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Intel formally announced support for eGPUs when they revealed TB3. Everyone can do eGPUs now via USB-C that uses TB3 via alt mod protocol. Razor was the first
by mikhailt 11y ago
Intel formally announced support for eGPUs when they revealed TB3.
Everyone can do eGPUs now via USB-C that uses TB3 via alt mod protocol. Razor was the first one to support this a few months ago with their Blade ultrabook. Sadly, they are behind with releasing the eGPU case but their case can by used on any laptop that has TB3 and as long as the manufacturer has not disabled some stuff for TB3 via the bios.
If Asus have it ready, then where is it?
- Roritharr 11y agoSince i need a Type-C Dockingstation anyhow for my next Notebook (probably XPS 13 or 15) i'm quite intrigued by the idea of a eGPU Case (Razer Core most likely), since its going to be a piece of kit that i can use over multiple generations of notebooks AND graphics cards, instead of buying the Dell TB 15 Dock which may or may not be working on any non-dell machine. 2x4k at 60hz from a 13 inch PC is finally becoming feasible.
- seanp2k2 11y agoYeah. It's ridiculous that it's taking this long, since the problem of "make PCI-E available outside of the case" has been solved in various forms for a few years now. I know it's not QUITE that simple, but it sounds like it has more political challenges than engineering challenges for the past while.
- mikhailt 11y agoWhen asked about this, Intel said the reason they didn't support it before was because there were issues with hot-plugging the externally cases, it would cause all sorts of issues in the OS and drivers.
- nailer 11y agoAsus and (other company who I forget) debuted their kit in 2013 at E3 or similar. I wanted to buy one buy then but couldn't get it as Intel weren't certifying it - they probably used TB2.