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I've been having computer lockups every once in a while where the whole computer will fail. The screen would freeze, all audio will stop, and the computer becomes non-responsive. The computer has to be hard-reset. I was wondering if any of y'all get the same issue. It always happens when I'm in the middle of a game, so I'm pretty certain it's a P106 problem. I'm still on 416.34, and I should probably update to 417.22, but I wanted to know if I was the only one getting this problem.

I don't see why not, it worked with a ryzen 3 2200G. There may be a pcie bottleneck if it only supports 8 lanes, which was a problem with the 2200G and is why I switched to an Intel build instead. Double check how many lanes the 3200G has available, I can't recall off the top of my head. 

I'm gonna bump this old thread.
 
A while back I built a Ryzen 3 2200G build using this card, and used it for a handful of games like Apex, PUBG, and R6S, but in the end I decided it was too much of a headache and switched to an RX580. I strongly believed that it was being held back by the 8x lanes afforded by the Ryzen processor. Since then, my P106 has been collecting dust.
 
Well, I've moved recently and left my old PC behind and I decided to bring my P106 with me. I bought an old Dell Optiplex 9020 and through a real feat of engineering, managed to get the P106 working with it. It's not pretty, but it works.
 
 
Anyway, I re-ran my Heaven benchmark and it does indeed seem to improve on the scores I attained on the Ryzen build. So, keep that in mind, y'all.
Ryzen 3 2200G results:
Intel i5-4570 results:
 

I'm gonna bump this old thread.
 
A while back I built a Ryzen 3 2200G build using this card, and used it for a handful of games like Apex, PUBG, and R6S, but in the end I decided it was too much of a headache and switched to an RX580. I strongly believed that it was being held back by the 8x lanes afforded by the Ryzen processor. Since then, my P106 has been collecting dust.
 
Well, I've moved recently and left my old PC behind and I decided to bring my P106 with me. I bought an old Dell Optiplex 9020 and through a real feat of engineering, managed to get the P106 working with it. It's not pretty, but it works.
 
 
Anyway, I re-ran my Heaven benchmark and it does indeed seem to improve on the scores I attained on the Ryzen build. So, keep that in mind, y'all.
Ryzen 3 2200G results:
Intel i5-4570 results:
 

I'm gonna bump this old thread.
 
A while back I built a Ryzen 3 2200G build using this card, and used it for a handful of games like Apex, PUBG, and R6S, but in the end I decided it was too much of a headache and switched to an RX580. I strongly believed that it was being held back by the 8x lanes afforded by the Ryzen processor. Since then, my P106 has been collecting dust.
 
Well, I've moved recently and left my old PC behind and I decided to bring my P106 with me. I bought an old Dell Optiplex 9020 and through a real feat of engineering, managed to get the P106 working with it. It's not pretty, but it works.
 
 
Anyway, I re-ran my Heaven benchmark and it does indeed seem to improve on the scores I attained on the Ryzen build. So, keep that in mind, y'all.
Ryzen 3 2200G results:
Intel i5-4570 results:
 

Guys.. this worked for me and it's SUPER easy compared to customizing drivers!
 
 
 

This may amuse you, but I'm using a cut chopstick to prop my card up.

Hi, so just received my p106.  I ordered it with a help from  https://tbfocus.com/ , cause original chinese  taobao is unable to ship to Poland. Whole process took over a month, card arrived in good solid package i just changed thermal paste and card is working flawlessly actually keeping temps lower than my 1080. 

I didn't need to modify any drives cause im using this card for 3D rendering using Cuda. 

 

As someone mentioned in another thread, you must use a 4th generation Intel CPU or higher.
 
You do not need a modified firmware to make the modded drivers work, and I'm not sure where you got that information from.
 
Again, I'm not sure where you got this information.
 
All you need to do is to download the Chinese modded version of the driver OR modify the driver .inf files yourself, turn off testsigning, install the driver, turn off testsigning, and you're good to go.
 
Source: I did it myself and it's working perfectly fine.
 

 

 
You can see that the P106-100 is detected in the bottom right corner of Rainbow 6 Siege.

With all the LTT videos on Chinese computer parts, I've decided to make a $600 semi-budget build (you could technically achieve the same performance under $500) using mostly parts from China, including the featured P106 and a modded Gigabyte z170x gaming 3 motherboard. Although it is supposed to be a budget build, I did buy some parts with future expansion in mind since I will be using it as a server. (maybe another p106? lol)
 
The only components brought from China were the CPU, motherboard, and graphics card. The case being too heavy to ship, and I did not want my PSU to explode. The other components had relatively the same prices as in China.
 
