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I’m ordering the day the Thunderbolt expansion card becomes available. I just can’t make use of a laptop that I can’t plug my eGPU into.
by alshel 5y ago
I’m ordering the day the Thunderbolt expansion card becomes available. I just can’t make use of a laptop that I can’t plug my eGPU into.
- RL_Quine 5y agoIt's physically a USB-C port so I'm not sure you can do that.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoThunderbolt 3 and 4 both use USB-C.
- RL_Quine 5y agoRight but it's USB C, not thunderbolt.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoDo you mean USB 3? USB-C is the port, not the protocol.
- RL_Quine 5y ago"USB 3" is also ambiguous as hell. It's unfortunately talking about one of perhaps 10 different protocols, some of which are different depending on what year you are speaking of, because there's name collisions between incompatible versions.
- stormbrew 5y agoThe USB-C ports on it are allegedly thunderbolt4 in all but name, waiting on certification: https://community.frame.work/t/thunderbolt-4/255/13 https://community.frame.work/t/thunderbolt-4/255/13 There are people in that thread saying they've run egpus off it.
- mfer 5y agoTo add to this... USB-C is a specification and Thunderbolt is a certification. They are in process on the certification. The processors they use support Thunderbolt and people have been using Thunderbolt accessories with it (you can see that in the forum).
- sfotm 5y agoBrad Ling on YouTube has confirmed they have theirs working! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C2tulk2mIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C2tulk2mIE