DIY eGPU experiences

[Legu314]

Hi Guys.

I have a little problem with Vidock. If i try to run Star Wars Force unleashed II i got error on external screen. Its run only the internal screen very playable.

But, in the videos i got just about 10 fps. Is that something driver problem?

Has anybody met same?

Cheers

Legu

[becak]

Congratulations to all the people out there that have finally made the vidock working.

Now, no problem with vidock, however if I am not using vidock and just hooking up my laptop to my monitor via VGA.

I have this screen refresh problem [see image]. I never experienced this before installing vidock setup.

Anybody experience this?

[becak]

NVM, I fixed it,
Just have to update my IGP display adapter.

it was showing only 32mb memory earlier after update it becomes 64 mb.

[Importbeats]

Okay, I've been reading ALL day long and it's so much information that I am totally lost now. Can someone please give me simple directions or link me to the page for installation/setup instructions that applies to me?

I got:

PE4H kit
ATX PSU
GTX 460

Sony Vaio i7 VPCF113FX w/nVidia 310m 512mb

...this is all I've got. Am I missing any parts? How do I put this all together? Where do I even start? lol


Thanks!

[Importbeats]

Oh NOOO!! HELP!!!

Yeah - see Getting Started section on the first post.

Your i7+GT330M Sony can't do a x1.Opt nor x2 link, nor is the x1E tweak available on series-5 chipsets. Meaning you'd be bandwidth limited to performance levels worse than your GT330M. High performance cards like a GTX460/GTX470/HD58xx would be working far below their peak potential.

If want faster performance suggest trade up to a notebook with a faster gpu, eg: Lenovo Y560 with HD5730 or get one that can do x1.Opt, ie: has a i5 cpu and provides Intel HD. Better yet, wait for Sandy Bridge notebooks to be released with x1 3.0 expresscards (5/10Gbps) slots come Feb 2011.

...ok, so after I already bought the x16 kit and GTX460, I came across this post.

I have:

Sony Vaio i7 (vpcf113fx)
nVidia 310m w/512mb
5 Series chipset

...I am still paying for this, so it's not an option to buy or trade for a new one.

This laptop actually got an upgrade model and now has nVidia 425m w/1GB memory. I wish I had that. And there's no where I can buy the 425m and attempt to upgrade.

Now, back to your post. Am I pretty much out of luck having already bought the parts?

When I play Starcraft 2, 1600x900. I can play on medium and it's kinda slow, but definately playable. I can't play on high or ultra, it will lag a lot, barely playable. I have to set everything to LOW, then put special effects & models on High. Post processing Medium. That will make the game buttery smooth for gameplay.

So its because of my series 5 system I won't be able to use the DIY ViDock/Video card? I saw on a regular working similar setup, they can play Starcraft 2 on all Ultra settings and its perfectly smooth.

Advice?

[atticus182]

Yeah - see Getting Started section on the first post.

Your i7+GT330M Sony can't do a x1.Opt nor x2 link, nor is the x1E tweak available on series-5 chipsets. Meaning you'd be bandwidth limited to performance levels worse than your GT330M. High performance cards like a GTX460/GTX470/HD58xx would be working far below their peak potential.

If want faster performance suggest trade up to a notebook with a faster gpu, eg: Lenovo Y560 with HD5730 or get one that can do x1.Opt, ie: has a i5 cpu and provides Intel HD. Better yet, wait for Sandy Bridge notebooks to be released with x1 3.0 expresscards (5/10Gbps) slots come Feb 2011.

It will be just expresscard 2.0 5Gbps, no?

[carage]

As of the news available right now, we probably won't see any new Sandy Bridge models available until at least April.

[lazyboy]

Will the GTX 460 768M that's listed on the first post offer a real world advantage over the 5770 1GB I already have?

I've seen the performance comparison between the 460 1GB and the 5770 and it seemed that the 460 was only better in dx10, but again, that was the 1gb version.

[ruhtraeel]

As of the news available right now, we probably won't see any new Sandy Bridge models available until at least April.

Canada sees the Lenovo Y470 in March.

14 inch
up to 8GB RAM
Sandy Bridge i7
Onboard Nvidia GT 555M


US sees this in May.

[bleuiko]

Hi Guys.

I have a little problem with Vidock. If i try to run Star Wars Force unleashed II i got error on external screen. Its run only the internal screen very playable.

But, in the videos i got just about 10 fps. Is that something driver problem?

Has anybody met same?

Cheers

Legu

Did you try setting your external monitor connected to the vidock as your primary screen?