Screw The Razer Core, Run ANY Desktop GFX Card On ANY Laptop For Less Than 20$??? Sure!

[iamdarkyoshi]

Kinda. And with lots of luck and duct tape. To do this, go buy one of these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/391447764147

And get yourself a laptop (I used a CQ-57, with a 1ghz AMD C-50)

And a graphics card, I used an r7 250

And a power supply. This is because the laptop can't supply 12v on its own

And optionally a 1x riser cable.

 

First, remove your wifi card, or use a secondary mini pcie slot (some laptops have more for cell radios)

 

Then install the adapter.

 

Plug in your PSU with the green and black wires connected, but leave it unplugged from the mains, and connect it to the adapter.

 

Install your graphics card into the adapter, and switch on the PSU at the same time as the laptop, using the riser cable if needed. With luck, the contraption should post.

 

Now plug in an external display, and install graphics drivers. Then run some benchmarks. With luck, you should have everything working.

 

Don't believe me?

 

Yes, it is in fact bottlenecked as hell. You should have been able to guess that.

 

Let the portable gaming rigs commence! 

[TheRandomness]

Dodgy af. 

I love it so much

[Scruffy90]

This is interesting . . .

[shadowbyte]

this is beautiful

[themaniac]

this is very interesting, I might try this if I have the chance

[stationvsbox]

the sketch is real

[glitchmaster0001]

ghettoooo i loveee it!!!!

[manikyath]

first i expected to be disappointed in you recommending one of those external gpu dock pieces of garbage, but that image with the gpu sticking out the laptop is SO worth it

[Slottr]

Definitely trying this. Haha I love it

[SirFlamenco]

Alienware did something similar but it's much better because Dell is a gaming reference

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, SirFlamenco said:

Alienware did something similar but it's much better because Dell is a gaming reference

and because it's not pcie 1x

[iamdarkyoshi]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

first i expected to be disappointed in you recommending one of those external gpu dock pieces of garbage, but that image with the gpu sticking out the laptop is SO worth it

I wonder what other kinds of derpiness I can do... Get a laptop with two card connectors and crossfire?

[manikyath]

Just now, iamdarkyoshi said:

I wonder what other kinds of derpiness I can do... Get a laptop with two card connectors and crossfire?

mod two cards to think they're running 8x and run SLI?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, manikyath said:

mod two cards to think they're running 8x and run SLI?

I have a pcie to pci adapter, maybe slot an old pci gfx card into it?

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

I wonder what other kinds of derpiness I can do... Get a laptop with two card connectors and crossfire?

Afaik mobos needs to support it... which laptops don't. :c

Just now, manikyath said:

mod two cards to think they're running 8x and run SLI?

Same here :c

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

Afaik mobos needs to support it... which laptops don't. :c

Same here :c

Crossfire works on anything tho, its SLI thats the bitch

[TheRandomness]

Just now, iamdarkyoshi said:

Crossfire works on anything tho, its SLI thats the bitch

Welp. +1 to AMD. 

[iamdarkyoshi]

4 minutes ago, manikyath said:

mod two cards to think they're running 8x and run SLI?

I have a dell venue 8 windows tablet with an unpopulated slot for a cell radio... hmmm..... That would be fucking hilarious.

[SImoHayha]

Well thats one of way to do that. But there is a " better way" that works way more better if you got an extra mPCI or Expresscard slot. 

 

Expresscard slots are basically 1x PCI slots. As seen in this video, you can manage to hook up one if you got the expresscard and of course a thingy

 

It works a hella lot better

[BiscuitMassacre]

If its PCIe 1x shouldn't it run like your moms dead dog?

[SImoHayha]

1 minute ago, BiscuitMassacre said:

If its PCIe 1x shouldn't it run like your moms dead dog?

Nope. Most GPU's are actually quite powerful even with 1x PCIE.

[BiscuitMassacre]

Just now, Ramamataz said:

Nope. Most GPU's are actually quite powerful even with 1x PCIE.

But its not as powerful tho right?

[SImoHayha]

Just now, BiscuitMassacre said:

But its not as powerful tho right?

Basically but it still works. 

[Guest]

I have a question. With that GPU sticking out at the bottom how do you manage to do anything???

[BiscuitMassacre]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

I have a question. With that GPU sticking out at the bottom how do you manage to do anything???

External Monitor and keyboard.