Let's figure out how to make a DIY eGPU (previously DIY ViDock)

[masterchef341]

still waiting on you to rig your graphics card to your laptop.

[xxbadboys93]

Is anyone willing to test this?

[FrX]

still waiting on you to rig your graphics card to your laptop.

Stop pushing him to rush. He is trying to think of doing it in all aspects to get it working (On theoretical part).

It's really unpleasant thing to get your idea on the theoretical part to work, then applying it in real life to discover it wont work and losing your motivates (While the reason might be a small thing you didn't consider about, that prevented it from working)

I know most people are so rush on seeing this working in real life, but I say we wait all the time for such product to come (Although not on external monitor & external Power) , we wont die if we wait even more to see it coming.

[wilse]

still waiting on you to rig your graphics card to your laptop.

i'm glad he is doing a bunch of thinking and article posting
just because he isn't doing anything hands-on yet doesn't mean he is providing no value to this conversation
no need to be a jerk to the guy

[masterchef341]

i'm just excited. i want to see him do it!

[FrX]

i'm just excited. i want to see him do it!

I know , aren't we all?

I will buy it, I just need a little time to scrape up the cash.
Right now I'm jobless but I'm working on it.
It will probably be 2 weeks until I order the thing.

I will get it with the 11 inch cable length, is that going to cause any problems?

you will do the expresscard mod or the mini pci-e mod? because if it was the mini-pcie I feel the cable length is a little bit short and will prevent you from using your laptop in a comfortable way (Its really short - everything I feel is need to be close to your laptop) the only advantage I might see is the internal resistance of the cable might be less, so It 11'inches cable is going to be faster than 1 mile cable

you know, we also arent in rush take a month or two and dont rush in getting a job only for this

[MexicanSnake]

I also would like to test my ideas and buy the needed parts, but Im broke atm ...

[User Retired 2]

This document suggests MXM has LVDS signals output signals so in theory could be switched straight into the LCD *if* there was a LCD HD connector allowing signals from either the systemboard OR the MXM card. Just need to be wire up it's pci-e lines directly to the mini pci-e/expressport pci-e bus.

[FrX]

Thanks, but I was already rushing to get a job before I was going to do this.

Oh sorry, I expressed what I want in wrong way.
Anyway I wish you good luck in having a nice job

So I was thinking I should get the 11 inch cable to be safe.

That would be a wise decision

[[>>ahl395<<]]

Hmm, this looks good.

im interested in the Expresscard way to do it. because that way, you dont have an x1 slot. The expresscard goes straight to a x16 slot. Which would probably mean faster/less or no bottlenecking from the x1 slot speed. Correct?

I am thinking of testing this out. in the OP it says $30. i could try to get up 30 bucks to try it. So, where can i buy it?
Just a note, if i do try it, it wont be with the newest GPU or anything. But it could see if it would work overall...