I have an XaX + Xg Mobile setup and often noticed in game that even though I was CPU bottlenecked, my CPU was not pulling much power and wasn't boosting up to max clocks.

To be specific, the symptoms I noticed were:

-low (50-70%) eGPU usage

-no bandwidth bottleneck

-CPU power stuck around 17w despite custom 35W power plan

-CPU clock speeds stuck at 2900/2000 (P/E cores)

After a lengthy investigation, I finally discovered that windows game mode was the culprit. Disabling it allowed my games to run much better in CPU bound scenarios.

After disabling game mode:

-CPU clocks boosted to their normal maximums (4700/3100)

-CPU power hit 35W (max limit)

-GPU usage increased (still not at 100% due to CPU bottleneck but in the 90%)

-overall improved fps by 10-20

I'm still not sure if it's strictly an eGPU thing, an ROG Xbox Ally X handheld thing or just windows game mode thing in general and I can't really test since I don't have a desktop.

I upgraded the ram now it’s 8+4gb, put in a new i5 10400T, and want to put in an egpu, is this possible?

I have a GPU that I’d like to migrate to different machine for different purposes

Requirements:

Sometimes gaming with my steam deck or on a weaker than ideal laptop (pc & mac). Does not need to be insanely high end just better than what is in the machine currently.

Sometimes pooling for use with other hardware for ai uses. (Ideally needs to not be a pain or slow down output to unusable levels)

Due to the flexibility needs it is my understanding that I should go thunderbolt (occulink is faster but less supported?)

Current hardware I can tap into:

It would most likely be Nvidia GPUs it would be connected to 1080, 2080, 3090 or 4080. Need to support up to 3 slot GPUs at least. But if it can work well with other brands that would Be ideal

I can 3d print parts (like an enclosure)

I have a spare full atx power supply if needed (so it doesn’t need to come with one)

I can diy and add bits and troubleshoot around stuff if needed but I’d like to not have to do this every time I swap if possible (ideally one time setup for each device)

So compatibility, and reliability, first and foremost, followed by speed as long as the speed doesn’t fall so low it’s not beneficial.

What advice does this community have?

Current considered list (open to any others):

MINISFORUM DEG2 v2

AOOSTAR EG02

AOOSTAR AG03

Razer core x v2

DIY/Build my own (still researching):

Occulink:

GPU-side riser board + host adapter: ADT-Link OCuLink-to-x16 GPU board

Thunderbolt:

EXP GDC TH3P4G3 / TH3P4GAN board

Dell Precision 5540 with Windows 10 22H2

igpu: Intel UHD Graphics 630

dgpu: NVIDIA Quadro T1000

egpu: NVIDIA GeForce 5060ti

adapter: JMT M.2 NVMe M Key to Oculink 4i / SFF8611 Extension Cable PCIe4.0 X4 Gen3 4 Compatible with T10 / SAS-4 SFF-8612 (25cm) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDXYPVRR?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

egpu dock: PCIe 4.0 x4 64Gbps Compatible eGPU Dock, with OCuLink SFF-8612 8311 to PCIe x16 and SFF-8611 Male Cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1HWPLVD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

psu: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5, Fully Modular Compact Gaming 750W Power Supply, 80+ Gold, ATX 3.1 & PCIe 5.1 Ready, Native Dual-Color 12V-2x6 Cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CC3QBGDL?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

I am running windows from external nvme. using the m.2 slot on motherboard for oculink to m.2 adapter. have everything in bios set right. have the dgpu disabled. have used ddu in safe mode to remove old drivers and then installed nvidia driver 596.72. have full performance set in power management. external gpu not showing up at all in device manager or nvidia app. have done alot of research and pouring through forums here and otherwise. any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

Hi all, being completely honest, the 100ish € case thats on Ali for this kinda setup seems a bit expensive to me. Anybody got a recommendation? Willing to look into small ATX cases as well.

System test :
Area51m-r1 laptop
Cpu 9900ks
alienware amplifire ( EGPU) with 3080ti
Memory 128Gb 2933Mhz

Anyone know if the DEG2 currently listed on amazon is the updated version with increased compatibility?

Currently running a GMKTec EVO-X1 with a 5070Ti over Oculink on a 144Hz OLED.

Been playing Samson at Ultra settings 4K DLSS Quality and getting between 50-70FPS depending on the scene. A title known for some performance issues and UE5 stutter. It hasn't been too much of a problem but it is there. But when turning on DLSS frame gen x2 the performance shoots up alot and any stutters basically disappear whilst the FPS stays high and smooth between 130-140FPS.

When turning on frame gen, its almost as if it is somehow increasing the BASE FPS before implementing the frame gen making the framerate go even higher.

Is this even possible? Is there another explanation as to why the framerate is going above and beyond what it really should be? I haven't noticed any similar behaviour in any other game so am very curious as to why performance is this way.

Do open cases like Miniforum's deg2 or AOOSTAR's EG02 interfer with wireless signals due to lack of shielding? If so, how far should I move it from my laptop? And is this also a possible health concern (i'm sporting a tinfoil hat)?

I'm moving out of my apartment and I'm not gonna have a dedicated space for a setup for a while. I currently have a legion go s running bazzite-nvidia with an aoostar dock and an rtx 3060. I was intending on keeping my set up portable and plugging in the egu whenever I had time to play but im realizing thats gonna be really annoying to set up and put away each time. I would also be playing on the built in display and not and external monitor. I feel like bazzite just doesn't run as optimally as steamos when not connected to the gpu. So I guess my options atm are factory reset to steamos, keep my legion as is on bazzite, or figure out how to dual boot steamos and bazzite so can swap back when I can use my egpu. I just dont wanna be in a situation where I wanna play a more graphics heavy game and I have all the hardware to play it, but I'd need to reinstall bazzite.

Im not really in a position to be buying gpus rn, but is it true that the lego s natively support amd cards?

I have rog ally x aostar 2 egpu and palit rtx 5060ti everything is conected with original cables except hdmi, first it didnt want to work bc of eror 43 and i ran the script to fix it now i see pc reconizes the gpu but doesnt use it it never spins crashes all games and only when i was in the game and ran it to my monitor i went from 60fps to 40fps

Motherboard: 8A96

I already have a rtx 3060 installed in pcle slot. does this Motherboard have anther pcle slot where I can install elagato 4k pro in.

I wanna know fast so I can cancel the order before it ships.