I'm going to set up an eGPU combo with my 5060 Ti and MSI Claw 8 AI+. As a dock the AG02 and 03 have caught my eye. I can get the 02 for 160€ and the 03 for 250€. Which one would you recommend? The claw can't use Thunderbolt 5 anyway, so it's not a priority.
So, 1st impressions!
Absolutely a worthwhile purchase.
I think because I’m quite late to the eGPU party, a lot of the kinks have been patched.
It was pretty straightforward setting it up but had I not been reading about them for a while now, there’s definitely a few things that would have made it difficult had I not investigated beforehand.
Anyway, something I come away with is, despite the huge increase in gpu performance, it is still a Z2 Extreme mobile cpu in there. And so for games that are cpu bound you do need to temper your expectations.
For instance, i mostly got the eGPU so I could have a better experience with Company of Heroes 3. What I find though is, instead of 30fps 1% lows 22-24 fps with everything on the lowest settings and looking like absolute garbage… Now I’m getting 30fps 1% lows 25-26fps but with a mix of High and Medium settings (3440x1440) looking stunning!
Halo Campaign Evolved I was very curious about. Let’s face it, it runs like garbage on the XAX, even with everything at the lowest settings at 1080p.
With the eGPU I’m getting around 57-60fps with a mix of Med and a few high settings. 3440x1440 (using DLSS of course). This can increase using Frame Generation but to be honest I’d happily lower things a touch to just get consistent 60fps.
I grew up on games that were constantly dipping well below 30fps. I don’t have the same need for crazy fps most people seem to want these days lol
I also tested a few games I’m not likely to play on the XAX but I was curious.
CoD Warzone. A bit disappointing but I think I just needed to mess around with the settings a bit more. Was getting around 57fps.
Indiana Jones. I was able to put settings up to Ultra but I think because of DLSS being set to Performance I was getting between 60-70fps but the image was pretty blurry. But, I reckon it’s the sort of game that 30fps is livable so I’d be tempted to try again with DLSS at quality.
Hi everyone, I need help troubleshooting my eGPU setup.
The DEG1 powers on and its LED lights up. The GPU also gets warm, but it is not detected at all. No RX 9070 GRE, Unknown PCI Device, or any new device appears in Device Manager or HWiNFO.
With the TGX switch set to OFF, the GPU fan spins only when the DEG1 is connected to the laptop and the laptop is powered on. Without the laptop connected, the fan does not spin.
About two weeks ago, I used the same laptop + same RX 9070 GRE + same NFHK adapter with a Peladn Link S2. The GPU was detected and the AMD driver installed successfully. I sold that dock and bought the DEG1 due to stuttering issues.
The RX 9070 GRE was also tested in another desktop PC and worked normally.
Still no PCIe device appears at all.
At this point, I'm suspecting the DEG1, its original OCuLink cable, or a compatibility/link negotiation issue with the NFHK adapter.
Any ideas on how to further isolate which component is causing the problem?
Hello,
I was thinking to buy graphics and upgrade my Onexplayer super x performance even more!
im not sure if to buy the 5070 or the 5070ti.
I’m planning to play on the device screen and not external display,
Will the 5070ti will give me better performance although I will play with the internal display or it’s better to buy the 5070?
So. I kept having issues of games crashing,
And didn’t realize how hot my device was. So I took the backplate off and I’ve got my legion Go in one of those bendy arm phone mounts directly under the air conditioner. Haven’t crashed since. Also I put my own heat sync on the NVME and that’s seemed to help as well.
Hello folks, I got a Legion Go S 8ARP1 about a year ago now. I was really hyped as I had never had a proper gaming thing before, always using the family computer playing Need for Speed Most Wanted, as that was the only game it could run (and I cared to play). I sat down and opened the box and used it. I have never been punched in the face harder my disappointment.
I had done no research before buying it, I don't even know why. It keeps me up at night, don't know why I even wanted one. But the problem still faces me today, This things performance makes me sad.
Setup:
PC: Legion Go S 8ARP1
CPU settings: SPL: 25 SPPT: 30 FPPT: 35
Ram: 16 GB (Shared with VRAM: 5GB)
Storage: 512 SSD + 512 HDD
Monitors: 1x 1920x1080 280hz + 1x 1920x1080 60hz
Inputs: Keyboard + Mouse + Headset (Built in Mic)
Performance has been so bad, here's my data I have gotten.
Team Fortress 2 (Medium Settings, Full screen: 55-100 FPS)
- This one is annoying, as my laptop gets about the same frame rate.
The Finals (Lowest, Full screen: 45-50 FPS)
- I’m actually fine with this one. (also CPU issue)
Minecraft: Java Edition (16 Chunks, low settings, Sodium, Full screen: 50-160)
- This flutters a LOT! Super unstable.
Apex Legends (Everything Lowest, Full screen: 40 FPS and never worked again)
- Game ran once, then put me in a infinite pending queue.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X (All low, Full screen: 100 FPS)
- Fine with this one too.
Rocket League (All lowest minus rendering, Full screen: 120 FPS)
-This one is okay.
Now, I know a lot now then I did, these are pretty standard charts. But I am greedy and I want more. But I need the facts.
Should I buy a Gaming PC, or get an EGPU?
