I'm using a new GPD Pocket 4 over TB4 to a new TH3P4G3 dock and enclosure with a 3060 Ti. The GPU worked fine in an old ITX build I had and was virtually silent. Ever since switching over to the eGPU the fans have been abnormally loud, even when playing not very intensive games (emulating gamecube, TFT, etc.) Is this expected behavior?

I've downloaded MSI afterburner to try and mess with the fan curves a bit, is this the only option? The temperatures seem fine (mid-60s) but of course, the fans are running nearly 3x-4x what they used to run in a normal air-cooled gaming computer.

Hey everyone, I have an old RX560 eGFX Breakaway Puck that I use to use with a MacBook Air from 2019. I recently decided to try and use it again but this time with my new SP9. However, I've had no luck getting it recognized by my laptop as a display adapter.

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The only way I was able to get it recognized on my laptop was to check my USB4 hubs and devices in settings and it was recognized here but not working. What could I do to get it in use?

I got a wikingoo l17, and i’m wondering if those amazon cables that are more expensive are actually better than these ones, or not, and if they are worth buying.

Does anyone have any experience with that?

I got myself a HP egpu, but I cant get it to work. Its showing up fine in thunderbolt Center, but other than that Nothing. Am I messing some special Software?

I would like to put an rx 6600 on my Acer notebook, would it be compatible? (I'm new to EGPU), my configurations are: Intel core i5 115G7 INTEL iris xe graphics 7g 8 RAM. (Sorry for the bad English).

Why are the only eGPU's I can find bigger than the computer they'd normally go in? I find a graphics card, but it's somehow 5-10 times thicker than the laptop I want to plug it into. WHY?

What in your opinions is the best enclosure for the money?

Can y’all start a thread of egpu connectivity to Mac mini, just want to see the setup and google isn’t googling. I’ve also the brain cells of Sebastian Shaw, and very much a visual learner. thx in advance

Hi there, I recently sold my 970 and now planning to upgrade on either 1060 6gb or 1650 super. Please give me gen1 suggestion which one is better in 2025 and will outperform other because i know that both are slightly equal in performance. does 192 bit is better than 128 bit 1650 super? Because as far as I’ve heard is that architecture and production year matters most instead of memory bus bandwidth, like 1060 6gb is 2016 manufactured and 1650s was 2019 manufactured. So its a concern whether this concept actually matters the most or we have to look upon to other things also?

My Pc specs:

i7 7700 Asus H110M-A mobo 16 gb ram ddr4 Power supply (gonna buy new) because current one is sh*t.

So a few weeks ago I asked if there is any way of connecting an eGPU to my laptop and I got a few replies and the best I could make out of them was to buy a mini PC and connect e GPU to it. So I started searching and after a long time I found that I could buy the Lenovo M920Q tiny and GTX 1660 ti. But the GTX 1660 ti is too big to fit into the case like most people do it with LP cards so I thought that I could buy the same adapter, buy extension cable for PCIE and connect the card that way. I want to know if it is a good idea and if not can you please suggest me a working version. My budged is not very high and I'm from czechia so not all parts can be bought here as cheap as in the us. Thanks for all replies

INTRODUCTION

• One of the problems that affects PC gaming in general (and Handhelds w/ eGPUs in particular) is the existence of so many settings that majority of people doesn’t even know about, and the absence of an absolute truth about them.

The 2 SETTINGS that MAY AFFECT your EGPU

• I have read so many conflicting opinions both about Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling (we will call it HAGS from now on) and Resizable Bar (let’s call it Rebar). Some praise them because they improve fps, others despise them because they cause stutters and crashes, and this happens with standard pc setups, let alone eGPU setups where there is an additional variable to consider in the equation: the connectivity bandwidth limit.

THE NEED to reduce that CPU BOTTLENECK

• But what do HAGS and Rebar have in common? They try to make the work flow between CPU and GPU/VRAM faster and more efficient, trying to give more work to the GPU (it should be more important for gaming, or at least “IT SHOULD BE”) and less work to the CPU (to avoid the so hated CPU-BOTTLENECKED scenarios).

HOW REBAR AND HAGS WORK

• I’m not a technician so I cannot explain in a very detailed way how these technologies work, but I think I understood the core concepts, so I’ll try to explain them now (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong).

