Putting this design into practice, today we'll be taking a look at Razer's Core X external GPU enclosure. This allows for a connection between PCIe devices and Thunderbolt-enabled laptops with a single controller chip. Intel and Apple designed Thunderbolt as just a fancy wrapping of the PCIe and DisplayPort interfaces in an external cable.
The laptop then sends programs that need strong graphics power to run on that box.Īll eGPUs on the market currently use the Thunderbolt interface. Basically you put a desktop GPU in a special box and then plug that box into your laptop. These products, known as eGPUs, are an easy way to bring enhanced graphics performance to laptops without discrete graphics.
However, the advent of modern high-speed external interfaces such as Thunderbolt has allowed for the integration of desktop-class graphics cards with laptops. If you require strong PC gaming performance, traditionally that meant a desktop was your only option.
