PaKii94

I'll give it a shot. Do you have half vertical sync option equipped? It limits your fps to 30

Hi Guys, I've been browsing the various forums/resources for a couple of hours but I haven't been able to find the information to my following questions. I was hoping you guys could help me find answers to them before I designed and built my setup. Laptop information: I have an original HP Omen with gtx 860m built in. It is starting to get a little weak for newer games so I was considering an egpu setup to keep up with games. My laptop doesn't have any thunderbolt ports unfortunately. It does have an M2 type SSD and a mpcie port that contains my wifi/bluetooth module. So my first question: How do I go about finding out what level of PCIe the mpcie is? HWiNFO is telling me the port is 1.1 with a maximum of 2.5 GT/s. However, if I go into the windows settings and look at the adapter details, it says PCIE spec version/ PCI device type: 00000002 but it also says PCI current/maximum link speed/width: 00000001 This is with the adapter in. just tried AIDA64 Extreme to check. it says pcie 2.0 x1 Do I have x1 1.1? or x1 2.0? Second question: If I do only have the x1 1.1, how limited will the newer cards be? Will any card put on this type of port outplay my 860m? If so, would the upgrade even be worth it? I was thinking of buying the 1060 for egpu setup. I understand if it's severely limited but I don't mind if it outplays my 860m. I just want to play with improved specs for another year or two before A) I upgrade to a laptop with TB3 or B ) I build a gaming PC. I guess if I saw an older card for a significantly cheap price, I could just buy it if the limited performance is similar to the severely limited newer cards but then I wouldn't have a need for this card in a year or 2. Final question: How plug and play is the mpcie port? In other words, the way the port is setup on this laptop, I can make a slot on the side of the laptop where I can interchange my wifi card and a potential egpu setup pretty easily. How easy is it on the software side? Is it as simple as restarting the laptop or is there a longer process to switch out these cards. Bonus question: If pcie ports are pretty much plug and play, I could use the M2 port for upgraded speeds, could I potentially have windows 10 loaded on an external ssd with games and exchange my internal ssd for egpu for gaming and then switch back for regular laptop use? Thanks in advance for the help!