impressed by gtx 780 ti over Thunderbolt 2

[Mr.Reggin]

Well I found a video on youtube someone running a gtx 780 ti over Thunderbolt 2 and I saw (and he also confirmed that under the video) that he got 80-90% of FPS he would get over Pcie 3.0 x16. Well Thunderbolt 2 is much slower than Pcie 3.0 so these benchmarks kinda impressed me. I expected him to get like 20% FPS with stuttering. What do you guys think?

 

[ShadowCaptain]

Well I found a video on youtube someone running a gtx 780 ti over Thunderbolt 2 and I saw (and he also confirmed that under the video) that he got 80-90% of FPS he would get over Pcie 3.0 x16. Well Thunderbolt 2 is much slower than Pcie 3.0 so these benchmarks kinda impressed me. I expected him to get like 20% FPS with stuttering. What do you guys think?

 

Yeah its awesome its one reason I wish thunderbolt was more widespread

 

I would grab a retina pro and enclosure in a heartbeat

[Mr.Reggin]

Yeah its awesome its one reason I wish thunderbolt was more widespread

 

I would grab a retina pro and enclosure in a heartbeat

well, I wish there would be 700-800€ laptop with an i5/i7 and hd graphics, but an thunderbolt 2 connector or even an external mPcie 2.0/3.0 x16, so you can have a pretty high end gaming machine at home, cuz if my laptop had that i would safe up some money and get a gtx 770 since prices are dropping of these gpu's. My Intel core i7 4702MQ wont be bottlenecking any gpu as far as I know.

[ShadowCaptain]

well, I wish there would be 700-800€ laptop with an i5/i7 and hd graphics, but an thunderbolt 2 connector or even an external mPcie 2.0/3.0 x16, so you can have a pretty high end gaming machine at home, cuz if my laptop had that i would safe up some money and get a gtx 770 since prices are dropping of these gpu's. My Intel core i7 4702MQ wont be bottlenecking any gpu as far as I know.

 

The GS30 should be pretty cool since it comes out

 

OR grab an old/refurb 13" macbook pro

[Mr.Reggin]

The GS30 should be pretty cool since it comes out

 

OR grab an old/refurb 13" macbook pro

well I hate Mac OS and never want to need to use such OS. Sorry, but I just dont like apple and their marketing. pff my ipod got 3 large points on the screen that aint working although it was just lying around. Well  what is the complete name of this GS30?

[ShadowCaptain]

well I hate Mac OS and never want to need to use such OS. Sorry, but I just dont like apple and their marketing. pff my ipod got 3 large points on the screen that aint working although it was just lying around. Well  what is the complete name of this GS30?

 

Install windows on it

 

OSX is beautiful though, I love it, wish I could get rid of windows out of my life completely but I like my gaming PCs

 

MSI GS30, 13", intel iros pro, and it comes with an external graphics card housing (not out yet)

[Psykomantis00]

Yeah its awesome its one reason I wish thunderbolt was more widespread

 

I would grab a retina pro and enclosure in a heartbeat

This, so much this. 

[Mr.Reggin]

Install windows on it

 

OSX is beautiful though, I love it, wish I could get rid of windows out of my life completely but I like my gaming PCs

 

MSI GS30, 13", intel iros pro, and it comes with an external graphics card housing (not out yet)

so they are going add an external mPcie connector?

[ShadowCaptain]

This, so much this. 

 

IKR, 13" retina pro (if it had iros pro..DO IT APPLE) and then a small thunderbolt enclosure to run a 980 in =  perfect

 

 

so they are going add an external mPcie connector?

 

dont think its mpcie, it says it offers full pcie x16 bandwidth 

 

http://www.msi.com/news/1834.html

[Captain_Slow]

Install windows on it

 

OSX is beautiful though, I love it, wish I could get rid of windows out of my life completely but I like my gaming PCs

 

MSI GS30, 13", intel iros pro, and it comes with an external graphics card housing (not out yet)

 

This GS 30 is FAAAANTASTIC!

[GoodBytes]

The enclosure are around 1000$. If it was 30-50$ it would be worth it. But it's not, and you need a PSU for the GPU. Its not included in the enclosure. Just have a desktop, and use OneDrive to sync your files between systems. Cheaper this way, and you have full power of your GPU, and faster CPU.

[ShadowCaptain]

The enclosure are around 1000$. If it was 30-50$ it would be worth it. But it's not, and you need a PSU for the GPU. Its not included in the enclosure. Just have a desktop, and use OneDrive to sync your files between systems. Cheaper this way, and you have full power of your GPU, and faster CPU.

 

50$ is a little extreme, if it was say $300 or something that would be reasonable

 

Dont forget that means owning a desktop AND a laptop.... 

 

It makes sense if somebody can do it well priced, as I say, this new MSI laptop comes with the enclosure for free, which is awesome

[GoodBytes]

Why too expensive?

The non-Thunderbolt version is dirt cheap.

70$ for this limited manufactured product: http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/PE4L%20V2.1.html

The product that can actually pull it off, is Microsoft with Surface Pro line if they wanted.

The power connected has a bunch of pin unused. They maybe find a way to have PCI-E 4x (and not 1x like above), and allow a low end GPU in the dock stations to be connected. Like a GeForce 730, or maybe, a 750 Ti. Wishful thinking, of course. But I think they can pull it off, if they wanted. Basically dropping the price, due no thunderbolt design.

Of course, if that happens, as it a dock there would be a premium price, like what you said 300$, but aftermarket solution could be available.

[Mr.Reggin]

IKR, 13" retina pro (if it had iros pro..DO IT APPLE) and then a small thunderbolt enclosure to run a 980 in =  perfect

 

 

 

 

dont think its mpcie, it says it offers full pcie x16 bandwidth 

 

http://www.msi.com/news/1834.html

its gonna cost a fortune

[Mr.Reggin]

Why too expensive?

The non-Thunderbolt version is dirt cheap.

70$ for this limited manufactured product: http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/PE4L%20V2.1.html

The product that can actually pull it off, is Microsoft with Surface Pro line if they wanted.

The power connected has a bunch of pin unused. They maybe find a way to have PCI-E 4x (and not 1x like above), and allow a low end GPU in the dock stations to be connected. Like a GeForce 730, or maybe, a 750 Ti. Wishful thinking, of course. But I think they can pull it off, if they wanted. Basically dropping the price, due no thunderbolt design.

Of course, if that happens, as it a dock there would be a premium price, like what you said 300$, but aftermarket solution could be available.

u could run a gtx 780 on Pcie 3.0 x4 without too much of a bottleneck