eGPU experiences [version 2.0]

[Devids]

Hi!

I use a PE4C V2.1 with EC100 adapter.

My laptop is a HP Elitebook 8470p with Intel HD4000, and I want to use a AMD Radeon 280X graphic card.

I solved the error 12 with DSDT override and Setup 1.30 with Win 8.1.

My problem, that the eGPU solution isn't stable. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Yesterday it worked perfectly, I played a game, and I doesn't have any problem, but today morning, it booted to black screen, then I tried to activate after booting, black screen again. I tried a couple of times and later it generated white or red vertical stripes on my external display, so at the end, this morning I can not use my eGPU system, and I had to go to work.

Any idea what causes this, or how I can overcome this problem?

[Decrzone]

the 25$ bucks for the sofware Setup 1.x is a donation (opcional) or if i dont pay i dont get the software?

i buy EXP GDC + GTX750 + ATX PSU and now i cant run the EGPU, i instal the drivers and on device manager apper the GTX750 but dont give image for the external LCD

if some one can help beacuse i steel spend about 200€ (a bit more)

thaks

[yogirzlsinatrya]

i want to ask how to setup my egpu using MSI GTX 970 4g

im totally confused to configure this module..

all requirement has done , using :

-power supply Corsair RM 750w

-EGPU Beast v.6

-external monitor using HDMI

-MSI GTX 970

and my laptop - MSI GT663 Gaming laptop using GTX 460m GPU in core i5 gen 1

some people says that my gpu doesnt support using my ram (using 4gb SODIMM dual channel), is possible to use my D.I.Y with my Laptop ? i hope you can help anymore

[ugleex]

So I'm contemplating on upgrading my 750 TI for my 2570p (then I could use the 750 with my 2540p or something) and have been reading a lot of various tests - another 2570p member has been recommending 680 gtx (one of the reasons is that it can be used with the dell block - but it's not clear whether this is plug and play like the 670 and below listed in the 2570 owner thread) but I didn't find any conclusive real life tests with this card vs the gtx 770 and 970 aside from this post http://forum.techinferno.com/implementation-guides-pc/8099-12-hp-2570p-gtx970@4gbps-c-ec2-pe4l-2-1b-win7-%5Bunclejam%5D.html And here it looks like nando achieved very similar scores using 770 than 970 after all the recommended optimizations - so I guess my question is - which of these 3 should I be shooting for/would you guys recommend?

Bench-wise, every site shows that 770 is very similar to 680, and I can find a 680 around where I live for fairly cheap (100-150), no 970s and 770s are 200+; online it's generally the same as well (680 costing generally less and 970 is incredibly high).

[evlos]

Hi all,

I have purchased

Bplus: PE4C interface for mPCI slot, PCIe x16 adapter

http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ<wbr>ct/B00OZJDAVS/ref=oh_aui_detai<wbr>lpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

EVGA 500W 80PLUS Certified ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-80P<wbr>LUS-Certified-ATX12V-100-W1-05<wbr>00-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=pd_bxg<wbr>y_147_img_y

ASUS STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5 GeForce GTX 960 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/<wbr>Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121<wbr>913

and setup them as you can see from these photos. After that, I removed Wifi card, and install the connect cable to mini-PCIe port, the red LED of PE4C is on.

Then I press the power button of the laptop, the red LED on PE4C turns to green, and the white LED on GTX 960 is on.

The fans on GTX 960 moved a bit, and stoped.

But the laptop didn't display the Alienware logo as usual, it stuck there with a empty screen, no beep.

1. I tried boot laptop without PE4C, and connect PE4C after the system goes to sleep, but it stuck again.

2. I tried go into the boot menu without PE4C, and connect PE4C, but the laptop just shutdown itself.

As you can see from the attachment, Alienware M14X R1 is listed in official compatibility table.

Need help please! Thank you.

[AGmR]

[h=2]PE4C v2.1a with Alienware M14X R1, no POST, no beep, need help![/h]

Same problem I have also but with R9 280x "Dell Inspiron 15r 5520"

[weecooper]

.

[AGmR]

Yes U must Looking @ this >> Amazon.com: Bplus: PE4C interface for mPCI slot, PCIe x16 adapter: Computers & Accessories.

[Timilllo]

THank you. I will try this on a Clevo W110ER.

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Hi everyone, first time posting in the V2.0 version of the forums! I might be the first one to try an eGPU on a W110ER. I bought just a regular breakout adapter for the wireless slot for my laptop. It comes with a foot long flatflex cable (I'll just post a pic) so anyways, it works flawlessly. No issues with booting up or timing issues which I had with my old T420 (even after they fixed the TLOUD issues on the BIOS) This laptop does have a 650M which does nothing when my 550ti is plugged. The nvidia card inside the laptop isn't connected to any physical port like my G46VW so I don't disable it at all which is nice. It works on my internal screen just fine too! I am going to purchase either a 7xx series card or an AMD card (both work great tested a 290x which my friend had but forgot to take pics sorry guys!) His 290x ran at 3.0 x1 which means 1GB/s so above 70% performance of the card at the lowest.

