#EXTERNAL GPU ENCLOSURE RAZER PC#
As it stands, my laptop won't support it, so I'll probably be buying something like the upcoming gaming-oriented Intel NUC "Skull Canyon" or another small form-factor PC with an AMD APU based on Polaris. Even if the product has a short life.įor me, personally, if I had a laptop with Thunderbolt 3, and the razer core worked pretty well, it would be a no brainer decision. It's not like providing the option will block any other technology from being developed. Companies like Razer really only stand to gain by selling enclosures that can house gpus. I would say even if it's niche, as long as it's not too clumsy to use, there will be a market for external gpus. I guess we'll see how many issues commercial solutions with Thunderbolt 3 have. I'd probably consider a $200 gpu to be low end. And that's not even considering innovative solutions like "streaming", as you mentioned. The really crummy thing is that it will likely continue to be a muddy decision as competing non-external solutions are only going to get better and better as the years go on. These kinds of comparisons always get very subjective & personal, but my major point is that it will take a while before external GPUs are an "obvious" solution. Besides, if your ultrabook ends up being something like the $1200 256GB Blade Stealth, then the complete setup ($1200+~$250+$200) starts flirting with a $2000 Blade on price as well (even closer if the chassis is more than $250).
If your external GPU is only a $200 960 (or similar), then it starts to engender direct comparisons to something like a 970M (let alone the CPU disparity).
#EXTERNAL GPU ENCLOSURE RAZER 1080P#
Using your $250 example, do you think it makes sense to pair such an implementation with a ~$200 mid-range GPU? I feel like if you're putting that much money into this external GPU chassis, you oughta go for at least a $300-$400 GPU to make the investment worth it.īy "investment", I mostly mean in the context of comparing to something like the $2000 1080p 256GB Blade and its 970M. Compared to my Alienware Graphics Amplifier the performance difference was very noticeable for my GTX 1080 Ti due to the added overhead of Thunderbolt.Click to expand.I feel like it'll be closer to the $200 side, maybe higher. Also the provided TB3 cable was SHORT but I suppose a longer one can be bought and used unlike the Dell TB docks. I tested one of these with my Alienware 15 R3 (I know not "officially" supported but kind of worked.) and for me I had a lot of issues when I connected peripherals into the USB ports on the Core vs directly into my laptop USB. I was glad you mentioned the internal vs external display performance difference though as I feel this is an important point when considering such a solution. Really there are a LOT of things you could have done better in this review.
off the PCH (and therefore over the DMI) in many laptops and how that can impact performance with an eGPU. You also should probably spend a paragraph talking about how PCIe is plumbed off of the CPU vs.
Testing with the stealth was also a poor choice, you should have at least gotten a Razer laptop with a 45w CPU, they have several options you could have used - this was not an apples to apples comparison with the other laptops because of that. The main difference between the V1 and V2 was the addition of the 2nd TB3 controller daisy chained off the first to give the GPU top priority in the chain. Not a mention of thermals, noise levels, stability, experience with peripherals attached, etc.
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