• First with Rebar: from what I have understood historically CPU could access VRAM only in 256bit “chunks”, and this represents a big problem for the latest games (last 10 years???), unable to fully utilize those next gen GPU and VRAM speed. Resizable Bar should address this problem, letting the CPU access to bigger “chunks” of VRAM, to speed things up. Here comes the first problem with eGPUs. The best that we can get in term of CPU - eGPU connectivity is Oculink with a 64Gbps bandwidth limit, while the other major option, Thunderbolt 4, comes with a 40Gbps limit. I have read posts from some handhelds users that reported to experience stutters and crashes with Rebar enabled. My logical intuition here is that THE BANDWIDTH LIMIT CREATS SEVERE PROBLEMS WHEN IN COMBINATION WITH REBAR. I think that With Rebar enabled the CPU tries to access too quick to chunks of VRAM too big for that connectivity bandwidth limit to handle, and this causes instability. I have also read that this depends on the game code: the better developed games understand when the CPU cannot access the VRAM fast enough, so they automatically set a limit to that interaction, while some less optimized games just try to push that connection to the maximum causing instability. So the safest option to prioritize a stable experience should be to disable Rebar with an external GPU setup. AM I RIGHT?

• The same should happen with HAGS, which is a windows integrated option that moves frame buffering and frame queues decisions (a lot of work) from the CPU to the GPU. But since the GPU can’t work fast enough with the CPU and system memories due to the bandwidth limit, this can cause instability as well. AM I RIGHT?

CONCLUSION

• I am sorry for this long of a yapping session, but I just need to clarify this optional settings topic once and for all, for me and for all the future users to come. I hope I didn’t make too much mistakes in my explanations and logical deductions.

QUESTIONS, DOUBTS… FEEL FREE TO JOIN THE DISCUSSION!

• Now the questions: do you agree with me? Is this the way these two settings work? Should we disable them if we have an eGPU setup and we want to have the safest and most stable experience possible? When CPU and GPU/VRAM can communicate only with a limited speed, isn’t it better to “SLOW THINGS DOWN” and let the CPU take its time to do its job, even if this means not having the highest fps possible?

I'm encountering a strange issue with a TH3P4G3 85W dock.

This dock works when connected to USB 4 on a Intel Core Ultra 125h mini pc.

The dock goes into a power cycle loop when connected to USB 4 on an AMD x870e motherboard. This happens even when no GPU is present in the dock.

Both systems are ubuntu/proxmox. But this also occurs if simply in the BIOS of the AMD system. Given that, I do not believe this is an OS related issue.

The AMD motherboard reports the following in "boltctl list -a": TH3P4G3 Tamales2 85w test. I suspect some sort of power usage test is happening and is failing.

My searching on this subreddit and Google hasn't yielded much so I'm hoping someone else has encountered something similar. I am guessing its related to some mutual hardware handshake failure between the x870e and the TH3P4G3.

Here’s your revised text with corrected grammar and typos:

Laptop: Yoga 7 2-in-1 Gen 9 – Ryzen 7 8840HS with 1 USB 4.0 Gen 3 port
eGPU: AORUS Gaming Box RTX 2070 – connected via Thunderbolt 3 port and cable
OS: Windows 11

I have plugged the AORUS Gaming Box into the correct USB 4.0 port using a Thunderbolt 3 cable, but the error "USB device not recognized" popped up. The PSU fan in the AGB is spinning, but the GPU fan isn't, and there is no RGB lighting.

I have installed the Thunderbolt Control Center, but it does not appear in the Device Manager. When I use the FwUpdateTool, error "0x208 sdk_service_not_found thunderbolt(tm) doesn't exist" popped up.

Previously, I used the AGB with a GPD Win Max 2, and it worked fine. (I no longer have the Win Max 2).

Has anyone encountered this issue or found a workaround? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hey all, just scored an Asus zephyrus g14 laptop with a ryzen 9 and 4060m. I am very happy with the performance but I was considering using the rx6800 from my existing desktop PC to game on my 4k monitor when the laptop is docked. My 6800 is pretty beefy still but would it be worth using it in an egpu setup? Reading into it online a bit, it sounds like thunderbolt connections may possibly limit the max performance of the external GPU? Just wondering if it'd cancel our the performance gains. Would appreciate any advice, thanks!

