I have a Predator 300. It has the CPU i5-8300H, 8GB RAM and a Nvidea gtx 1050ti. Is it worth it to grow a good eGPU in this laptop? So the laptop creates z. B. A gtx 1080? So that does not overheat then.
And another question: is it worthwhile to install a second graphics card on a laptop?
Find the concept of a laptop makes no sense if you next to the laptop still carry a box with you around. For this you also need to increase to 16gb ram, so you can finally play everything fluently.
On the whole, I think that makes no sense and if you want to invest a lot of money, e. 800 euro you also get a good gaming PC
To connect a graphics card to the laptop, you first need an eGPU chassis. The graphics card is installed in this case and then connected to the laptop with a USB 3.0 cable or Thunderbolt (therefore Thunderbolt is also a requirement). There's no danger of overheating in the laptop because the graphics card is in its own housing. However, I would still not recommend more than a RTX 2070, as faster graphics cards are expected to be braked by the processor.
An example of such an eGPU case:
https://www.razer.com/de-de/gaming-laptops/razer-core-x
There are other, possibly cheaper from other manufacturers. As I said only an example. With.
Such a thing is a pretty expensive fun.
There are apparently still several problems:
On the one hand, a special Thunderbolt connection is needed that many notebooks do not have.
Then I think I remember that the gaming performance of an eGPU, compared to the normal operation, should only reach about 70%.
This is related to the bandwidth of the Thunderbolt connection and the additional overhead of the pure operation of this eGPU.
And then it is also the question of whether the notebook display should be used, or a normal external monitor is connected to the external Graka.
https://www.youtube.com/...razor-core
https://www.techstage.de/ratgeber/Marktuebersicht-eGPU-Grafik-Power-fuer-Laptops-4170789.html
https://www.computerbase.de/2018-03/razer-blade-stealth-pro-core-v2-egpu-test/
I myself am not in the "embarrassment" that my notebook would fulfill these conditions at all. But it would be far too expensive for me.
And besides, it is extremely difficult to use for mobile use.
And for the money to be invested (about 300 euro + Graka ~ = 550-700 euro) you could put together an additional gaming PC. That would not be all that much more expensive and the operation would be much more stable than with this external solution.
If you take into account this power loss of about 25-30%, then this could be necessary Graka (theoretically) significantly cheaper than it would be the case with an eGPU solution. At least if you want to achieve the same gaming performance.
So I would refrain from sinking my money in it.
