ritfin 0 Posted April 23, 2017 Hi, What cables do I use for external graphics cards? I have a laptop here is laptop plugs; Left side: Mini FireWire, RJ-45 Gigabit LAN, 2x USB 3.0, eSATA / USB 3.0, 9-in-1 card reader Back: Kensington lock, DisplayPort, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort, power jack Right side: optical drive, 4x sound, USB 2.0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
senso 25 Posted April 25, 2017 The most common is an EXP GDC V7.0 Beast that you connect to the MiniPCIexpress slot that is used by your wifi card. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaucho 001 0 Posted February 21, 2018 Sure you can use the miniPCIe, but sadly you will have a massive bootleneck there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krystian5559 2 Posted May 5, 2018 (edited) External graphics crads usulally use Thunderbolt 3 to connect with another device but many users use expresscard or mPCIe slots, first of all look what connetor uses the grapichs card that you want to buy so you will be not surprised that you can't connect it to your laptop! Edited May 5, 2018 by krystian5559 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkerhorizons 10 Posted May 29, 2018 On 2/21/2018 at 10:08 AM, Gaucho 001 said: Sure you can use the miniPCIe, but sadly you will have a massive bootleneck there It depends on if the MiniPCIe is x1, x2, or 4x. The bottlenecks usually seem to be in the range of 80% of typical benchmarks, although that could potentially be explained by weaker laptop CPUs. looking it up, though you'll likely not want to do that either. the p170sm doesn't have a thunderbolt port, and is essentially msata for the flash drives. what this means if you really want to do this, you'll have to lift your keyboard and run the cable underneath. to be entirely honest you'd be better looking into a 1070 or 1060 for the MXM slot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites