kumisseksi

hey nando, finally my pe4l arrived, and the bus interface on gpu -z says

it is currently running at :

PCI -Express x1 v2.0

am i doing this right?

and for the setup menu, i cannot find the allocate memory option.

A Series-6 or 7 notebook (2nd/3rd gen i-core) with no dGPU and an expresscard slot would be the best choice to run a x1.2Opt eGPU. Budget systems meeting that criteria being a 15.6" HP 4530s, Lenovo E520 or Dell Vostro 3550. Their premium cousins, a 15.6" HP 8560P, Lenovo T520 or Dell E6520, fit that criteria too but are of higher build and have FHD LCD options. All of those systems are now one-gen old so would appear as s/h units on ebay at good prices.

@kumisseksi , I can't see how changing the BIOS expresscard Gen1/Gen2 option would alter booting via Setup 1.x. That's unless you were booting it off a USB stick and have changed the boot order. Hit F9 during boot to then manually boot off the USB stick.

I can confirm that the Gen2 certainly works with a HP 2570P + PE4L-EC060A 2.1b + GTX660Ti. I do get x1.2Opt performance. I can't tell what version of PE4L you have from your previous comments. PE4L 1.5 or older can only run reliably at Gen1 speed.

hehe, it seems that i got the pe4l 1.5, since its cheaper so....., well ive bought the 2.1 now but it would take 2 weeks from tw to uk, anyways is there any way to make the micro hdmi cable longer on 2.1 since its integrated

Two things you can do to improve your 2570P + GTX660Ti eGPU 3dmark06 performance:

1. Change your Windows power profile to 'high performance'. I initially was getting low results when running 'balanced'. Appears the CPU wasn't going into Turbo mode.

2. Ensure you set your expresscard slot in the bios->System configuration->Device configuration to be 'Generation 2' as shown below.

when i set the express card to generation 2, i am no longer directed to diy egpu setup but straight to windows 7 bootup, the card is detected on device manager, and gpuz and it states 1.x but when i want to open nvidia control panel it says "nvidia display settings are not available, you are not currently using a display attached to an nvidia gpu" ive tried reinstalling the driver and when it is installing, the screen flickers like hell, and when i want connect to a projector, it says no projector detected

A score which is clearly higher than the internal graphics but not as high as you'd expect (around 20000)? I'm guessing you're using the laptop internal display rather than an external monitor. If so, the bandwidth required to send the image back from the graphics card is what's costing the 5000 points.

im using an external monitor, and it seems that on gpuz and nvidia control panel that im not running 1.x, any suggestion naturbo2000?

hey nando, ive successfully setup my diy egpu using hp elitebook 2570p and gtx 660ti, pe4l, i5 3320m 12gb ram, but im only seeing 15000 on 3dmark06 what did i do wrong? since i cannot see the pcie menu upon booting.=

Run c:\eGPU\uninstall-disk-image.bat

Only issue I'm seeing with the x230 is 16GB configurations see the system run really slow. The solution being downgrading to 8GB. I'd say the T430s would have a similar bios so would be equally affected. Only advantage the T430s has over the X230 is the 900P LCD option, NVS5400M dGPU option and the Thunderbolt port on the i7 iGPU-only version. Disadvantages over a X230 being the larger footprint, smaller capacity battery and no IPS LCD option.

If you want to replace your x230 with similar sized system but with way more performance potential and better looks then consider a 12.5" HP Elitebook 2570P. It can have it's socketted CPU replaced with a 45W i7-quad (note: warranty implications) and is SATA-III RAID-0 capable. Only issue I've found is it's bios hasn't been optimized for battery life as described. Maybe HP will fix it? Ryan Bui had his one-gen older 2560P running with 16GB and an eGPU without issues here.

A s/h GTX560Ti or GTX660Ti are my recommendations. Avoid a GTX660 as it's overpriced - it has very little in common with a GTX660Ti. A GTX660Ti is closer to a GTX670 in it's architecture and only $30-$40 more.

Set the PE4L PERST# delay to be 6.9s (SW1=3). Poweron the eGPU, poweron the notebook. Halt Win7/8 loading by pressing F8 to get the Advanced Boot Options menu. Once the PERST# delay LED has turned off on the PE4L hit ENTER on the Start Windows normally option to load Win7/8.

i got the x230t (i7) and maybe because of the touchscreen the battery life is ilogical for 12.5, i am not experienced with laptops so i dont think that i can do a cpu replacement, i have bought pe4l, atx 750w, but i havent replaced my laptop or buy a gpu, if i replace x230t with t430s with 12gb ram will it be okay? do you think that the price difference of 120gbp for 560ti and 230gbp for 660ti worthed? since i am playing games like battlefield, crysis, planetside 2, + if its okay with you can i have your skype? and do you have any other recommendations since 12.5 inch is a bit too small for me, 13.3 inch is okay, 14 inch is the best. Ive also foundhttp://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-...k.87571.0.html it has only mpcie is it possible to have the same result as expresscard34/54?

Only issue I'm seeing with the x230 is 16GB configurations see the system run really slow. The solution being downgrading to 8GB. I'd say the T430s would have a similar bios so would be equally affected. Only advantage the T430s has over the X230 is the 900P LCD option, NVS5400M dGPU option and the Thunderbolt port on the i7 iGPU-only version. Disadvantages over a X230 being the larger footprint, smaller capacity battery and no IPS LCD option.

If you want to replace your x230 with similar sized system but with way more performance potential and better looks then consider a 12.5" HP Elitebook 2570P. It can have it's socketted CPU replaced with a 45W i7-quad (note: warranty implications) and is SATA-III RAID-0 capable. Only issue I've found is it's bios hasn't been optimized for battery life as described. Maybe HP will fix it? Ryan Bui had his one-gen older 2560P running with 16GB and an eGPU without issues here.

A s/h GTX560Ti or GTX660Ti are my recommendations. Avoid a GTX660 as it's overpriced - it has very little in common with a GTX660Ti. A GTX660Ti is closer to a GTX670 in it's architecture and only $30-$40 more.

i got the x230t (i7) and maybe because of the touchscreen the battery life is ilogical for 12.5, i am not experienced with laptops so i dont think that i can do a cpu replacement, i have bought pe4l, atx 750w, but i havent replaced my laptop or buy a gpu, if i replace x230t with t430s with 12gb ram will it be okay? do you think that the price difference of 120gbp for 560ti and 230gbp for 660ti worthed? since i am playing games like battlefield, crysis, planetside 2, + if its okay with you can i have your skype? and do you have any other recommendations since 12.5 inch is a bit too small for me, 13.3 inch is okay, 14 inch is the best. Ive also found http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-HP-EliteBook-Folio-9470m-Ultrabook.87571.0.html it has only mpcie is it possible to have the same result as expresscard34/54?

nando, im trying to replace my sony vaio s13 bios modded (13k 3dmark06) with another small laptop egpu capable and aiming at the thinkpad t430s to score at 20k +- 3dmark06, i got a thinkpad x230t now but its windows 8 so im gonna sell it and buy a t430s windows 7, what do you reckon? i may go for either 560ti or 660ti, and should i go for the PE4L? since i was browsing and seeing a lot of failed attempt on x230