PICS:

imgur: the simple image sharer

imgur: the simple image sharer

What drivers does the W110ER need for 560 ti? Is the 650M disable? Or it can be used as normal?

Thank you

[liamm]

Hello again, I ran 06, 11 and 13, but as it was the first time I did this, I don´t understand the results. My laptop is:

HP Elitebook 8460p

i5 2520m 2.5 GHz

8GB RAM

iGPU: Intel HD 3000

no dGPU

SSD Samsung Pro 840 500GB

eGPU: Asus Strix Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 DirectCU II OC Edition 2GB

I tried the three benchmarks with internal LCD, connection with expresscard x1.2.

With 3Dmark06 I had a problem. When I ran the software, It changed my screen colors to a lower setting and when the benchmark finished, it threw a 0 result.

3Dmark11

Score P6213

Graphics Score 7963

Physics Score 3709

Combined Score 3801.

3Dmark13

Fire Strike 4734

Sky Diver 11125

Cloud Gate 8801

Ice Storm 24068

As I said, I don´t understand any of these results, if they're high or low...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 video card benchmark result - Intel Core i5-4460 Processor,Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H here you have results of an i5-4460 with a gtx 960. Your is about 700points lower but that is normal because there is a bottleneck with mcpie slot or expresscard.

Your bottleneck is only 5-6% which is very good.

[weecooper]

RE: http://forum.techinferno.com/implementation-guides-pc/9762-17-acer-v3-771g-gtx970%404gbps-mpcie2-exp-gdc-beast-win7-64-%5Brgpu%5D.html

@rgpu, i really like your setup can you take a look on mine? some ppl said Mpcie doesn't fit a N55SF (2012 model) due to some hardware issue is that true? and my pc is Asus N55 S (different from sf) with i5-2450 m can i run a gtx 970?? btw i really don't understand why a mPCI-E won't bottleneck gtx970? isn't that transfer @ 5gbps?

[w4vz]

I was looking for a way to monitor the bandwidth of my thunderbolt bus to find out if I get bottleneck effects in some games. Anyone aware of a program to do this ?

[Dschijn]

Maybe the graphs from GPU-Z?

[Tech Inferno Fan]

I was looking for a way to monitor the bandwidth of my thunderbolt bus to find out if I get bottleneck effects in some games. Anyone aware of a program to do this ?

Use GPU-Z 0.81 or newer's new sensors->Bus Interface Load monitor:

[w4vz]

Thanks for that but i forgot to mention im on OSX

I have Istats but it does not have a sensor for thunderbolt as far as I can see

[rgpu]

RE: http://forum.techinferno.com/implementation-guides-pc/9762-17-acer-v3-771g-gtx970%404gbps-mpcie2-exp-gdc-beast-win7-64-%5Brgpu%5D.html

@rgpu, i really like your setup can you take a look on mine? some ppl said Mpcie doesn't fit a N55SF (2012 model) due to some hardware issue is that true? and my pc is Asus N55 S (different from sf) with i5-2450 m can i run a gtx 970?? btw i really don't understand why a mPCI-E won't bottleneck gtx970? isn't that transfer @ 5gbps?

I am no hardware guru. I wrote that about bottleneck because I saw my GPU at 100% usage (in firestorm GPU monitoring utility - like MSI afterburner) when gaming, but I am changing my mind because when I overclock GTX 970 - it does not affect FPS in games. So this means one of 2:

1) GTX 970 is actually not being used 100%

2) CPU is the bottleneck

I think it is the first one.

As for N55SF - I have no idea. I have only tried my laptop and got lucky.

[Quilld]

I've bought the akitio thunderbolt enclosure 2 and managed to succesfully do a compaction without crashing windows like I did with the Sonnet enclosure, but I end up with the same result: the card is connected but not working. I had a new error code which was error 35. Here are the screenshoot:

[Kurbeco]

Hi all. I'm considering building an e-GPU setup. I would want it to work with both of my laptops. One is an X220T (ExpressCard) and the other is a 2012 MBP 15" Retina (Thunderbolt 1).

When I started looking, I found the Akitio Thunder 2 and thought that would suit the Mac side of things - but not the X220T. ExpressCard to Thunderbolt is an unknown to me, is that going to cause problems? What would you guys use for this setup?

[gharimanto]

Use GPU-Z 0.81 or newer's new sensors->Bus Interface Load monitor:

This is mine :

Bus load is 86%. is it bad ?

[angelraven08]

THank you. I will try this on a Clevo W110ER.

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What drivers does the W110ER need for 560 ti? Is the 650M disable? Or it can be used as normal?

Thank you

Just use the newest driver.

Disable 650M in device manager. You need to do this before installing the driver of eGPU or you will get an IRQL_LESS_OR_NOT_EQUAL error.

I have tried using both dGPU and eGPU at the same time but getting an occasional shutdown so I decided to completely disable the dGPU. I think the laptop is having problem powering both GPUs.