I'm a broke high school student, so I don't have too much money to work with, but I can make sacrifices. AI told me I should use:
AOOSTAR AG01 OCuLink eGPU Dock +RX 6600
BUT AI has mislead me in the past, which is why I’m asking Reddit. Please give constructive feedback, as I am only new. Everything is in Australian dollars. G'day Mate.
I have a Aoostar with an 5060 Ti that I don't use. Could I use it for something fun if I hook it up to my gaming rig? I already have a more powerful GPU installed so I don't need it for gaming, but maybe it could find other use? Would appreciate some ideas!
Tried nvidia drivers from the gigabyte website.It fails to find the hardware.
RGB lights on Aurous egpu are on
When the iGPU (890M) is disabled in bios(AMI) the mini won’t boot and bios does not display. Boots fine with iGPU enabled and eGPU is being used and bios displayed on boot etc.
I’ve heard there can be performance and compatibility issues having iGPU enabled especially with SteamOS. Plus wasting 2GB (can set down to .5) of ram for a non used gpu and I believe it still pulls power/generates heat seems like a waste if it can be disabled.
Is this a bios issue? eGPU issue?
Some info:
470HX CPU mini-Oculink connection-AG03 dock-9070XT-HDMI to tv
Current OS: SteamOS
Looking to buy an eGPU for my Asus Rog Xbox Ally X and was thinking of purchasing the Asus XG mobile 5070ti or the 5090 but the prices everywhere from amazon to Best buy are either ridiculously overpriced or completely out of stock. I know that people here are all but unanimous with not recommending to use Asus ROG's official website, as they apparently have highly questionable customer service and quality assurance, but at least their prices are the same as they were at lunch msrp even if that's already a bit costly. I just can't see myself spending upwards of $3,700 for something that is already overpriced and available from the official retailer at &2500. Does anyone have any advice from personal experience?
Does anyone think the prices will come down now that more of these units are available for purchase?
looking at WKGL17 or ADT UT4G. maybe another better or cheaper? would any give me issues?
model of laptop is omen 16 b0509la
my tb4 does not recieve power*
i need to connect an oculink dock to a usb4/thunderbolt 4 port. since i can't find any adapters i was thinking of firts going oculink/m.2 nvme ant then nvme/thunderbolt but google suggests that nvme/thunderbolt adapters only work with SSDs. is this true? has anyone tried?
Received the OXP3 over the weekend, replacing my Legion Go 2.
Seems a lot more stable with the egpu than the Go2 ever did.
Really enjoying it.
5070ti and Tandem 1440p OLED
Hey everyone, which graphics cards work best with the AOOSTAR AG02? Looking for something stable and reliable, especially over USB4. Thanks!
I’m having an issue with my OneXPlayer Super X + AOOSTAR AG02 + RX 9070 XT.
The 9070 XT works perfectly with an external monitor connected directly to the GPU, but on the Super X internal OLED, games either won’t launch or run at around 1 FPS.
Both GPUs are enabled, drivers are updated, and the game is set to use the 9070 XT.
Has anyone had this issue? Would switching to a different GPU fix it, and if so, which GPU works best with the AG02 and internal display?
I wanted to upgrade my gaming capacity while keeping my laptop the same, so I figured an eGPU was the best bet. This was sort of an experiment, so I went with the lowest prices I could find for everything—without skimping on the PSU, of course.
The build is a ThinkPad P14s G5, TB3, with a TH3P4G3 and 3060 Ti. In total, it cost me about $415. Lemme clarify, that price is for PSU, dock, and GPU. The laptop was more expensive 😂. I'm still not sure whether I'm getting $415 of performance out of this, but I haven't tried in a really GPU-heavy game yet, and I also have yet to test out an LLM.
And this is on Linux. I have a little more info about it on my egpu.io post. It was a nightmarish process to figure out how to get it to boot and detect the GPU consistently (and I love tinkering), but now that I have it working, I swear, I'm not going to touch anything or look at it in the wrong way.
I've gotten my 7800xt+DOCK-OC4 (Oculink) to run lesser demanding games amazingly, however, as soon as I try a more demanding title, the whole system stutters to a freeze and horrible audio cracking. I know from other posts that people set their Oculink m.2 slots to PCIe gen 3, but ASUS are a bunch of dicks and locked the BIOS on my laptop to not let me do that. That's why I'm hoping that anybody knows some sort of software that would let me do that, or that they might know another fix. If all else fails, would the 7800xt work well over TB4 (which my laptop suppots) or should I try to sell it open-box?
Is it normal for the fan at the AG02 to make no noise? According to my graph, it consumes 143w + legion go about 200w or a little above 200w. But by making a low noise, the base heats up a good one, is it normal yet? The sound of his fan is super low, lower than that of the fans on the chart. Does it affect anything? It's from Lite-On.
Getting a bit of ridicule from my circle because the Evo x1 could solo all the games I play. But this thing does put a smile on my face.
Both are reference cards.
RX 6800 Steel Nomad score - 3134
RX 7900 XT Steel Nomad score - 5600
Parts List:
Mini PC: Minisforum UM780XTX (Ryzen 7 7840HS, 32GB DDR5 RAM)
Oculink Board: NFHK N-P114-A PCIe 4.0 x 4
PSU: Silverstone SX700-G SFX PSU
Custom wooden frame: Priceless