Kickfarted? "The Wolfe: Supercharge Your Laptop"

[mcraftax]

I didn't know where to post this so i put it here.

 

My friend found this on kickstarter and thought it was great idea and i had to explain to him in theory this can be done good like the Razer Core but this one is probably complete bullsh!t, especially the marketing. 

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thewolfe/the-wolfe-supercharge-your-laptop

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I know the link the video is playing from is not the original but the kickstarter video link would not show up here as a video.

I would quote some of the things they have said but you can see for yourselves.

It is mainly marketed at apple users and "uses and pro level gpu" but it is only using a 970 at the highest level.

I could go on but i can't be bothered as it has such horrible marketing.

As Linus has said you will never be able to run vr on the mac (/book)

[Murasaki]

Looks ugly af.

[minibois]

Oh nooooo, the Witcher 3 on the laptop (with the 'Wolfe') looks like it's still running at like 20fps.. Come on, you can't use that in your video!

[Murasaki]

If someone can afford a macbook or/and VR, they can definitely afford a gaming laptop. Sure carryin two laptops might seem dumb but it's thinner then that box.

[Snooli]

Aren't there thunderbolt 2 PCIe adapter boxes already?

Also don't forget that Thunderbolt 2 is PCIe 2.0 x4 max.

[mcraftax]

Just now, Snooli said:

Aren't there thunderbolt 2 PCIe adapter boxes already?

Also don't forget that Thunderbolt 2 is PCIe 2.0 x4 max.

There is the Razer Core (TB3) and a few others that have failed

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[SLAYR]

Have these people never heard that companies shoved two gtx 1080s in a laptop.

 

And the thing costs $270, and can only support under 220w cards. If you have that much monry to spend on it it should support 250w cards like the titan x(pascal).

2 minutes ago, Snooli said:

Aren't there thunderbolt 2 PCIe adapter boxes already?

Also don't forget that Thunderbolt 2 is PCIe 2.0 x4 max.

Yep, and thunderbolt 3 boxes

[Snooli]

10 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

Yep, and thunderbolt 3 boxes

Don't know of any TB3 Macbook

[SLAYR]

Just now, Snooli said:

Don't know of any TB3 Macbook

The newer 2016 macbooks have thunderbolt 3.

[Funtron5000]

I researched this thing a few days ago. All they show is the 950 OEM version. And their box dimensions are smaller than that of the card. So, clearly it works on magic, impossible dimensions, constricted airflow, 100% fan speed, power brick for extra portability, and faux metal plastic box.

[Dash Lambda]

Nearly every single thing they said is only true and reasonable if Apple is the only computer company in existence.

[SLAYR]

46 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

Nearly every single thing they said is only true and reasonable if Apple is the only computer company in existence.

For some people it is.

[iiNNeX]

10 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

For the sheep it is.

Fixed that for you

 

I love my iphone 6s, but that is about the only thing I buy from apple, apart from their phones I cannot see a reason to buy an ipad over an android tablet or a macbook over lets say a Razer Blade (or much cheaper windows variants)

[Biggerboot]

Honestly the marketing isn't terrible for one aimed at Mac users (not saying the product is good).  They have almost no affordable options for GPUs, and some are adamant about being a macbook only kind of guy/girl.  If it was a windows only product aimed at laptops, it would be pretty bad in a marketing sense.

 

Granted, you're still better off buying an entire Windows PC for this sort of thing.  Don't know how those macbook cpu's or OSX are gonna handle full maxwell cards attached to them. 

 

Edit: I read the Kickstart page a bit more and found this.

 

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Can I use two?

Yes! The Dual Wolfe setup is incredibly powerful. In fact, you can use as many Wolves as you have Thunderbolt ports - so on the Mac Pro you can add up to six! This is most useful for the biggest power-users: if you want to build a render farm, machine learning/compute workstation, cryptocurrency mining rig, or multi-monitor setup, a pack of Wolves will blow your regular computer away. We're continually improving our Wolfepack software to add more capabilities, including broader multi-Wolfe support. The Dual Wolfe setup is not recommended for gamers yet, but we are working hard to bring you multi-GPU gaming.

Imagine... 6 GPUs... on a macbook!

 

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[Canada EH]

Why no PCIe slots on a laptop motherboard that you could use a extender/riser cable for?

Length is an issue, Linus taught me that. How would you power the card. Maybe thats why they use Thunderbolt.

[Sir Asvald]

Pricing is the same as a laptop or a budget gaming system.. 

[flowalex]

I really like what Kyle and Paul said about it

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[GirlFromYonder]

5 hours ago, flowalex said:

I really like what Kyle and Paul said about it

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what did they

[Bhav]

Mac fans are idiots.

[flowalex]

13 hours ago, DeezNoNos said:

what did they

They basically said buy a windows laptop that can do it and it has a stupid pricing structure, they also were talking about the peoples eyes a lot

[Edward.s]

wait , is GTX 970 is good enough for VR ? 

[Dash Lambda]

4 hours ago, Abyssal Radon said:

This is a good idea. But it's gonna flop. First, they are going to need nVidia to support that product with a special driver add on or added feature for their OSX nVidia driver. Apple could get pissy about this move or buy them lol. Also, those programs and games ran like shit with their "professional grade GPU", great marketing you dipshits. Good luck The Wolfie... bad name too :P. Lol.

Given everything else about this thing, I'm sure they expect to write the driver themselves. That's about as reasonable as the rest of the project.

Either that or they don't know why they would need to.

... Actually, that sounds more reasonable than the first one.

 

On 8/31/2016 at 0:49 PM, SLAYR said:

For some people it is.

There are buttons for "Agree," "Informative," "Funny," and "Thumbs Up," but there isn't one for "Oh god don't remind me."

[samiscool51]

every thing apple sells is, shit and expensive

their followers, (the pesents of the world) think they are the best and anything else is bad and evil

i wounder why they have no moto, i think they do but they don't show it,

their motto:

APPLE

Our stuff is shit and expensive and you guys just payed $3000 for a device that a $100 device can do better and over 9000x faster!

[SImoHayha]

pfft. You can already do this if you got 50 dollars and purchase a used GPU.  So roughly 220$ for a upgrade to a laptop to play some games. Assuming you at least got a 3rd gen laptop cpu and is an i5 or i7.

 

http://www.banggood.com/EXP-GDC-Laptop-External-PCI-E-Graphics-Card-p-934367.html