jcagara08

Has anyone tried the new GTX 970 or 980 on eGPU?

Hold on tight with this thread it will happen soon

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@jacobsson does Cloud give you any idea when the metal enclosure V6 will be available.

My 7950 will be available in a couple of days so want to order the material from China as soon as possible to test it (it's a used one)

It depends on the demand maybe since the acrylic version compatible with the V6 is still being sold so...

With a drill and a grid with holes =)

Oh alright yes

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I did the 6pin header only, its height is now 14.7mm (I may shorten it a bit more). Have to get shrink tubes and then just put the cables back. The idea of utilising inner chassis would mean that I had to get rid of my current GTX 780 Very tempting to use an external PSU as those new cards are not so power hungry anymore. For now, I think to keep my current setup and the plan to make a bigger enclosure supporting full length cards and PSU inside.

If you are going to give it away for free, i will PM you my address and will pay for shipping! =)

I'm no expert in this at all but I think it's standard to use an anodized layer inside metallic electronics enclosures, which makes it non-conductive. You could always test it with your multimeter to be sure.

I'm pretty sure Cloud has this figured out =)

well alrighty then, I hope the enclosure for V6 will soon be released too, otherwise the acrylic one would be better for me I guess

I change my mind now it is worth it due to the newly released GTX 980 which supports 4K output at 60 hz so your good to go

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Haha no problem, It's means that theoretically we have 1mm room for fitting this card =)

oh alright thanks! But how is the cooling going to be implemented?

I think this looks awesome, really something I'd love to have on my desk!

The acrylic is much more hardcore since you see all cable work and such, could be really cool with some blue leds for those who like that kind of modding =)

If I had one request it would be a 20CM version, black or grey doesn't matter, for the portability of ITX cards. Then adding a 150W small sized AC-adapter for the GTX970

I am a bit worried about electric conductivity of the steel one, will it give possible shock? Hell i love electronics but not electricity.

Yes why not give this suggestion mate? Later on it might evolve to a combo PCB, Enclosure, and Power adapter in one package, like that of the sonnet III D and will surely expand the audience and his sales!

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Just bought a Sapphire 7950 boost Dual-X - unfortunatelly here I find it for $199 not less !

Now will look to order the other parts, I've just asked some questions on the dedicated thread: Youbuy or Aliexpress? Why V6 and not V7?

Mate for particular answers you got to stick with the proper thread, please go here;

EXP GDC VX Discussion

http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/6643-exp-gdc-v6-discussion.html

Jcagara08

Remember that this's just for V7.0 at this point, the V6.0 is coming later. I'll ask him if he could consider a black version too.

@jacobsson

Yez please tell em black version for the EXP GDC V6, what are your thoughts on this enclosure vs the acrylic one?

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@goalque

This says it all, sent from Zotac themselves:

So the total including bracket lip would be 204mm + 12mm = 216mm

Means? (stupid dumb lazy sleepy afternoon question LOL)

The V7.0 enclosure is coming off beautifully!

Cloud has confirmed a V6.0 version too =)

@jacobsson

Yes finally, but I want to have at least a black colored piece!

Can we suggest that to hero cloud?

now a new dilemma; Acrylic vs Steel enclosure?!

Some more questions next I will be ready to buy my set I think

- What vendor card do you have your 7950 boost: Sapphire, MSI, XFX, Club3D, HIS, Asus, VTX3D, Powercolor, AMD .....

- Any special reason you bought EXP GDC V6 and not PE4C?

- Where did you buy and what parts?

- Did you bought also the enclosure?

- Found this forum this year, I was following this topic years ago at NBR forums.

- Excited to see the community still alive and kicking here at Tech Inferno!

eGPU crowds left hanging in NBR Forums corrupt and evil philosophies over there..

- Interested to finally make my own DIY eGPU.

Now my answers to your questions;

- I won it on eBay at best offer of $110 including shipping, that's it.

- At the time of "The Decision", PE4C V2.0 sales were put on hold due to some tech issues hence I opted for the EXP GDC V6 since this was a 4 year long overdue project to me.

- Bought it via Yoybuy - the EXP GDC V6 with Dell DA-2 adapter (Instructions in the OP, read them alright?), eBay for the GPU.

- I am yet to decide on the enclosure, IMHO it is needed since stability is one issue with big GPUs.

TLDR: Buy it already! Jezus its dirt cheap man! and it works with Lenovo laptops don't worry!

You didn't have power adapter overheating or lower performances? You need to be at limit with power since standard 7950 draw 190w.

Will be interesting to have your 3Dmark6 test for comparison.

In fairness to the EXP GDC V6 and the DA-2 adapter that works with it, it seems fine enough I guess, everything is stable and I don't want to overclock this as of the moment, from time to time whenever I am gaming I try to touch and hold the dell adapter and it seems to have normal performance temps.

Yes I will do benchies soon so standby

500 bucks aren't enough for a video editing PC, but with a GTX980 the total eGPU solution cost became not so price/performance convenient respect a say $1300 PC with a less powerful GPU but much more balanced in term of CPU, ram, HDD etc

Returning to ram thanks that's was exactly the kind of info I was searching for: I need all the possible ram for Resolve, so I need all my 8gb.

Some more questions please:

- what PSU did you use to power your 7950 boost?

- did you perform some benchmark to understand what's your performance vs a "standard" installation?

