Running an NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti Over Thunderbolt 2

[Dylan522p]

http://anandtech.com/show/7987/running-an-nvidia-gtx-780-ti-over-thunderbolt-2

 

http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/6689-%5Bguide%5D-2013-15-macbook-pro-gtx780ti%4020gbps-tb2-sonnet-echo-express-iii-d-win8.html

 

So it costs as much as an entire system with a 780ti in it, but hey it's a start. The performance loss is there, but not much. The new Thunderbolt controller which is 40GBs, should make it be even less.

 

 

 

— Performance and Benchmark Results — 


eGPU vs Desktop performance

Fire Strike comparison (Desktop 780 Ti vs eGPU 780 Ti SC)
Reference: http://www.legitreviews.com/nvidia-g...eview_128012/8
Graphics Score
Desktop: 11096
eGPU: 10410
Ratio: 93% (take into account reference lacks overclock)

Unigine Valley comparison (Desktop vs eGPU)
Reference: http://youtu.be/P_IdNSh76TI
Desktop FPS/Score: 73.1/3057
eGPU FPS/Score: 60.2/2520
Ratio: 82% (take into account Desktop CPU which offsets results somewhat)

Another Reference (780 Ti - no overclock)
http://youtu.be/XNP7SaU08lE
Ratio: 91%

Overall eGPU Perfomance vs Desktop Performance: 80-95% (Games and Benchmarks consistently show this)

Internal Display FPS Loss (window drag method)
Overall internal display FPS loss: 5-20%
Unigine Heaven: 16% 53FPS vs 63FPS
Borderlands 2: 5-10%


Unigine Heaven (Basic 720p)
107 FPS
Score: 2716

Unigine Heaven (Extreme 1080p 4XAA)
62.7 FPS
Score: 1580

Unigine Heaven (Extreme 1080p 8XAA)
54.2 FPS
Score: 1364


Unigine Valley (Basic 720p)
80FPS
Score: 3343

Unigine Valley (Extreme 1080p 2XAA)
78.6 FPS
Score: 3290

Unigine Valley (Extreme HD 8XAA)
60.2 FPS
Score: 2520


3DMark11
Score: 11269
Graphics: 12576
Physics: 8395
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8297850

3DMark (2013)
Fire Strike
Score: 8807
Graphics: 10410
Physics 8102

Cloud Gate
Score: 18795
Graphics Score: 57882
Physics Score: 5588


Call of Duty: Ghosts
Max settings 1080p 2x AA: 60FPS+

Tomb Raider
Ultimate (Tess. hair off) 1080p: 60-100FPS

Crysis 1 
Very High (Maxed out) 2x AA 1080p: 80-90FPS (Fly-through Benchmark)

Nvidia Demo - A New Dawn: 31FPS

BioShock Infinite Official Benchmark - 1080p UltraDX11: 
All scenes average: 108FPS

 

 

[ForeseenVisionz]

NINJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD SOZ BRO

[SAV1OUR]

repost but i guess this has benchmarks
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/148199-running-an-nvidia-gtx-780-ti-over-thunderbolt-2/

[The Crazed Child]

This was interesting...huge bottleneck though.

[Rageodontist]

this shows the possibilities on the rise.