with i7-8565u (a ridiculously slow cpu for some reason-some 4th gen i7 cpus can out perform it), 24gb ram, 1tb ssd, and quadro p520. Gaming is out of the question. Even with simple games such as minecraft you are lucky to get 20 fps and thats when it isn't thermal throttling, which happens almost all the time. I really "need" either a PC or an eGPU (they seem to also be around the same price as well). Which would you recommend?
On egpu.io this specific ASUS enclosure has a different TB3 controller than the more common Razor Core X. I’m interested in knowing how these two controllers differ in performance
Do you think the 2070 Super was just overkill for the enclosure? What if it was a 2060?
YES!!
Hi,
For architect student with asus flip with Intel uhd....
For lumion and Revit and Autocad....
Does is more useful than laptop integreted rtx 2070,
Can you help me choose
Thank you so much.
so do i understand right, the resolution which was sent to the notebook screen back was mostly 4K? Or do you "rendered" in 4K but downscaled to 1080p to the screens?
Would have been better to play in 1080p, less bandwidth used on the TB3 connection and therefor better fps.
I barely use 4K on my 55" OLED TV, mostly still on 1440p to maintain at least 90 fps.
what if we dont have a Thunderbolt port for Type C? would it work with USB male to male?
Thank you for this great video. I have Lenovo Legion 5 rtx 3050ti 95w i5 11400h 32GB, planning to get egpu with 3070ti, will I feel the difference? my laptop has two thunderbolt 4 ports. should i wait for thunderbolt 4 egpus? will i feel the change when i get 3070ti egpu compared to my dgpu? 1. i'm not into desktops 2. selling my laptop is not an option. Thanks
Watching this on Sept. 2020,
with laptop options like the Omen15 or the Asus G14 - 15 and 14 inch laptops that ship with 2070 MaxQ or 2060 MaxQ respectively that run pretty similar FPS numbers kind of make eGPUs obsolete in my opinion. At least in terms of brass tax gaming. There may be other scenarios where it's worth it, but I cannot see it right now.
Maybe thunderbolt 4, or some other BUS innovation in the horizon can make it relevant again?
I also have a Dell XPS 13, 4k OLED display, but Core i7 and 8GB ram. I am considering getting a eGPU because some games (like GTA5 and Fortnite, etc) run very poorly even on low settings. I am also hooked up on a Samsung TV as a monitor. Would you recommend an eGPU for this type of setup? I don't mind bulkiness or size, RGB and other marginal stuff, I just want my laptop to run smoothly without breaking the bank.
i think that the best way to increase egpu performance is to use lower resolution textures, as it will decrease the amount of data transfered with tb3
Yes, and maybe no, higher resolution would make the card run more in comparison with the cpu. So a 4k 120fps is a better use than a 1080p 360fps in an egpu setup(I might be wrong tho). Here about textures, image sharpening, triangles, rtx ligths and shades, I really don't know for shure, would be a great test with the new series of graphic cards.
Is the 2070 Super "too powerful" for Thunderbolt 3 and mobile CPU's? It would be interesting to see if for example a great 1080p /good 1440p card such as the 1660 Super would be less bottlenecked and therefore get the same desktop FPS /performance with eGPU. Or does it not work this way meaning that in order to get 1660 Super desktop performance over a eGPU you need to run a 2060 / 2070 Super?
I stopped counting the word "solid" after x35 times lol. Was the FPS actually solid?
I want to get a laptop it has a i7-10540 and 8gb of ram with a 512gb ssd how good do you think that is for $900
Hello. You might consider comparing games at different quality settings like ultra, high, medium, and low on Thunderbolt. Why do that? Perhaps the lower graphics quality reduces the Thunderbolt bottleneck, bringing the performance closer between the desktop and the notebook with an external graphics card.
I've seen on other videos that using the laptop monitor with an egpu requires more trips for the data and is way less efficient than going straight to an external monitor from the egpu
I'd love if Adam could try with a cooling pad under the xps, i feel like the games with cpu particle effects affect the fps most on these tests
xps is reknown for thermal throttling when the cpu gets hot, I know the new xps 15 9500 does this, it heats upto about 100 degrees celcius and then throttles the voltage so the temps go back down to high 70s and mid 80s
I have a all in one pc that isnt really build to be upgraded. Do you think i should buy an egpu
@@pcworld no i think
It looks like the fans are exhausting air instead of blowing into the enclosure.
This is cool but I am missing the 1% or 99% FPS or a framerendertime plot. The most interesting performance-characteristic for these external boxes for graphics card is how consistent the framerendertime is. How much more stutter do you get? Still interesting though.
