DIY eGPU

[da na]

Those risers for mining, where it has the USB port that goes in the x1 slot and the x16 slot connected via USB, can I operate one of those just plugging it into a usb port, not into the x1 slot card? 

TL;DR can I use a pcie riser over usb for a laptop?

 

I need an external gpu and the boxes are too expensive.

[mr cheese]

They make these little guys, they're basically very very tiny low-power eGPUs that give you just enough to run a second monitor over USB but not much else

https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Graphics-Multiple-2048x1152-1920x1080/dp/B00A2E1MQA/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=usb+to+dvi&qid=1610738617&sr=8-3

[da na]

Just now, DaJakerBoss said:

They make these little guys, they're basically very very tiny low-power eGPUs that give you just enough to run a second monitor over USB but not much else

https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Graphics-Multiple-2048x1152-1920x1080/dp/B00A2E1MQA/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=usb+to+dvi&qid=1610738617&sr=8-3

I was going to put a Radeon HD in it bc my HDMI port on my laptop broke, it needs to support 2k60 video playback.

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, wat3rmelon_man2 said:

I was going to put a Radeon HD in it bc my HDMI port on my laptop broke, it needs to support 2k60 video playback.

by 2k you mean 2048x1080, or basically 1080p right?

 

Those might be ok for video, but thats pushing it.

 

Id just swap the gpu in your laptop if its a mxm card.

[da na]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

by 2k you mean 2048x1080, or basically 1080p right?

 

Those might be ok for video, but thats pushing it.

 

Id just swap the gpu in your laptop if its a mxm card.

It has a r7 integrated graphics, and the HDMI port is the problem, not the card. And I mean 1440p, sorry.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, wat3rmelon_man2 said:

It has a r7 integrated graphics, and the HDMI port is the problem, not the card. And I mean 1440p, sorry.

Those usb ones probably wont work then, so you really can't get that working on your laptop without fixing the port then.

[da na]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Those usb ones probably wont work then, so you really can't get that working on your laptop without fixing the port then.

OK, I'll fix the port

[AbydosOne]

13 minutes ago, wat3rmelon_man2 said:

Those risers for mining, where it has the USB port that goes in the x1 slot and the x16 slot connected via USB, can I operate one of those just plugging it into a usb port, not into the x1 slot card? 

TL;DR can I use a pcie riser over usb for a laptop?

No, they use the USB cable because it's designed for high-bandwidth digital signals and all the ports/cables already exist and are cheap. Electrically it's a different signal and won't be recognized; you need to use them with the x1 adapter card.