unrealmitch

1 hour ago, alternal_steam said:

i7 3612qm is 35w. Go ahead for it.

Wow nice! And it isn't so expensive, i found by 125€ - 120$, sounds good! But I bought other laptop last week . I'll give the laptop to my brother, so maybe he want change it.

2 hours ago, alternal_steam said:

great results. Dell e5430 is a cheap laptop and it can provide very good results with EGPU. Wonder if E5430 can handle i7 quad core?

I'm not sure ... you can use till i7-3940XM (3Ghz- 3.9Ghz Turbo), although the problem here are the temperatures, laptop can't handle the TDP of this CPU (55W vs the 35W of 3320M), maybe can handle i7-3635QM (45W) with some throttling. I think that all i7 with 35W of TDP, it's just dual core. And now I have the i5 with a bit of OC and reach the 90, so I guess that it can't handle a quad-core without throttling (at least, without mods).

First, hello! Although I am new here, I have been a long time following this forum, and without all of you this hasn't been possible,so thank you!

• System:
  • Hardware
    • Dell 5430 14"
    • Core i5 3320M
    • 8GB RAM (1x1600Mhz)
    • iGPU Intel HD 4000
• Software
  • Win 10 Pro 64-bit Versión 10.0.14393 [UEFI]
  • GPU Driver AMD Radeon 17.2.1 (non-whql)
• EGPU
  • MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X 8G
  • BEST EXP GDC V8.4d [Express Card]
  • PSU Deer 400W
• Configuration
  • Just connect the egpu to PC via ExpressCard (PSU ON & PC Off), turn on the PC, and GPU was detected and it worked. [PTD: Off]
• Others:
  • With 16.12.2 Drivers have some better performance, but my screen blinks sometimes
  • Freesync works well
  • This test have some OC to have similar performance that with whql drivers
  • Video demo:  

• Hardware Info:
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    GPUz & CPUz:

       

     

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    AMD Config:

    

    

    

     

• TEST & BenchMark
  • 3DMark TimeSpy 1.0 3242 (GPU:3920) http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/18115631
  • 3DMark FIRE STRIKE 1.1 7375 (GPU:12996) http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/18115814
  • Ungine Heaven 4.0 [Basic]: 3025 [Extreme]: 1495
  • Ungine Valley 1.0 [Extreme HD]: 1933
  • Games [FRAPS - 5Min ingame]:

  • Game [1080]	FPS AVG	FPS Min	FPS Max	Config
    The Witcher	41.66	28	52	Ultra
    GTA V	23.66	13	38	Maximun Setting [Mod Cars]
    GTA V	32.2	20	72	High
    Skyrim	59	35	63	Ultra [Mod ENB Photorealistic]

               
• Screenshots Bench:
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