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Trying "Beast" EGPU

BrunoSenra
By BrunoSenra
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Hey guys soo Im thinking in "upgrading" my laptop and experiment the beast egpu v8 with the mini pcie. Currently i have a 8gb ram with an AMD A4-6210 1.8GHz x4.
Im looking at some second hand cards and Rx550/460/470 all catch my eye but im super concerned about bottlenecking...

My main goal is to play Csgo and some indies (RimWorld and the new Hytale).
So should i pick any of these cards or they are just to much for my poor cpu? 

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I was initially considering doing this with my laptop, however I would have lost wireless connectivity and been forced to sit in one spot with wire and dongles all over the place just to connect my laptop to an EGPU if it would've even worked at all. personally it seems like too much trouble to go through just to render games faster... personally I use an RX 560 and it works GREAT in my PC, though i'm not sure what results you would get in a laptop... or what that would even look like exactly... I can tell you what my FPS is in game for CSGO if I quick check...

as for you CPU, it might be a problem, but only if you can't keep it cool enough... maybe... just remember to keep your vents open and don't block them, otherwise you might run into some issues...

 

Also before you begin, make sure you have an ethernet port and cable ready to go otherwise you'll be stranded offline with no way out without putting the wifi card back in.

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35 minutes ago, NetherRealm said:

I was initially considering doing this with my laptop, however I would have lost wireless connectivity and been forced to sit in one spot with wire and dongles all over the place just to connect my laptop to an EGPU if it would've even worked at all. personally it seems like too much trouble to go through just to render games faster... personally I use an RX 560 and it works GREAT in my PC, though i'm not sure what results you would get in a laptop... or what that would even look like exactly... I can tell you what my FPS is in game for CSGO if I quick check...

as for you CPU, it might be a problem, but only if you can't keep it cool enough... maybe... just remember to keep your vents open and don't block them, otherwise you might run into some issues...

 

Also before you begin, make sure you have an ethernet port and cable ready to go otherwise you'll be stranded offline with no way out without putting the wifi card back in.

Tbh this is more an experiment I grew super attached to this pc (mainly because it was my first Linux pc?) and want to give him a little kick.

My problem is not the fps because I believe it would be runnable anyways the thing is, why pay more for a card that would bottleneck and give the same performance anyway. 
As for temps my cpu at max load does 50/55 soo not super worried about that.

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Wont bother with anything faster than a 750ti, the CPU is just bad for gaming if not everything.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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