gerald Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Fallout 4 -> 50 fps at full resolution and high details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 PCI 3.0 x8. Fallout 4-> 60fps at full resolution. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceTheeGamer Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 My word, this is absolutely amazing. I knew it was possible, but to see someone actually go about designing, constructing, and perfecting this method of utilizing a eGPU. Bravo, just bravo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Kickstarter project has ended. Unfortunately it failed. But the good news... adapters are available on eBay :-) http://www.ebay.at/itm/191888814637?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649ebay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyStrongWords Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 It says that the item is no longer available on ebay with that link. Do you have an updated link as I am very interested in purchasing one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Sorry but I have some troubles with my eBay account. I will come back in a few days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tns1 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 On 06.06.2016 at 8:30 PM, gerald said: Sorry but I have some troubles with my eBay account. I will come back in a few days... Hi gerald. I want to buy one of these adapters. Can you post to Turkey you say ''no need to change the BIOS'' . how can you do that? when y500/y510p owners try the sli with different ultrabay gpu (650m&750m or 750m&755m) an error message on screen at startup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Yes, I can send the adapter to turkey too. The BIOS has a whitelist for the one PCIe lane for WLAN. The 8 lanes from the ultrabay port has no restrictions. The BIOS supports plug & play on this port and Windows find the new device on this port. eBay offer is online again :-) http://www.ebay.at/itm/-/191891877018? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 hi Gerald, I purchased the adapter using the first link before it went down, do I have to be concerned about it? Is it going to ship normally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Hi community, I have also started a mass drop poll... pls support. https://www.massdrop.com/vote/Lenovo-Y510p-Ultrabay-adapter-for-GPU-acceleration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octiceps Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 (edited) Call me skeptical, but I have yet to see screenshots of perf metrics and photos/videos of the setup in action? $100 ain't chump change. Edited June 11, 2016 by octiceps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 It's very easy... the performance depends on the GPU you are using. PCIe 3.0 x8 is very fast and I found no limitations on this side yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kianjhay03 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 that pic looks like a beast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octiceps Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) If anyone has purchased this, can you post a review? Thanks. Edit: Also does this work with the laptop internal screen, or only external monitor connected to the GPU? And what's that 20-pin connector, is it for powering the adapter? Edited June 21, 2016 by octiceps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghoul Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 11 hours ago, octiceps said: If anyone has purchased this, can you post a review? Thanks. Edit: Also does this work with the laptop internal screen, or only external monitor connected to the GPU? And what's that 20-pin connector, is it for powering the adapter? I would, but 60 EUR + shipping for a pcb with 3 connectors is a bit pricy for my taste. Actually I'm waiting for a dual pcb version, where it is connected via flexi cable. One for getting an external pcie 8x connector on the side of the notebook, and one for card to be able to build external gpu case with psu. Then it is more than welcome, building one with a ref 980 or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 On 6/21/2016 at 2:59 AM, octiceps said: If anyone has purchased this, can you post a review? Thanks. Edit: Also does this work with the laptop internal screen, or only external monitor connected to the GPU? And what's that 20-pin connector, is it for powering the adapter? hello, according to gerald, you must use an external screen. and the 20 pin connection is to power the gpu since the adapter doesnt draw any power from the laptop. I have ordered one, once it arrives, I might review it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyStrongWords Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Mine came in and i tried hooking up an RX 480 to it only to have "unathorized slave vga card" displayed on the monitor with it asking me to remove it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 4 hours ago, ManyStrongWords said: Mine came in and i tried hooking up an RX 480 to it only to have "unathorized slave vga card" displayed on the monitor with it asking me to remove it can you test the it out with another card? it could be related to 480 high power draw from the pcie slot. https://m.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4qfwd4/rx480_fails_pcie_specification/, I'm kinda disappointed to hear that. i havent received my adapter yet, but i was planning on hooking it up with an rx 480. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyStrongWords Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Just Tested a 6670 and came up with the exact same error. Must be something in the Bios that needs fixing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyStrongWords Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I have started reverting Bios versions to see if i can have any luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyStrongWords Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I flashing my Bios with this custom one and still no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyStrongWords Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I flashed the VBios for the Ultrabay from the same link above, and I'm still getting the "unauthorized slave vga..." message. I am out of ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew54 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Just found this topic. My adapter arrived earlier this week, and I'm trying to configure it with a GTX 780. No success so far, similar to the above. - With the the adapter and gpu connected with the psu, the monitor will detect a signal but laptop will not boot (black screen on monitor and laptop display). - With the adapter connected to laptop but not connected with the psu, I'm getting the same error above of laptop display "unauthorised slave" I had replaced whitelisted BIOS with the latest official v3.08, without success. Adjusting 'graphic device' between UMA only and discrete makes no difference. Am booting from an ngff ssd. Didn't have a lot of ideas to start with, but I too am out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Andrew54, ManyStrongWords, which internal gpu do originally have 750m or 755m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew54 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Mines the 750m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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