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  1. You didn't read the first page at all did you? Go read the first page, then so a search for a thread for a successful Elite book implementation. I seem to recall someone with a 15" managed a very successful setup.
  2. My understanding is that if you have Intel it is the primary GPU on boot up. This is basically how Optimus works. If there is an option to change the default GPU on boot up, it will be in your BIOS options.
  3. Yes it ought to work. Check that the 12V rail outputs at least 8A, and you should be fine. The worst that would happen I think is that your GPU wouldn't power up. If that's the case, you just need a better PSU
  4. It is pre-optimus, I know because I have the same laptop at work. It is a Core 2 Duo model, with "switchable graphics" (if you had the ATI GPU)
  5. If you want better performance, you should look into getting the PE4L v2.1. It allows for proper PCI 2.0 connections thus giving you better performance. Unless I missed something and you are running a non Sandy Bridge or higher CPU?
  6. No, that's good that you brought up that their testing is done only on desktops. I did t know that. It explains why their testing is so successful and ours never work!
  7. Short answer, yes. Long answer, yes, because it will give you full 1.2Opt compression so you'll get better performance from your GPU, and its also much cheaper than the PE4H 3.2. Also, assuming that BPlus is correct about compatibility, the PE4L v2.1 is supposed to support PCI 3.0 (Gen 3), so you could potentially use it on future laptops that support PCI 3.0 over ExpressCard or mPCI-E.
  8. Shouldn't be a problem. I have a GTX 650 To on 1.1Opt and I can get over 60 fps in some games at 1920x1080. For example, I get between 30 - 80 fps in Borderlands 2 with mostly high settings (30 in open areas, 70-80 when indoors). No AO or AA though. I also get 20-60 fps in Tomb Raider with med to high settings at 1920x1080 and vsync (disabling TressFX increases to about 30-60).
  9. Well there's definitely one benefit of the new PCIEMM cable over the older flat one: it's flexible so easier to manage. Sadly i cant find any buyers on local craigslist who wants a PE4H+PM3N. I'd love to upgrade to a PE4L, but am a bit arsed to fund it myself. I might just bite he bullet and buy one for my own personal use and keep the PE4H at the office.
  10. Just curious, is your PE4L v1.5? Just so we have some context. Because the PE4L v2.1 doesn't have a detachable cable If it weren't for being restricted to company funding (of which there is next to none left for this side project) I would totally order a PCIE-MM060B cable to test out with my PM3N configuration. I was already able to get this eGPU to pull double duty for me (gaming at home leisure time, CUDA crunching during work-at-hone time), but the powers that be prefer to on spend funding on a guaranteed solution. If anybody can find the same cable on Amazon, however, I'd gladly pick one up to test out and see if we can get Gen2 going!
  11. That's too bad that it didn't work for you. I wonder if anyone else has had similar results? I know that @jacobsson is waiting for theirs to arrive so I'm interested to see if he gets similar results as yours. I wouldn't mind paying $20 for a flexible cable at least, but the shipping cost is just insane when you consider that it's the same as the product itself. I'm also considering picking up the mPCIe extension board, maybe I can bundle them together.
  12. OK, well if you get more time, please run some more tests to see if it's something that can be fixed with a bit of tweaking, or not at all.
  13. What steps did you use to test this? Did you conifugre Setup 1.x or your BIOS to use Gen2? Also, did you do any benchmarks, or did you only check GPU-Z while the GPU was idle? It's not that I don't believe you, it's that you've provided no proof whatsoever that the cable fails Gen2 compatibility.
  14. You should shrink those images a little bit, and place them in spoiler tags. Or make them attachments to your post. They're huge!
  15. I'm fully aware of what Haswell brings to the table performance wise, what I meant was what it brings to the table for us on eGPU assemblies. For example will we see better compression with the Intel 4600? What about those who will have the Iris 5200? Or maybe a revision will see PCI 3.0 on some of the motherboards? I'm just speculating here, but Haswell's architecture and I/O compatibility could bring forth a slew of features that would make eGPU no more difficult to use than just plugging in a legacy USB device and configuring it in ”BIOS" (Setup 1.x). Of course, that all assumes that Intel and the manufacturers are willing to leave all this open and accessible to the end users like us...
  16. I'm curious to see how Haswell machines will work with eGPU. For work I am planning to pick up a X230T, but am holding off for the Haswell update/release. I wonder if we'll see any improvements due to a more powerful iGPU? Also, I really hope that the PCIEMM-B cables are Gen2 compliant like BPlus says they are, because then I could timeshare my PE4H 2.4 between my computers!
  17. I think it should work with the PM3N. They claimed to get it working on a desktop with the HP1A PCIe adapter, and since the PM3N is a mini-PCIe adapter, I think there won't be much difference between them. In both cases, they are adapters designed to convert the physical connection. I don't think they are doing anything to the actual signal itself (doing any extra signal translation).
  18. There's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't get the GTX460. It's still a great GPU! The only downside I can see is that its not as power efficient as the newer gen GPUs, so it will draw more power under full load. Sorry, I can't speak to the EFI issue, since I don't use Macs often, even at work here.
  19. Personally, I'd go with an AMD card. The reason why many people get nVidia is because of the extra compression performance boost that the integrated Intel HD iGPU provides to the Optimus. However, the 1645 doesn't have an iGPU (I really miss my 1645), so you would not benefit from Optimus at all. As well, since you already have an AMD 4670/5730, you'll have compatible drivers: if you install the desktop drivers, you can use them on the mobile dGPU. That means that if you need to unplug the eGPU for travel, you won't have to deal with conflicting AMD and Nvidia drivers on the same machine.
  20. You shouldn't need to remove RAM to get compaction to give you that much PCI space. When you're in Setup 1.x, are you disabling your HD 5450 dGPU? That should free up a lot of space right away
  21. Check out this PDF from Bplus' own website: http://www.bplus.com.tw/PDF/PCIEMM_060.pdf It depicts the "B" model as being completely round, while the "A" model is flat. As well, if you check out BPlus' page for the PE4H adapter, you'll see that they are indeed touting that it is Gen2 capable with the new PCIEMM-xxxB cables. http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/PE4H.html An interesting turn of events!
  22. I eagerly await to hear your results! I've been mulling over moving up to a PE4L, and if it's possible to get Gen2 speeds with the PM3N I already have from the PE4H I have. Does anyone know if BPlus/HWTools allows you to purchase individual parts, rather than bundles?
  23. What laptop do you have? As far as I know, you cannot turn off the iGPU; it's always on. And if you can, why not just disable the dGPU directly from BIOS? When booting up after running Setup 1.x, my internal display shows the Windows boot sequence, then immediately switches over to the eGPU when I reach the login screen. If you want your eGPU to work immediately after completing the Setup 1.x sequence, I don't think this is possible. This is the purpose of chainloading within Setup 1.x: it tells Windows (or your OS) to use the eGPU. But this chainloading actually happens when Windows is booting up, it doesn't happen before than. I stand by them to say that they are neither of those, but as of late (since March) they haven't responded to any of my forms of communication to them. I am not sure what's going on with them, so I just gave up. It could just be that there's something going on within the company that they are focusing on first.
  24. Have you tried setting "call iport g2 1" (or whatever port number your eGPU is plugged into) in Setup 1.x? It might be that you're sitting on a Gen1 connection even though you're capable of a Gen2.
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