How viable are eGPUs for gaming? I was thinking of getting a small laptop since I travel a lot and just use an eGPU rather than compromise on a bigger laptop just for the GPU.
EGPUs
Sebastian Rivera
Nathan Butler
What else would they be used for, you big dumb idiot.
Bentley Ortiz
>dont want a Big laptop
>Get a massive case with a GPU instead
?
Aaron Powell
Very expensive compared to just a normal sized laptop (15.6") with a dedicated graphics card
Michael Campbell
I won't travel with it.
Better choices of GPU and upgradeable though? The GPU is the most sensitive part for games.
Gavin Parker
This.
Get a ryzen H laptop OP. It's basically a good gaming laptop that doesn't require a wheelbarrow to transport it, doesn't have the shitty 2-3 hours of battery life most gaming laptops do, and as a big bonus doesn't have a pozzed central processing unit.
>"Combine this with the less demanding CPU and GPU and you have respectable runtimes from this machine. We're able to record 8 full hours of real-world WLAN use when set to the Balanced profile with Optimus set to the integrated GPU."
You can find this one for under $1,000 when on sale btw.
Kayden Walker
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you get huge bottlenecks compared to using an internal gpu, assuming it uses thunderbolt 3
go ahead and get one anyway if you're also gonna use it as a docking station
Grayson Ramirez
there's a reason they don't sell that well
>forced to shitty bitrate bc of ports used
>inconvenient form factor
>no matter what you do, you're stuck with a PoS, scalding CPU because it's from a laptop
>all decent, properly cooled laptop CPUs are inside, yep you guessed it, gaming laptops
You're better off getting a gaming laptop in the end. If you don't like RGB shit there's several manufacturers that make neutral-looking ones like pic related.
Wyatt Lee
when the fuck is dell and HP getting 3750H's for their workstation lines, christ
Xavier Phillips
Okay So i got a TP yoga gen 3 with the i7-8650u, i picked up a refurbished aorus gaming box 1070 edition for $390. I can more or less play everything at 1080p60 besides serioualy CPU demanding games like BF5. The CPU WILL bottle neck some games, but i can also run apex at 4k max settings with no AA at a solid 60fps after landing.
If you just wanna game on the classics or things like apex/esports titles its perfect. The preformance hit sending the data back to the laptop panel is MASSIVE. Furmark alone went from 160 (in the default window) to 115fps when using the internal display.
Id rate the egpu idea 7.5/10, windows gets finicky with it. I had to flash an old firmware to the box for full tb3 speed. And make sure your Thunderbolt3 firmware is up to date for reliable transfer speeds.
Cons: as much as im in love with this setup i would have never paid the $900 retail asking price, $390 felt perfect for what it is.
Side note: playing apex at 4k,my CPU rarely went above 85c and will stay around 3.7-4.2ghz. But the desk at my apartment is marble so that might help.
Bentley Hernandez
Acceptable, but thunderbolt isn't ideal for gaming because it has extra overhead on top of being a cutdown PCI-E x4, by that I mean it doesn't actually get full bandwidth
Charles Jackson
I am really in love with my setup, i. An go to the office, work 7 hours with vs code and a shit load of terminals and clients open. Then go home and play games.
All on a tiny as fuck 2n1, the future is now bois. Also if anyone ia doing this to get back into gaming, mother fuckers still play bad company2, come play rush on port valdez again you fucks, its amazing.
Chase Reed
Jaxon Foster
I would vote to get a moderately sized gaming laptop now with a decent CPU, GPU at the top range of your budget, thunderbolt 3, and a big ole battery. Then once it's GPU us running out of steam start looking into eGPUs to extend it's useful gaming life time.
Of course all this is assuming you don't actually need the ultra book/thin and light form factor. But something like the Razer Blade 15 might do the trick if that's the case.
Nolan Gray
I don't get the obsession people have with tiny things. Do you live in a literal shoebox where having a proper manly desktop PC is that much of a trouble? Because if that's the case, computers should be the least of your worries.
Connor Long
Viable but only a really specific niche uses them and they're already getting squeezed by laptop GPUs getting better.
Nathan Perry
I wish USB 4 could be 80 instead of 40 rehashed.
Oliver Davis
You would need a separate monitor if you want maximum framerate
Luis Young
This is the case. Read up on urbanization. Also smaller is better anyhow.
Chase Barnes
>overpriced gpu cuckshed
just enjoy games on your desktop as god intended and make the most of your travels/work. don't find some half arsed compromise that makes both experiences dogshit
Tyler Harris
You should only take advice from people who owns THUNDERBOLT egpus. There's not a lot of information except for marketing hype. Here you'll only find people who read that marketing hype only or poorfags using non-thunderbolt egpu with old graphics cards they got for free from some gamer friend on thinkpads.
Michael Clark
Gaming on a laptop is always a massive compromise. Just play low intensity shit on your laptop and save the triple A for when you're at home with your full size build.