allancavenz

5 hours ago, Dschijn said:

@allancavenz That CPU has 8 cores/16 Threads.

@Dschijn this is true... there were some 2.5/3ghz quad core cpus in there further down that still ran very high numbers. I just think the 20gbps of thunder2 might not quite be enough when getting up to a card like that. Still an awesome setup as an egpu though. Just pondering on what to do for a nice 4k multi monitor rig in future.

@Dschijn  Thanks for running that again. Interesting seeing the 980ti running as an eGPU versus the other stats in 3dmarks' results for desktop PCs. Obviously the CPU on a laptop like ours is a limiting factor but desktop PCs are getting up to almost double the performance in that benchmark with a single 980ti - http://www.3dmark.com/sd/3459668

I guess there's a limit on the ability of thunderbolt2 - think it needs more like 30gbps rather than the 20gbps available. Obviously thunder 3 is heading this way, but makes me think a hackintosh desktop might be my next move for 4k multi monitor if I ever do that.

@Dschijn Thanks for that! Same CPU as I've got so it's a good comparison. 
It's about where I thought it would be for the firestrike result but your result for skydiver was strangely low? The firestrike score is the one that counts anyway though.
I'll have to put a few pennys aside for 980 ti upgrade sometime in the near future I think.

Hey guys,

Anyone have benchmarks from 3dmark for an akitio thunder2 egpu using a gtx980 ti (or even a titan x)?

Just looking to see how much of a step up in performance it will give me from my gtx 970 thunder2 egpu.

Couple stats from my existing setup below:

http://www.3dmark.com/sd/3791173   http://www.3dmark.com/fs/7548370

Thanks a heap!

Allan