Not bad deal if your after an egpu, probably the best value for money and performance enclosure, but you need to factor in a GPU card cost too.
Which ones are those?
Somebody was able to fit a 3090 into a Razer Core X Chroma by bending a small piece of metal in the Chroma case. Various Reddit threads on it, and standard Core X users claim they were able to fit it too. Me? I'd be happy with a 3070 (if they existed in the shops).
https://www.reddit.com/r/eGPU/comments/j3v612/razer_core_x_c…
The lack of a usb hub on this kills the usefulness as a "single cable dock" =/
Alternatives?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/razer-core-x-chroma-extern…
Chroma X has USB ports and Ethernet port
Does egpu have good performance compared to real GPU? Is there a notable difference in frame rate?
it's putting a 2-slot PC gpu into a laptop. The performance of the GPU is not different than if you were to plug it into a PC.
Normally decress 20% performance of the GPU card.
OK. Thanks. 20% decrease is a bit too much.
I will pass.
that's still an 80% increase from your current rig though…
Where the heck did you get 20% decrease?
Granted I've got a Alienaware Graphics Amplifier with its proprietory plug with a 2070super and I'm losing about 3-6% in performance, hardly noticeable.
I think the thunderbolt eGPU cases take a bigger performance hit compared to the Alienware Amp
Tb3 - 16-32Gbps
PCIe - 126Gbps
I think normally 20-30% performance drop is right.
There're lots of benchmarks on youtube.
Is the Alienaware Graphics Amplifier only limited to the Alienaware laptops?
@congo: Yeah. It's their proprietary connector that is much faster than TB3. Think of it as a PCIe riser.
@he11bent: It’s not exactly like a riser. Can’t get the damn thing to work with my Galax GTX1660 Super. Apparently some cards just don’t work despite the exact model from a different vendor working flawlessly. Probably have to resell the card. Support from the RTX30-series still to come. Probably a few months away from Alienware’s track record of supporting new line ups
@he11bent: Yeah tried everything. Bios updates, driver updates, installing GeForce experience, searching for compatibility with card. The amp definitely works, I’ve used it with another card a few months ago. The USB ports and light still works, I just get device in amplifier not recognised when I boot it with my Alienware 15 R2.
Other users said GTX 1660 Super works but they had different vendors. I saw a post where some guy couldn’t get his Galax RTX 2060 working with his amp, even though card worked in a desktop. He ended up buying a different card and that worked, I’m guessing maybe Amps have issues with Galax or something
Depends on the laptops thunderbolt port and what the PCIe lanes its configured to. I heard 10% drop but it can drop a lot lower.
I'm expecting tb4 cases coming soon.
For all those thunderbolt 4 laptops?
TB4 doesn't have any more bandwidth than TB3. Also eGPU might be dead without Mac support.
TB4 doesn't have any more bandwidth than TB3.
Incorrect. TB4 is based on PCIe 4 so has double the PCIe speed of TB3.
Won’t fit the 3 slot width GPUs though.