Btw, I'm using a GTX 750 Ti.

[Tech Inferno Fan]

Hi all. I'm considering building an e-GPU setup. I would want it to work with both of my laptops. One is an X220T (ExpressCard) and the other is a 2012 MBP 15" Retina (Thunderbolt 1).

When I started looking, I found the Akitio Thunder 2 and thought that would suit the Mac side of things - but not the X220T. ExpressCard to Thunderbolt is an unknown to me, is that going to cause problems? What would you guys use for this setup?

Two ways I can see you going here:

1. Get a AKiTiO Thunder2 (10Gbps-TB1) for the MBA+ EC eGPU adapter (PE4C/EXP GDC) for the X220T.

- either get two video cards and run them in each enclosure/adapter

- use one video card and time-share across the two adapters:

via a PCIe riser, attaching your and unplug from one adapter and plug into the other adapter

or run your AKiTiO de-shelled and unplug the video card from one adapter/enclosure to the other.

2. Get a EC eGPU adapter (PE4C/EXP GDC) for the X220T and use it on the MBA via a Sonnet TB-to-expresscard adapter (4Gbps+c-EC2)

(1) gives better performance (2) gives easier connectivity.

[Kurbeco]

Thanks for the reply.

With (2), how much would I be crippling the eGPU when using it on the MBP. I can see from raw bandwidth it looks like a lot (10Gbps vs 4Gbps), but is that going to make much difference for a mid-range GPU?

I'd hoped to find expresscard-to-TB, but after searching.. doesn't seem to exist

Both systems have 16GiB of RAM, is this going to cause an issue?

[Timilllo]

Just use the newest driver.

Disable 650M in device manager. You need to do this before installing the driver of eGPU or you will get an IRQL_LESS_OR_NOT_EQUAL error.

I have tried using both dGPU and eGPU at the same time but getting an occasional shutdown so I decided to completely disable the dGPU. I think the laptop is having problem powering both GPUs.

Btw, I'm using a GTX 750 Ti.

THank you for answering.

Do you have both drivers installed (drivers for gt650M and drivers for 750ti)? You had to unistall the 650M drivers, didnt you?

I will be happy if you post a 3dmark11 benchmark too

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Dear all,

For my curiosity and also because of GTA5, I decided to have a look at the eGPU option.

My laptop:

- HP ENVY dv6t-7300 Quad Edition

- i7 3630QM

- 8Go RAM

- Geforce GT 635M

My eGPU:

- Geforce GTX 970 PNY

My eGPU board:

- PE4C v2.1a

My external PSU:

- 450W (https://www.afuture.nl//productview.php?productID=14658)

Current situation:

I did not use Setup1.x at all, my card is well detected, everything seems to be fine (I have just uninstalled the dGPU and rebooted):

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/11128464_10153204382229361_1946898392166188747_n.jpg?oh=289c2c882e6c4eee3c21bb4b5f11da3c&oe=55CBE068&__gda__=1443663948_9b2a7d262b3d72ec9f39be92cae5bebe

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11260520_10153204382989361_330452460806079161_n.jpg?oh=9fe92aefd461559004a436be60a4167b&oe=55CD68D5&__gda__=1443126869_9e1398c783af2c58665e86f2da073fb1

https://scontent-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/t31.0-8/11187235_10153204383319361_5651278652069276896_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/t31.0-8/11169800_10153204383489361_5676558967126230143_o.jpg

Problem:

When I run a really low requirement game e.g. Counter Strike 1.6, everything works perfectly fine. But when I try 3DMark 13 or GTA5, then it crashes not even 1 second after the game starts (after loading) and the laptop reboots.

A video example of my problem will come soon

I am not experienced at all with eGPU, so I am not able to find out what might the problem be. What do you think?

Cheers!

Have you tried powering the additionals gpu pins directly from the psu?

[angelraven08]

THank you for answering.

Do you have both drivers installed (drivers for gt650M and drivers for 750ti)? You had to unistall the 650M drivers, didnt you?

I will be happy if you post a 3dmark11 benchmark too

I did remove the 650M drivers and installed the 750Ti after disabling the dGPU in device manager.

Here's my result on 3dmark11:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i5-3230M Processor,CLEVO CO. W110ER

*Im not sure why it's still detecting my GT 650M and the GTX 750 Ti appeared as secondary.

Edit: An updated 3dMark11 Benchmark:

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/9856158

[Kaiyoti]

Excuse me if this is a noob question but after I'm able to get my EXP GDC Beast working with my

Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A-DB51 (Intel Core i5 3317U (1.70GHz) 4GB Memory)

with a GTX 750 SC (non TI).

I can't seem to find any articles about getting Internal LCD to work, and the videos I watched all just assumed that you can turn off you can just change the monitor settings via Windows projection commands / or just by unplugging external monitor. This does not seem to work for me. It seems that it does not recognize my internal LCD as a screen option, nor is my intel hd 4000 showing up in the device driver list when I boot with EGPU.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Paul