Can you plug the HDMI from your laptop into the eGPU HDMI port? Also What do you mean by test parameters EXTERNAL MONITOR..I'm guessing Desktop is a desktop PC and LAPTOP MONITOR is once again just using the laptop with the eGPU......
@@pcworld why would that make a difference to the FPS? It's still using the same hardware, just a different screen! Surely if you plug HDMI from eGPU to Laptop it would be the same?
I bought an Zephyrus M15 From Asus, which comes with an RTX 2070 Max-Q design, it also have Thunderbolt 3. If I buy a eGPU and let's say I also buy an RTX 30, would I see an improvement In what I was capable of achieving? Or is it worth it at all?
@@pcworld Owh, that's awesome! Thank u very much, I will be looking for it.
Also, another thing I had in mind, is there any change between Thunderbolt 4 and Thunderbolt 3? I mean, in performance, like for this specific case. Thank u again
Would this type of EGPU work with an hp pavilion laptop?
@@pcworld The RE3 REmake pc version is actually one of the games I was wanting to do this with. My hp only has an AMD Radeon R5 GPU and an AMD Quad Core A10 CPU not sure if its thunderbolt 3 but it does have a USB C type port if an adapter for USB C to thunderbolt 3 would work for connecting an eGPU throughthe adapter. The hardware I have is mainly used just for live streaming hand video editing since I'm kinda in the same boat you were as far as space goes.
how would an xps 15 7590 with an egpu work with vr?
I would be also interested, I don't have enough space where my desktop is. I wish if I could move my XPS with an egpu to the living room....
I think the wast majority consider this piece of information as one of the most essential, when deciding on eGPU yes or no.
I realized that the difference gets smaller, the more the GPU is needed....hence 4k and high grafics made the difference smaller then 1080 and mid grafic where the difference was ENOURMOUS.
But there is a catch to this. Why is it like this, because from my expirience (watching 1 trilion youtube videos on pc parts because I am too broke to buy them) this behaviour tends to show when there is a cpu bottleneck.
Not saying you laptops cpu is bad, but maybe just not good enough for the GPU. Either it's the CPU itself or it might even be thermal problems of on the CPU (don't know if you checked if the CPU was thermal throtteling.....).
Also Thunderbolt 4 might cause a huge shift in eGPU performance...
I believe he had an i9 9th gen, which is far better than almost every other gpu on the market, it is in the top 5 cpus currently available
Ha! This is what I think is the biggest problem as well. I have the DELL Precision with i9 and Quadro P2000. The CPU will only run at full clock for a minute or so, before it throttles back down to 60-70 % because of THERMAL ISSUES. The small laptop doesn’t have what it takes to dissipate all that heat.
With better cooling on the laptop I’m almost certain that the results would be better. Arranging that cooling is the biggest problem, though.
What about with USB3.1? I have a laptop with only USB3 and an Intel IGP.
@@pcworld Ok thanks. I wish someone would work out a way to make it work. I bet a ton of people with only usb3 would buy one.
The laptop isn't only held back by the thunderbolt connection, a laptop cpu/memory combination will NEVER perform as well as the desktop version. However this is an excellent video.
2 words : GDC BEAST
What looked better: the external monitor at higher frame rate or your laptop oled?
PCWorld I feel the same way with the oled on my Alienware m15 r2: perfect but too small. I game at 4K 30fps with max settings, saving up now for an LG oled with gsync, how about reviewing one of those as a gaming monitor? Thank you. Paul
Do you think external gpu reduce CPU temperature on laptop? If yes, how much approximately? And why (speaking easily)? I'm considering buy it if there are benefits, for helping my laptop playing and streaming on OBS at the same time without put it under stress! Thanks in advance!
Unfortunately I haven't done any hard testing on this, but I can tell you I saw some sizable temperature drops back when I was doing these videos. Most laptops have a shared cooling system (heat pipes and fans) for the CPU and a dedicated GPU. When an eGPU is being used, the discrete GPU in the laptop isn't heating up, which allows for the CPU to use most of the cooling available and not have to compete.
-Adam
@@pcworld I see! Thanks a lot for the reply Adam! Was helpful :)
Any chance you can do the same bench marks with a more average laptop?
@@pcworld cool, I'll keep an eye out. Im not a hard-core gamer so I don't really have a need for another computer. If these eGPUs are what they say they are, it could be the ticket for me. I've a decent mid range laptop so I would imagine a decent eGPU would set me up well!
Can rtx 3060ti support
You should use a no video out dongle on ur card to fake a second screen. It brings the performance close to desktop.
When using an egpu it is beneficial to disable the internal gpu on the laptop as it can cause all kinds of issues for games and result in lot of stutter sometimes and make lot of games unplayable
@@pcworld I just disabled it in my BIOS
I don't understand what means you played some games in 4K but scaled to 1080p
epic stuff 4k at 60FPS for an EGPU nice !!!!!!!!