Specs:
CPU: E2146G
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 3
RAM: Single G.Skill Aegis 8GB DDR4 2666
GPU: Gigabyte NVIDIA P106-100
Storage: Crucial mx500 512GB
PSU: Corsiar CX550
CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports ONE
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C (not really budget but it looks really good )
 
E2146G and Z170X
The e-2146g (https://ark.intel.com/products/134866/Intel-Xeon-E-2146G-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4-50-GHz-) is basically a new "E3" series processor which requires the new C246 chipset motherboard. The motherboard requirement, however, can be easily bypassed. By modding the bios and preventing contacts of a few pins, the e-2146g can be installed on any 1151 board. For instance, you could put it in a B150 motherboard and use DDR3. They also support "AMD only" DDR3 ram, which are basically ram chips from old-server-ram soldered onto new pcbs. These rams are surprisingly cheap at about 50% of regular ddr3 prices. The cheaper ones could go to about $15 for a single DDR3 8G 1600. Nevertheless, I went for a Z170X which requires normal DDR4 ram for better upgradability (which ended up costing 40 dollars more). The motherboard costed about $70. It was pre-modified to support all 6, 7, 8-gen and E21xx CPUs, thus costing $20 more than a non-modded z170x gaming 3. 
 
Meanwhile, the e2146g costed around $180. The specs are pretty much identical to the Intel page except that it runs at 3.4Ghz and turbos up to 4.3Ghz.
 
P106
You guys probably have already seen it a million times so I will not say too much about it. The graphic card looks OK other than the dusts in the heatsink. Temperatures are alright with about 30 degrees Celsius on idle and 50-ish when gaming.
 
The Build


 



 
Benchmarks
3DMark 
 


 
Assassin's Creed: Origins on very high settings
 

 
Cinebench
 

Interesting. This is the UI that shows up for externally-connected GPUs (and I think also Optimus but it's been a while since I've looked at a non-MaxQ laptop)... That's some hefty confusion on the driver's part.

I can answer this question for you.
 
First of all, eGPU power is throttled to begin with, because Thunderbolt cannot afford the full data transfer rates as PCI-e. Even though eGPU setups provide a full x16 PCI-e slot for you to put your desktop GPU in, it still won't be able to harness all of the power it can afford. But, if you're familiar with eGPUs, you know this already.
 
Second of all, P106-100s have PCI-e 1.1. That means even further throttling when paired with the above issue! This potentially negates the benefit of the whole setup, it could be too expensive for the performance boost that it affords-- especially since it has to be used in an Optimus-style configuration, having to render through the laptop's onboard graphics, which adds an even further performance loss.
 
Hope this helps.
Source: I also wanted to mount this as an eGPU in order to prolong the life of my aging Asus G56JR. Decided not to, as I estimated the performance loss to be too significant.

Hello all! I'm new to this forum, and like many others I was drawn to this by LTT's video. 
 
I strongly dislike leeches who ask for advice and contribute nothing in return, so I will try to avoid being that myself.
 
After weighing the pros and cons, I decided that the pros strongly outweighed the potential risks, so I decided to drop some money on a P106-100. 
 
Taobao sellers are reluctant to sell internationally for the same reason a US-based eBay seller would be reluctant to sell to me, a Malaysian citizen: international shipping and logistics, customs clearance, and unfamiliarity with the system, all contribute to sellers simply sticking with a "no, we don't ship internationally" stance. Plus, the entirety of Taobao's UI is in Chinese, which makes it difficult for buyers in the first place.
 
There are services known as Taobao "Agents", who essentially act as middlemen. Agents are logistics experts whose sole purpose is buying products from Taobao and shipping them abroad. Established agents typically own their own warehouse in China, and will typically do all of the necessary negotiation with the seller on your behalf. Of course, that means you will have to pay more shipping, as well as a service fee on top of it. That being said, it saves you from a lot of the hassle. 
 
I personally used buy2taobao (aka buy2you), and it cost me $8-10 on top of the base product from Taobao. Shipping costs will vary, obviously. Just putting this information out there.
 
Anyway, my card is still on the way, and I will update when I've managed to install the drivers. I will modify the driver inf files myself, because it looks simple enough. Honestly a lot of people are turned off by the illusion that their computers will be flooded with malware from suspicious drivers, but for crying out loud you can modify the drivers yourself. Oh well, at least their reluctance will keep the price for the cards low.
 
This will actually be my first PC build, but I'm not super tech illiterate so I'm not worried. I'm still choosing the other parts, and haven't decided if I want to go for Intel or Radeon. Obviously if I wanted to stay safe, I'll stick to a build similar to what Linus demonstrated in his video. But I've seen another forum post where it appears that someone got it working with AMD parts, but didn't elaborate how. Does anyone know anything about it?
 
And to the one person commenting on how the card appears to be limited to PCIE 1.1 speeds, I thought all of the P10x cards had PCIE 1.0? Which is why I discarded my initial idea to try to use it as a laptop eGPU, because it would bottleneck so hard I'm not sure it would even surpass my laptop's built in 760M GPU.