Hi all,

Just wondering how progress is on eGPU docks? I want to upgrade my GPU at some point and thought it might be cool to put it in a dock and connect it to a laptop. The laptop has a couple thunderbolt ports.

How’s compatibility these days?

  • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Makes me wonder if this is a possible future. Just get a small nuc like computer and connect it to an egpu.

    • Matty_r@programming.devOP
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      11 months ago

      For sure. It’s something I’ve considered for a while simply because I don’t need that extra heat/noise created by the GPU when I’m only doing my day job.

      • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        11 months ago

        My only problem with this is that the docks are like $300. I guess igpus are getting good enough that I’ll probably never need a dgpu again.

        Still surprised how well the steamdeck can handle resident evil 4 remake.

        I really don’t need better graphics than that. In fact, they don’t even need to be that good.

    • Aties@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I went down this path, but mini itx nucs with a GPU slot seemed to be better as long as you’re not using the egpu on multiple devices; if you are, then it might be worth considering just making a PC a host and running sunshine/moonlight. While I haven’t tried connecting to my host on the steamdeck, I have on my laptop and felt like it could be used for gaming