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What is a eGPU?

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/what-is-a-egpu.178790/

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Bhargav Simha Original post #1
Oct 22, 2013 at 10:04 PM
Heard from a friend that we can use a normal desktop graphic card as external graphhics cards for laptops... but he coudnt elaborate further?
How does this setup work?? What are its advantages and dis-advantages?? Does the setup provide same performace as when the GPU is used in a desktop or are there any bottlenecks?
sam_738844
sam_738844 #2
Oct 22, 2013 at 10:28 PM
i also asked this question with a Vidock..somewhere in this forum earlier...lost it...i guess the tech is obsolete now. Anyone care to elaborate.
ASHISH65
ASHISH65 #3
Oct 22, 2013 at 11:30 PM
Read this - How to make an external laptop graphics adaptor | News | TechRadar


It is very costly and not worth it.