Hi all,

Just wondering how progress is on eGPU docks? I want to upgrade my GPU at some point and thought it might be cool to put it in a dock and connect it to a laptop. The laptop has a couple thunderbolt ports.

How’s compatibility these days?

  • sparky@lemmy.federate.ccA
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    111 months ago

    It’s more than slight! I ran a 3090 in an eGPU for a while and it lost around 40% of performance compared to when it was in my case.

    • @ursakhiin@beehaw.org
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      11 months ago

      That can depend on a lot of factors, though. From the bus of the enclosure to the speed of the USB port and cables you used.

      I wouldn’t have expected a 40 percent drop on the modern USB standards, but I’d still expect a drop. I was thinking closer to 20 percent.