- do you need some special trick to make work the GPU or nothing special?

Sorry my eGPU write up is long overdue..I will make it soon once I will find the time

Answers to your questions;

1. I purchased an EXP GDC V6 with that Dell DA-2 adapter rated at 220 Watts.

2. Benchies will soon be on my overdue write up..I don't have a desktop PC by the way.

3. Basically my setup's just plug and play thank goodness (Lenovo G500 budget notebook). Attached the eGPU via mini PCIe, power on the Dell DA-2 adapter, turn on the laptop and that's it!

Having budget for a 980 I will build instead a full editing PC...

in your setup you noticed a decrease of free RAM after the eGPU activation, vs the only iGPU?

Ah yes you are correct at 500 bucks one can build a pc...I'm sorry I don't quite get your question but if you are just referring to my RAM (i use 4GBx2=8GB) its still the same RAM usage in using an eGPU vs dGPU, did not notice any decrease but if you are talking about 3GB VRAM of the 7950, I don't know how to monitor the usage of VRAM during gaming and photo/video editing.

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@Tech Inferno Fan

Is there any similar app that actually works?

This software is such a PITA really

sir Tech Inferno Fan, is this still a working software? I tried it on my i5 3230M with Intel HD 4000 but it is not working?

Is it only the trial which is having an issue? I could not install it and it throws an error that I can only install in a desktop pc.

It should be purchased to have the proper version? Sorry for so much questions.

@Nando..will the setup x1.30 be able to work with a lenovo g500 which has a speed of 5gts

Mate we are lucky with our laptops, I had a successful setup of an EXP GDC V6 and Radeon HD 7950 and it was all just plug and play!

Since Resolve 11 appear to be one of the few video editors using more GPU than CPU can be the right choice to use with my Lenovo x220 laptop with a eGPU.

Some doubts:

- I did have 8GB ram that's the minimum for Resolve and max to be used with eGPU. External GPU installation will use some of my RAM?

- Resolve is using 32bit color system, this will heavy hit the limited bandwidth of my expresscard connection with GPU, lowering too much total performance?

- max I can afford is HD 7950 boost, and Resolve need as much as GPU power one can have. Will work with my x220?

Probably the new NVIDIA GTX 980 can suffice your need bro, it such a powerful GPU that peaks at 190 Watt full load only...

But then again the pcie/expresscard bandwidth issue might bottleneck its performance,

Heck I got the same card as yours but I can really see its bottlenecked by my lappy's mini pcie speeds..

Otherwise, I don't mind cause I can run and enjoy games at ultra settings like a dream.

LOL Brian just went full fanboy.

LOLs exactly!

Go RED TEAM !

The 970M/980M will bury AMD once and for all in the mobile GPU business. They have nothing to answer it with and won't for a long long time. AMD as a whole right now is getting it's ass handed to it in every direction - if it didn't have those console contracts it would be hemorrhaging more money than it already does. Frankly I'm surprised the company hasn't filed for bankruptcy yet.

Hmm I don't think so, maybe what is left of them as of now is to lower prices of GPUs despite the "High Demand" for Mining and Gaming, hell I want to see an R9 290X @ $280 bucks LOL or an R9 280 @ $200 bucks and would do a crossfire ASAP LOL, they might still have some tricks hidden under their sleeves..poor Red Team

@jcagara08

Yep, now I'm impatiently waiting for the ITX cards to be released.

I'm hoping to see an ASUS DC mini version of the GTX 970 (148W), which then can be OCed +20W to reach GTX980(165W) performance (Like they do here). <-Sorry for Swedish ref.

Yes its definitely big news to us gamers and eGPU enthusiasts, except that my resources limits me in setting up a thunderbolt setup..

I hope the Red team has an answer to this release or they better lower the whole R9 GPU prices down ASAP...

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@jacobsson

hey I think I saw couple of minutes back in hardforum some mini ITX I mean short PCB length GTX 970s, it might bring a more compact EXP GDC V6 setup too.

Damn such tempting GPUs from NVIDIA here with low TDPs

Man these Maxwells really shake up the gaming section of the GPU market!

The green team really wants to topple the red team,

damn look at the powe consumption of this Gigabyte GTX 980;

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming review - Hardware Setup | Power Consumption

I wonder what will be AMDs answer to this move

Good news guys! Maxwell Nvidia GPUs are really now that power efficient!

See the below link for power consumption of a Gigabyte GTX 980 card!

191 Watts full load!! We can probably assume that it can still be used with the Dell DA-2 adapter!

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming review - Hardware Setup | Power Consumption

only thing left now is the bandwidth limitation of the mini PCI-e and expresscard slots!

Good news guys! Maxwell Nvidia GPUs are really now that power efficient!

See the below link for power consumption of a Gigabyte GTX 980 card!

191 Watts full load!! We can probably assume that it can still be used with the Dell DA-2 adapter!

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming review - Hardware Setup | Power Consumption

Bought the GTX 970 today in the UK, will arrive on Monday. Hopefully the DA-2 and modular cable I ordered off eBay will arrive before Wednesday as well.

£12 for the DA-2 including the kettle cable and I found the modular cable on eBay also for £5. For those in the UK who rather buy from the UK:

8 Pin To 8 Or 6 Pin PCI E3 Express Cable - Modular Graphics Power Supply | eBay

Hopefully the GTX 970 will work out the box with my X220.