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Latency is not the issue, as Thunderbolt 3 is a direct PCIe connection. Only bottleneck might be bandwidth, usually you get 10-20% performance loss with an eGPU
by kayoone 9y ago
Latency is not the issue, as Thunderbolt 3 is a direct PCIe connection. Only bottleneck might be bandwidth, usually you get 10-20% performance loss with an eGPU but with a 1080Ti that's still plenty of performance.
- monocasa 9y ago'Direct' PCI-E connections can still be pretty slow. It's way more like a network than a traditional bus. The fail0verflow guys bridged PCI-E over a 115200 baud UART and it still worked.