phyeaz

I was lookin it up, not seeing anything about a TB port, just miniDP (on certain models). Link to the exact model you are looking at?

Not that knowledgable on TB eGPU builds, but I'd guess it is fairly simple. Decently plug-n-play. Might need to use Setup 1.x to allocate enough PCI space.

I think only 15 inch models have thunderbolt

HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook 15-4010nr Product Specifications HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook 15-4010nr | HP® Support

Warning. Had a user try to get a Spectre XT going. We found that the Thunderbolt controller refused to open an I/O port access (memory was OK) so would get the dreaded error 12. With no datasheets on Thunderbolt controllers available the only thing possible was to revert the user back to HP to ask them to open the I/O port via a BIOS fix or software patch. Last I heard the user implemented an eGPU on an expresscard system instead. I recommend 5Gbps expresscard/mPCIe over 10Gbps Thunderbolt for ease of implementation.

That's disappointing, i can't buy a laptop mainly for connecting it to eGPU. I currently own a laptop without mPCIe slot, is it possible to remove the wifi card and use its slot ?

Here's a picture of it

http://www.insidemylaptop.com/images/HP-Pavilion-g6/pavilion-g6-disassembly-04.jpg

I was lookin it up, not seeing anything about a TB port, just miniDP (on certain models). Link to the exact model you are looking at?

Not that knowledgable on TB eGPU builds, but I'd guess it is fairly simple. Decently plug-n-play. Might need to use Setup 1.x to allocate enough PCI space.

I think only 15 inch models have thunderbolt

HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook 15-4010nr Product Specifications HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook 15-4010nr | HP® Support

Warning. Had a user try to get a Spectre XT going. We found that the Thunderbolt controller refused to open an I/O port access (memory was OK) so would get the dreaded error 12. With no datasheets on Thunderbolt controllers available the only thing possible was to revert the user back to HP to ask them to open the I/O port via a BIOS fix or software patch. Last I heard the user implemented an eGPU on an expresscard system instead. I recommend 5Gbps expresscard/mPCIe over 10Gbps Thunderbolt for ease of implementation.

That's disappointing, i can't buy a laptop mainly for connecting it to eGPU. I currently own a laptop without mPCIe slot, is it possible to remove the wifi card and use its slot ?

Here's a picture of it

http://www.insidemylaptop.com/images/HP-Pavilion-g6/pavilion-g6-disassembly-04.jpg

hello overyone

so i'm planning to try this eGPU thing when i buy hp spectre xt which has thunderbolt port

i've read the process multiple time and couldn't get it

after purchasing and connecting the hardware part, how hard will it be?