r/eGPU

I eventually want to upgrade my laptops performance with a egpu but afraid i will get little to no performance boost, although my laptop has pretty good specs i would love an second opinion.

Asus Zenbook s14 OLED (UX5406S)

Intel i7 Ultra Series 2 258v

Intel Arc Graphics

32gb LPDDR5X RAM

1tb

What parts can i use with a egpu that will truly boost my performance in all aspects - maining gaming

Does anyone have a GTi15 Ultra + EX Pro Docking Station + AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB.

Is there any reason why this combination wouldn't work?

Unfortunately I do not make money or control much of my finances. I am considering for my dell insprion 14 with an I7 155h and 16gb 6400 ram. I don't have an dgpu and rely on my igpu which isn't cutting it. I plan to get a raedon rx9060xt with 16gb of gddr6 vram. As this'll last me a while, into my next 1 or 2 amd laptops.

I plan to get a aoostar ag03 cage which will fit perfectly on my desk as well as coming with an 800watt PSU, I plan on using thunderbolt 4 and in the future 5. I don't care about the bit of latency as all I play is KSP, Ravenfield, and some other low intensity games. I do live in a city with power flickers, will this be a concern? I'm a little concerned about if it could crash my laptop.

Since this will ocosionaly be moved around, should I disable Igpu in BIOS or in device manager?

Overall this'll run me between 650-750 dollars total for a:

90 watt dell laptop charger (barrel plug as I only have in usbc port) $25usd

Raedon 9060xt 16gb $350-450

Aoostar Ag03 $275

this is way cheaper than getting a new laptop or a pc. Tbh I haven't even let this thing breathe as it's getting chocked on every time I run a game. Pls help

I am thinking of pairing a RX9060XT with my hades canyon (also 16gb ram) . It only have TB3 available.

It is an ok solution? I want to use ollama to run local models and need more than the 4GB of VRam that my pc have nowadays.

Anybody with any experience doing this?

Or should I forget my gen 8 Intel and build a more modern ssf instead of eGPU?

Thanks all!

So considering trying to set up a couch gaming eGPU with my 4K LG Oled I have. Thinking I would either purchase a GPU and simply mount it to one of the eGPU enclosures or possibly interested in the all in one brick styles I’ve seen. It would not be portable, it would live under the TV.

Any recommendations of what to look for? Avoid?

NOTE: I run bazzite! So part of what I would need to learn is about any implications this has, from some basic research it reads like this can complicate things a lot with drivers, proton layers etc etc.

Ever since a failed driver update, something has gone wrong with my thunderbolt 4 drivers. Everytime I hook the TB4 cable from my eGPU my EGPU just fails and switches off. I can't turn it back on again until I disconnect and reconnect its powerblock.

I know my TB4 cable is not to blame because it detects my phone and transfers things to my phone just fine.

It seems to be a driver issue with thunderbolt 4 on my laptop and not an issue with the eGPU itself. I'm currently using a lenovo thinkbook g16, but support for it is terrible at best. There is no dedicated thunderbolt 4 driver and it's somehow "integrated" into the iGPU. AI sucks at answering questions and keeps on hallucinating things that are not for my model.

Has anybody experienced a similar issue?

EDIT: the egpu is ONEXGPU2 rx7800m

I have a very new setup that I’ve been trying to get working. I’ve finally gotten somewhere after uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers for hours on repeat and trying every other troubleshooting thing I can think of. I’ve noticed I can get it working when I re-seat the Oculink on the dock end. However once I run a game for more than 10 minutes it freezes the entire system. Anybody know what I would need to do?

I’m planning to have a 2060 super set up in a (probably thunderbolt 3) egpu but I don’t think I have the funds nor space for an external monitor. I know external monitors are useful and better than just using the laptop screen but are they very necessary (to at least have a smooth gaming experience)?
There’s no harm to not having a monitor right?

Hello everyone, I just discovered E-Gpus recently and it seemed to be the solution to my problem, indeed last year I bought a laptop and sometimes I think it was maybe impulsive. Anyway it is supposed to be for school, it's an Asus Vivobook S14 5406sa with an Intel Core Ultra 5 226V, 16GB of DdR5 and an Intel Arc Graphics 8gb of Vram (i think it's an iGPU i'm not sure tho).

I also want to add that I switched to Linux Recently I'm on Ubuntu because Microslop was using my Ram to train AI.

And so my there are my questions : is my processor powerful enough to tank mainly crossplay games (I REALLY wanna play with my brother on Ps5) like Helldiver or Raft or Escape the Backrooms or Sea of thieves? 1080p 60fps would be the minimum I accept taking into account the investment.

Also could it run Minecraft with shaders and mods? (my dream since I discovered shaders through YouTube),

And finally do you think it's worth it to buy an E Gpu? Would it really greatly improve my performances?

Finally if I do buy an EGPu I was thinking about a 9060xt 16gb VRAM because it would be the first step of maybe later if I have money, a desktop gaming pc.

Thanks for the responses and love you all

(sorry if I did grammar mistakes I'm not English)

Razer core X V2 enclosure, 1000 watt psu, rtx 5090 graphics card.

I'm stuck with connecting the egu to my thinkpad. I need to install the graphics driver (studio) to enumerate the egpu, but nvidia doesn't let me download without it being enumerated, so I'm kinda stuck. What do I do?

So I’m thinking about buying a egpu for my gf since she plays games but her laptop isn’t that good, I have a old gtx 1050 and I’m planning on upgrading my own gpu soon so she would get my current rtx 3060. She has a lenovo yoga slim 6 which has a thunderbolt 4. I googled egpus and found razers of course but also a lot different more sus looking one that have no walls, I don’t mind getting one with walls but I want to make sure it’s legit. I live in Finland and max budget is 200€

Just as the title says. Which one would perform better and why?

Lately I’ve been seeing Steam Machine discussions popping up again and it got me thinking…was it actually a bad idea, or just too early for its time? Back then it felt like the hardware+Linux or SteamOS ecosystem just wasn’t there yet. But now with

SteamOS getting way better, Steam Deck proving the concept, plus all these mini PCs and eGPU setups, like Onexgpu, Gpd, Minisforum, Nimo etc, it kinda feels like the original Steam Machine vision is finally becoming realistic. Wondering what people think, idea was solid but ahead of its time, or still flawed even today