Thunderbolt 3 Standard

[coconuts4eva]

Recently purchased an Asus Thunderboltex 3 card. Installed the drivers and it says it isn't compatible with eGPUs. 

 

All of the hype on TB 3 seems a little silly considering all the manufacturers these days claim to have it, but they very loosely follow the spec: http://plugable.com/thunderbolt-3/support/

 

Being able to use external PCIe devices at decent speeds is supposed to be the hallmark of TB3. What good is it if no manufacturer follows it?

[DrMacintosh]

Well Apple, Dell, and Razor seem to follow It fine. Blame Asus, there aren't really many aftermarket Thunderbolt add in solutions. 

[coconuts4eva]

3 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Well Apple, Dell, and Razor seem to follow It fine. Blame Asus, there aren't really many aftermarket Thunderbolt add in solutions. 

I was looking at getting an Asrock Fatality Z270 ITX board because it has the TB3 on board. And I could put it in a tiny case and just plug the eGPU in on the road.

 

Anyone use an eGPU with that motherboard?

[Damascus]

Have  you tried running it?

[coconuts4eva]

2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Have  you tried running it?

Yeah, plugged it in and it doesn't show up like it does on my laptop. I'm using the gigabyte Aorus 1070 box.

 

The USB and other TB3 stuff work though.

[Damascus]

Just now, coconuts4eva said:

Yeah, plugged it in and it doesn't show up like it does on my laptop. I'm using the gigabyte Aorus 1070 box.

 

The USB and other TB3 stuff work though.

...  JUST  BUILD A PC

You have a mobo, use it

[coconuts4eva]

14 minutes ago, Damascus said:

...  JUST  BUILD A PC

You have a mobo, use it

lol. already have 4 workstation cards in my rig. (single slot). I just wanted to see if it would work. Why does the human climb the mountain--- because it's there!

[Damascus]

22 hours ago, coconuts4eva said:

lol. already have 4 workstation cards in my rig. (single slot). I just wanted to see if it would work. Why does the human climb the mountain--- because it's there!

In that case get a NUC.  I'm relatively sure they have oficial support and they can come in 6700HQ versions.  If you want you can even get these awesome passive cooling cases for it and swap out the internals.