External GPU setup will it work?

[WardenE]

I'm new here and I thought it would be a good idea to get this setup checked out for my specific laptop.   I'd really appreciate some help on figuring out if this setup will likely work.  Right now I am going for the PCI eGPU setup in this vid: 

 

This on a notebook computer:

GPU- NVidia 950m with integrated intel HD 530 card

CPU: intel i7 6700 HQ quad core 2.6 GHz (8 core hyperthreaded)

 

My laptop has a mini-PCIe port where the network card is so I will plug it in there.

The laptop is from Clevo though I am not 100% sure what model.

 

Thanks guys,

WardenE

[dizmo]

What does the mini-PCIe port run at though? 4x? You wouldn't get very good performance off of that.

 

[WardenE]

Oh I am unfamiliar with that, what is a good way to find out, what would this speed affect?

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080_PCI_Express_Scaling/

 

Mini-PCIe runs at 2.0 x1 speeds. So you're basically not going to run a GPU very well at all.

[WardenE]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080_PCI_Express_Scaling/

 

Mini-PCIe runs at 2.0 x1 speeds. So you're basically not going to run a GPU very well at all.

would there be a way to get a faster cable or possibly get a usb c to usb cable with a different setup?  I dont have a usb c port on my laptop

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, WardenE said:

would there be a way to get a faster cable or possibly get a usb c to usb cable with a different setup?  I dont have a usb c port on my laptop

You need Thunderbolt 3 at the minimum. There's no other external interface that provides sufficient bandwidth for eGPUs.

[WardenE]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

You need Thunderbolt 3 at the minimum. There's no other external interface that provides sufficient bandwidth for eGPUs.

ah thought so, thx for the response.  I guess the only way to do this is if I have a usb c port then right?  I have a few usb 3.0 ports on my laptop

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, WardenE said:

ah thought so, thx for the response.  I guess the only way to do this is if I have a usb c port then right?  I have a few usb 3.0 ports on my laptop

USB Type C doesn't mean anything unless it actually supports Thunderbolt 3.

[The Sloth]

6 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Thunderbolt 3 at the minimum.

thunderbolt 2 would work fine

-https://support.apple.com/kb/sp690?locale=en_CA

OP this will work fine but with a huge bottleneck 

[WardenE]

15 minutes ago, dizmo said:

What does the mini-PCIe port run at though? 4x? You wouldn't get very good performance off of that.

 

 

9 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080_PCI_Express_Scaling/

 

Mini-PCIe runs at 2.0 x1 speeds. So you're basically not going to run a GPU very well at all.

how badly would this affect the GPU speed?  

[Mira Yurizaki]

7 minutes ago, WardenE said:

how badly would this affect the GPU speed?  

Considering that performance starts to tank at PCIe 1.1 x4, I think it'll be even worse on PCIe 2.0 x1, which is the equivalent of PCIe 1.1 x2.

[MadOverclocker]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Considering that performance starts to tank at PCIe 1.1 x4, I think it'll be even worse on PCIe 2.0 x1, which is the equivalent of PCIe 1.1 x2.

I am actually looking onto this, as a project with a n2840 CPU. To see how bad it can go. I am thinking of getting a cheap GPU better than the Intel HD 4000, Run tests on my desktop, then on the laptop to see how bad performance gets.

[Glenwing]

17 minutes ago, WardenE said:

 

how badly would this affect the GPU speed?  

A lot.

 

[WardenE]

is there a way to test or see the speed of the PCI port?