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ASUS ROG Flow X13 Takes eGPU to the Next Level!

ASUS are introducing a powerful  13” gaming laptop during CES 2021,   the ROG Flow X13, and despite being on  the smaller side, this gaming laptop   packs up to an 8 core Zen 3 Ryzen 9 5000  HS processor and N...

JT · 13 January 2021 · 507

Laptop + eGPU vs Desktop - How Much Bottleneck?

It’s no secret that using a laptop with an eGPU enclosure results in Thunderbolt and CPU bottlenecks, but just how much performance is being left on a table compared to putting the same graphics card in a desktop PC? I’ve compared my i9-...

JT · 28 October 2020 · 5.6K

eGPU CPU Bottlenecks Tested - Ice Lake Finally Useful?

How much does laptop CPU affect eGPU performance? I’m going to compare the quad core ice lake chip in the razer blade stealth against the 6 core chip in the Dell G7. Both the razer blade stealth and Dell G7 have thunderbolt 3, so we’re a...

JT · 19 October 2020 · 1.2K

RTX 3090 Gaming Laptop 2080 Ti eGPU Comparison

What happens when we connect Nvidia’s new RTX 3090 graphics card up to a small 13” laptop? I’ve tested 10 games at 4K, 1440p and 1080p resolutions as well as some content creator workloads to find out! For testing I’m using t...

JT · 25 September 2020 · 2.2K

Watercooled Laptop eGPU? Aorus Gaming Box Review

Aorus Gaming Box first water cooled graphics enclosure I’ve seen, so let’s test it out and see if it makes any difference to performance compared to a standard air cooled eGPU. Briefly for those that don’t know, an external gra...

JT · 3 years ago · 388 · 4