DIY eGPU experiences

[Cynalynx]

Hello !
I've got a Dell XPS M1210 (2006) laptop,



with a Core 2 Duo T7200 (2,00 GHz) CPU,
2 Go DDR2-667,
and the famous Intel GMA950. (ICH7M)

Now I was wondering if I could do a DIY Vidock on this laptop...
No ExpressCard port here, but two mPCIe ports instead :



Then what graphic card would be the best for approx. $130 ?

[dimany25]

First of all Hello everyone, and thanks for great thread like this. I am new here and my Sony Vaio VPC-F115FM with 6GB DDR2 memory, i7 cpu, and Geforce 330M doesnt want to work with ViDock.

1. I made screens of Device manager and Everex
Imageshack - everestscreenwithati.jpg
Imageshack - devicemanagescreen.jpg

2. It finds the Ati Radeon 5770 but I cannot install drivers, and it says Resources are not ready or something like that.

I did not risk doing Bootdisk since I dont know my configuration and what script I have to create , maybe someone can help me out and point me in the right direction ? Thank you all in advance.

[chung_gun]

Hello !
I've got a Dell XPS M1210 (2006) laptop,
with a Core 2 Duo T7200 (2,00 GHz) CPU,
2 Go DDR2-667,
and the famous Intel GMA950. (ICH7M)
Now I was wondering if I could do a DIY Vidock on this laptop...
No ExpressCard port here, but two mPCIe ports instead :
Then what graphic card would be the best for approx. $130 ?

I think U can do it in x1 mode, basically.

U need posting more information about your system.

A Shot in Everest (system monitoring program, FreeWare), At tab [mainboard] >> [chipset] >> [southbridge] .

And More Shots in DeviceManager view about resources.

Among the recommanding graphcs cards around that price are HD5750, HD5770, HD4850 ... etc , and useful graphics in a little lower price than them are HD5670...etc.

[chung_gun]

First of all Hello everyone, and thanks for great thread like this. I am new here and my Sony Vaio VPC-F115FM with 6GB DDR2 memory, i7 cpu, and Geforce 330M doesnt want to work with ViDock.

1. I made screens of Device manager and Everex
Imageshack - everestscreenwithati.jpg
Imageshack - devicemanagescreen.jpg

2. It finds the Ati Radeon 5770 but I cannot install drivers, and it says Resources are not ready or something like that.

I did not risk doing Bootdisk since I dont know my configuration and what script I have to create , maybe someone can help me out and point me in the right direction ? Thank you all in advance.

i would recommand to refer to front page of this thread.

there are basic concepts of scriptings, setting, & furthermore .. etc

if you could not dare to risk doing Bootdisk, then use magma full function_2.6 at first.
And additional refering about usage .

and.. U need to post more clear images for your system data .m..m.. if U want more advices from in-this-place peers.

[ashura]

Can you post benchmarks, everest port screenshot as per first post so it can be added to the first post? We don't have an account of a x201 implementation experience as yet.

Here are the benches:



I don't know all that much about benching so I could be totally off about this but aren't the DX9 scores lower than they should be?

[sunlooksgreen]

_oddious

Didn't understand how your capture card setup would work. I'm not that good in computer tech. I think best idea now is to try by myself, and cross my fingers so that my laptop nvidia will make anything easier.

Whatever happens, thanks again for all the things you tried. And to everyone else here. This is a great post.

Will keep you informed how everything goes.

[User Retired 2]

I don't know all that much about benching so I could be totally off about this but aren't the DX9 scores lower than they should be?

You are running x1 1.0 (not x1E). The DX10 dmcv4 scene4 shows the vram<->system ram transfers bogging you down to ~34FPS. The 3dmark06 cpu score is low dragging down the overall 3dmark06 score. SM3.0 otherwise is OK. Worth running it again ensuring no background processes. Also can you run the variable dx9 RE5 benchmark so can compare against the other systems on the first post?

1. I made screens of Device manager and Everex
Imageshack - devicemanagescreen.jpg

2. It finds the Ati Radeon 5770 but I cannot install drivers, and it says Resources are not ready or something like that.

I did not risk doing Bootdisk since I dont know my configuration and what script I have to create , maybe someone can help me out and point me in the right direction ? Thank you all in advance.

You require the DIY ViDock Setup v1.x USB bootdisk to relocate the NVidia resources at Exxxxxxx to Fxxxxxxx, freeing up a 32-bit 256MB window to host your ATI card .

[ashura]

You are running x1 1.0 (not x1E). The DX10 dmcv4 scene4 shows the vram<->system ram transfers bogging you down to ~34FPS. The 3dmark06 cpu score is low dragging down the overall 3dmark06 score. SM3.0 otherwise is OK. Worth running it again ensuring no background processes. Also can you run the variable dx9 RE5 benchmark so can compare against the other systems on the first post?

Got it, thanks! Here's the variable:

[Oddious]

_oddious

Didn't understand how your capture card setup would work. I'm not that good in computer tech. I think best idea now is to try by myself, and cross my fingers so that my laptop nvidia will make anything easier.

Whatever happens, thanks again for all the things you tried. And to everyone else here. This is a great post.

Will keep you informed how everything goes.

No problem. I think if you have an Nvidia card in the laptop the program may show the external card as available and it will be easy to use it. the new beta drivers form Nvidia also let you pick the gpu for Cuda processing.

please keep us posted when you get the set up going.

[dimany25]

i would recommand to refer to front page of this thread.

there are basic concepts of scriptings, setting, & furthermore .. etc

if you could not dare to risk doing Bootdisk, then use magma full function_2.6 at first.
And additional refering about usage .

and.. U need to post more clear images for your system data .m..m.. if U want more advices from in-this-place peers.

Thanks for trying to help, I tried to Install this Driver Magma Full Function it didnt work, What do you mean I need to post more clear images? They are Full HD resolution i believe and if you click them they open on full screen , or maybe you its about something else? Thanks