Bought a Gigabyte 6800xt for $330 almost new. I've been "gaming" on Intel Xe iGPU, and even with the bandwidth limitations via Thunderbolt, it's 10000x better.

I backed the Gvidea on Kickstarter so im hoping to narrow the gap with the OcuLink in case that comes to fruition.

Currently laptop is Dell 7620 Plus, Intel 12700H, 40GB DDR5.

Drivers were almost plug and play super easy for it to get recognized.

Hi guys, This is my first post here. I have got Mac mini 2018, Mac os 15.1, wikingoo egpu enclosure and AMD Radeon rx 6600 installed there. The setup works just fine in windows 11 (via bootcamp), but in Mac os egpu is not even being detected, not to mention GPU itself. There is nothing in thunderbolt/usb tree in Mac os report, blue led on eGPU is not also lighting (no connection). I have also tried connecting enclosure to MBP 2017 with Ventura installed there - the same result, unfortunately. Different cables were also used, including genuine apple tb3 cable.

Please can you advise what might be wrong?

Thanks in advance for all your suggestions!

Hi all

I have a Lenovo p320 Tiny that was specced with 2 m2 drive slots. Only one is occupied so wondering if an oculink would work in the spare slot? I could use an nvme adaptor in the pcie slot if its a no go, but the spare m2 drive slot looks tempting if it will work?

Hi so I received today my AG02, and I'm a bit disappointed as I thought I could use the USB4 port to power my mini PC (GMKTec M7 Pro) but while doing so my PC shuts down a few seconds after booting up

The mini PC uses something like 60W and the USB4 PD is 100W, I don't understand why it doesn't work

Any advices ? Thanks

FFVII Rebirth on Windows so many audio glitches is virtually not playable.

FFVII Rebirth on Steam Deck does not have any audio glitches but the performance is crap.

I have few Windows handhelds, so I am thinking to dual boot Bazzite to run it on Linux/SteamOS

But I would love to get eGPU (NVIDIA or AMD) going to push the graphical performance further.

Doable?

is there any harm in leaving the psu connected all the time? when i turn the switch off it won’t turn on again for some time after, i don’t know why, so it would be convenient to leave it on always, if it doesn’t damage the components and is not dangerous

Hey guys- I have been gaming on my ROG Ally X with an ADT UT3G thunderbolt 4 dock for about a week. It’s been rough without rebar. I understand that the MSI Claw is using an arc series card internally so I wonder if it’ll perform better with this dGPU.

I wanted to share that I can get some boosted performance out of it by running my operating system at a lower resolution, then I use lossless scaling to try and eat up the frame dips and jittering moments.

I’ve been playing a lot of Path of Exile 2. Love that I can crank everything all the way to max settings but wish Intel could drop a magical driver update that’ll solve the Rebar issues. Every game always has micro stuttering no matter what I do.

Hi all, just looking for some advice regarding compatible eGPUs.

I’ve got an Acer Nitro 17 Laptop with a USB-C port and an inbuilt 3050. I’m looking to purchase a eGPU enclosure to add a 40 series GPU to give it more beef. Seeing as though there isn’t a thunderbolt port, what are my options regarding enclosures?

[LAPTOP] https://renewd.com.au/products/acer-nitro-5-an515-55-5838-15-6-full-hd-gaming-laptop-10th-gen-intel-core-i5-10300h-512gb-ssd-16gb-ram-geforce-rtx-3060-windows-11

I got an RX 580 today and paired it with my lg gram with an i7 1260p, the temperatures before stayed around 75 degrees gaming, now they go up to the 92 degrees with the egpu connected.

I disabled turbo boost on throttle stop for now, but is this normal? is it dangerous for the long term?

Hello,
I've seen I'm just starting to do the move. But I've seen a few comments/post saying "I got this host adapter model" "Cool, I got this one".

Are there actually a difference between them?

Sorry to bother you today

I'm brand new to this and have the OG ally coming in the mail next week. I already have a 6800xt GPU and a egpu adaptor I bought coming next week as well.

How well will this work? I keep hearing that I'm going to have driver issues because my egpu is amd?

Any words of wisdom is appreciated

MINISFORUM Docking Station,Oculink 4i https://a.co/d/6XgIJxt

The adapter