Is your TB3 only 20Gb and not 40Gb?
All TB3 have 40GB/s but when running an eGPU the whole bandwidth isn't fully utilized for display unlike the PCIe on a desktop board where any card connected to that slot will get all of its bandwidth.
Both the device w/ TB3 and eGPU have separate/different board and chipsets. Communications between these 2 different chipsets will consume bandwidth, not to mention the data transferred via TB cable instead of direct PCIe on a desktop board, that will also consume bandwidth. There are other more factors that you can research as to why that 40GB/s isn't fully utilized by eGPU's for graphics performance alone which unfortunately is the reason of performance loss on eGPU.
But if you're willing to sacrifice 20-40% graphics card performance loss for mobility then using an eGPU is good.
@@chocobanana5262 wrong
Like 3 months after I upgraded my PC to x570 taichi/3900x/2080 ti I got huge frame drops, GPU usage would go from 99% to nothing then back over and over.
come to find out my CPU was dying...put it in a friends taichi and he had exact same problems....
luckily microcenter warrantied it for me + gave me $88 back since prices dropped (:
new 3900x is able to OC higher as well with less voltage than original one. So maybe it was destined to die from the factory 🤷
I’m fairly certain that the biggest performance issues comes from your CPU. It may be an i9 but I have the DELL PRECISION which has a near identical chassis, with the i9, and it will only run full clock for a minute, before it throttles to 60-70 % due to thermal issues. The CPU will hit ~95 C and then settle to ~92 C after it throttles. So if the laptop were capable of using the CPU to its full potential, I suspect the differences between the eGPU and tower setup would be considerably smaller.
But that would require better cooling and it’s not exactly easy to achieve on an ultrabook.
Now I’m almost tempted to buy an eGPU, cobble together some external cooling solution and see if it makes a difference.
Ive been using a 5700Xt in a Razer core X chroma with my 2018 15" i9-8950hk MacBook Pro and It has made a huge difference in what games I can play in Mac OS and in Windows, I've been using it since February last year and have been using custom drivers from Bootcampdrivers.com, and every update the performance just gets better. I do have my card lightly overclocked but asides from that the drivers that get released just keep improving its performance every time. I only have a 1080p 60hz monitor, but I'm thinking of upgrading to a 1440p 75hz monitor eventually.
Death stranding runs like silk at 1080p on ultra settings, 60fps on metro exodus on high, DX12, tessellation/hairworks on and Shaders (render resolution) at 2x. And Halo 2 runs perfectly without issues on enhanced settings. A eGPU is very worth it IMO if you want to game and keep portability high, which is especially important for me as a collage student.
10/10 would recommend getting, and the power supply in it is more than powerfull enough (700W) to run 6000 series cards
I think you really should have gotten an ice lake setup. It supposedly blows previous gen thunderbolt out of the water.
Shorter TB3 cable is better for eGPU because it has maximum 40Gbps bandwidth, longer TB3 cables (50cm ++) has half the bandwith (20Gbps) unless it's optical, so you should see the cable specs before purchase
I'm surprised that the egpu box have extra fans, why is this necessary? Why not just place the gpu fans just in front of an opening in the box ...? This way the box/chasis could be smaller ...
at 13:00, I find that Godrays, some light graphics, and other really bright graphics with reflections on seem to kill my EGPU. I'm not sure why.
Also, Thunderbolt range on cable lengths don't do anything to latency unless its over 10 feet in my experience. The only issue i've had is Thunderbolt cable deterioration. I don't know why, I get about 1 to 2 years of a thunderbolt cable and thats about it. Also, having a better processor in your laptop is worth EVERY PENNY.
Hey I have a laptop with a Geforce 940mx Graphix Card built into it, would getting one of these be worth it?
This eGPU setup could benefit many people, especially college students who rely heavily on the portability of their laptop in school and also crave for a decent gaming experience in their dormitories! But really one has to keep in mind that the use of external monitor is crucial here. Don't use the internal display!
eGPU works with 3090RTX?
@@pcworld So is it big enough to place the plate?
You simply can't replace a direct attached GPU due to the reduction in bandwidth that you get going from a x16 PCI-E lane to a x4 PCI-E lane, a quarter of the bandwidth, that is a huge difference.
MXM should really be continued as it still feels like the best option to me when it comes to upgradable mobile gaming experiences.
MXM cards, while appealing, are expensive, require taking off part of the laptop cooling system before installation, and applying new thermal paste. That's a lot of drawbacks for the average Joe. Can't we all agree a x8 ExpressCard slot would be a cheap, high-performance, easier solution to an ageing on-board GPU?