DIY eGPU experiences

[Lord_Epithis]

yeah I can hear the sounds. I just played a game for about 45 min. Nothing wrong yet. Must be the monitor.

[Jack]

If the monitor shuts down, the sounds continue (computer works). It must be some strange internal issue with the monitor.

[User Retired 2]

I'd preferably like to run this on a 1920x1080 resolution so I'm happy to turn down the graphics a bit, but will the 450 be suitable? Or will I notice enough of a difference using a 460 to warrant the price?

Also just noticed that you recommend a PE4L, but your setup uses a PE4H. Is there any reason for this? If I can use the PE4L, I'll go with that because it's cheaper and I'll then be able to get the GTX460.

I recommend the cheaper PE4L but used a PE4H in my setup as it's self-standing so photographs better. A PE4L needs props to stand upright. Both do a x1.Opt setup equally well but a PE4L will save you $25-$30 which can be put towards a GTX460 or put in the kitty for other things. A GTX460 is 50% faster than a GTS450, though that would be something like 10-30% on a x1 link. If can find a s/h GTX460 for the $20-$30 more than a GTS450 then I'd go the GTX460 for sure.

there doesn't seem to be much of a gain using the GTX 460 over CPU. Both transcode at about 60 fps on my system. Has anyone used Badaboom in the forum with better GPU benchmarks?

I did a Badaboom DVD encoding @24000bit/s, Apple TV profile, finding my GTX460 encoded at 66fps whereas my cpu encoded at 36fps. Almost twice faster. An impressive performance boost. Wonder how the gpu encoding compares against newer i5/i7 cpus?

[xvblack]

Are all the wwan card slot can't be used?or some can ,and how to identify whether the slot can do a vidock?

[bache]

I recommend the cheaper PE4L but used a PE4H in my setup as it's self-standing so photographs better. A PE4L needs props to stand upright. Both do a x1.Opt setup equally well but a PE4L will save you $25-$30 which can be put towards a GTX460 or put in the kitty for other things. A GTX460 is 50% faster than a GTS450 as though that would be something like 10-30% on a x1 link. If can find a s/h GTX460 for the $20-$30 more than a GTS450 then I'd go the GTX460 for sure.

Excellent. I'll order the bits now.

Just before I buy it, this is the card you're referring to right? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Gigabyte-Nvid...item230f4a42f7

[acer47ok]

in windows 7 control panel...power options under pci express....
what is link state power management.....default is moderate power savings...

[serialk11r]

Oh btw I couldn't find this anywhere, but is the PE4H 2.4 PCI-e 2.0 compatible? I know the cables weren't good enough but is the adapter itself okay? From what I can recall about PCI-e I think this is the case, right?

[tpro]

Excellent. I'll order the bits now.

Just before I buy it, this is the card you're referring to right? Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 460 1 GB OC (eBay item 150580380407 end time 23-Mar-11 23:35:19 AEDST) : Computers

you better look at the cheaper non-used one : Micro Center - Galaxy 60XMH6HS3HMW GTX460 GC Edition 768MB PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card 60XMH6HS3HMW

[everalmighty]

Hi Nando,
A little update. Got my Macbook pro running with a radeon hd 5770 with 5 mini display ports. Needed 3 active and 2 passive mini display port to dvi adapters. Compaction still occurs with largest free block at e00000000 and still have to plug in and unplug on boot so it is the same procedure as before. I now have 5 displays connected to the radeon, 1 directly connected to the dvi port on the side of the mac and 1 internal lcd making 7 displays. Works perfect.

Thanks again

Which MBP? A 2010 version?

[apollo-fox]

I did a Badaboom DVD encoding @24000bit/s, Apple TV profile, finding my GTX460 encoded at 66fps whereas my cpu encoded at 36fps. Almost twice faster. An impressive performance boost.

I'm going to run some CPU benches with TMPGEnc and Handbrake. Maybe Badaboom is also better with CPU. It is cool being able to encode without tying up your whole computer.