Reddit mentions of Andrew_store EXP GDC Laptop External PCI-E Graphics Card

External GPU adapter for laptops https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6

External GPUs are very nit picky. You usually need an enclosure and a very new laptop that has the port required to drive such a device. It is also very costly typically, and you need to have a box, GPU on top of, and a PSU if it is not included. What laptop do you have?

https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6

I just saw someone do a video on this guy. It is cheaper, but you need to rip out your wifi card (if it is not removable and you do not have a port for it, you cannot use this and are out of luck), as well as get a GPU and a PSU to run it. It has recommended GPUs on there as well.

Also, depending on how the project schedules GPU, it might take a decent amount of CPU power to feed the GPU. For instance, my 8350 needs to dedicate an entire core just to feed an aging 560 Ti for Einstein@Home. If you have a weaker laptop, you may find up starving the GPU anyway unfortunately.

For the cost, you might be better off getting an old desktop, such as one of the off lease business ones from HP or Dell and throwing an older GPU in there, such as a 750 Ti. Better performance, and possibly cheaper than the mess required to get this solution working.

EDIT: Depending on laptop, some projects support Intel GPUs. Better than nothing if it's the last resort.

most of the time laptop gpu are soldered onto the mobo, so i'm not sure if your laptop is or not. if it is, then that means you cannot upgrade.

as per u/SaxyGeek's advise, that depends on whether your gpu has a thunderbolt port or not. even usb 3.1 is not enough to connect to an external gpu. but that is the easy way.

the hard way, which is also a good news for you (i think) is that some external gpu nowadays can also connect to the laptop's pcie slot. you won't see this slot outside of your laptop, because it's inside. you might wonder how your laptop is able to have wireless despite not seeing any visible network cards attached/antennas... yes, that's right. because the wireless card of your laptop is connected to the pci-e slot.

buuuuuut... that means you will have to open up your laptop, take out that wireless card from the pci-e slot and connect the external gpu. here's an idea of what a pci-e external gpu connecter looks like: ( http://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-E-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6 ). you can see how the wire that's supposed to connect to the pci-e slot looks like. doesn't look user-friendly like a usb/thunderbolt cable, does it? haha.

all in all, in my opinion, unless your really really want mobility, i would go against having a an external gpu for a laptop, as that alternative can be pricey. if you have the money and energy to go through the hassle of buying and installing a laptop gpu, you're better off selling off your laptop and building a desktop instead.

Not for the kind OP has in mind, if I'm correct (that would be something like this).

AFAIK, only the Thunderbolt 3 solutions can feed the video back to the PC.

Anyway, OP just edited that he/she'll use an external monitor.

that's when you just get one of those much cheaper external PCI connectors and a cheap PSU..

This is the gizmo I'm using.

You can only connect one, maybe two gpu to a laptop. You would need an adapter like this https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6

Well there is this for 60 bucks.

https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6


It would be that hooked to an empty mini pci inside my laptop

Nah man, you gotta get yourself one of these

not exactly what i have but its super close, pretty much the same.

https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6

and my USB charging never worked, so F20 hasn't changed functionality for me.. which is a huge bummer, was one of the reasons i opted for this little 13 inch machine too was its basically 15 inch and i can consolidate even more.. my guess is, maybe it is just super super picky and my chargers arent shaking hands with it...

https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6 but I bought it on ebay since it was cheaper (~$50)

Edit: Also no, it's deff not horrible in terms of performance by any stretch of imagination :)

You could try a laptop external PCI-E slot something like this

EXP GDC Laptop External PCI-E Graphics Card

Your GPU shouldn't be a problem for Witcher 3. The Ram will definitely help. An SSD would speed the reads/writes up a fair bit.

Try using OBS set to capture the game, having it stream to youtube or twitch or wherever, just set to a private stream (I think OBS can do that?). If the recording that youtube or twitch captures breaks up some, then you know you've still got problems.

As for the external GPU, consider getting one that connects via pci-e. You'd have to take your laptop apart a little to get to the connector though... It's not for the faint of heart, but it lets you play on an external monitor through an external graphics card. Though I don't think you'll need it, as the gpu in your laptop is actually better than mine (Geforce 940MX).

I'd offer to show you one of my streams, but I've got a face for radio, and have deleted the few streams I've done. I just couldn't get into streaming for some reason. I'm more of a watcher of streams than a creator of them.

Looks to be a T430. I have one of the same models as well. Appears to be an Express Card via EXP

One thing is possible. The asus predator can have an upgraded graphics card using a e gpu. This might take some space up, but it should help graphics.
Graphics Dock: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q4VMLF6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AJ9R3CQJ26MF2

If you get this, you can use any graphics card you want with it I believe. If the card draws too much power, like if you wanted to connect a 1080 ti or something, you would need a power supply.
Hope this helps! You might need a usb wifi soloution though, since the mini pcie slot is usually holding the wifi card, and the gpu needs to be plugged in instead

So I found this laptop, Dell 7759. It has intel 6th gen i7 and GTX 960M. The WiFi card is shit so I'll replace it with a USB WiFi dongle. My question is if I remove the on-board WiFi card, will I be able to use that port to connect this laptop external graphics card PCIe adapter and plug in an AMD RX480?

I realize I can use the money towards a much better desktop PC but it is important for me to have a laptop, and this setup would be ideal.

edit: changed the timestamp on the video to show the wifi card

Check this out on amazon. This or similar docks would work with your laptop i think.

Presumably they're referring to the use of PCI-E external graphics cards. These have been talked about alot with regards to VR. You basically have a separate setup with a small board, PSU & GPU.

Alienware sells an all in one solution as 'graphics amplifier', whereas it's also possible to buy the lone boards. I think Asus also announced a similar product as part of a docking station for one of their high spec laptops.

what model and brand is it? i5 is not bad, you can still make a decent side project out of it. you can even equip it with a external graphics card with the following https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6

Not true!!!!

Sacrifice your Wi-Fi, and you can!!

Something like this:
EXP GDC Laptop External PCI-E Graphics Card https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Q4VMLF6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_dYEMAbBCG5KAR

You will most likely need a power supply and a little case to go with it. But it is possible.

They do, there are super weird adapters for external PCI-E cards that you can connect to laptops: https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6

I have a laptop with an Intel Core i5-2450M (2.5 GHz) and 8GB of RAM, but only has integrated Intel HD3000 graphics. It's enough to play things like Skyrim and Borderlands 2 on medium settings.

I stumbled across this product though, which is a mini PCIe adapter that fits into where the WiFi card plugs in and allows you to use a dedicated GPU with your laptop. I was wondering if this is something I could potentially use instead of shelling out the cash for a complete desktop? (My laptop is acting as a desktop anyways atm, it's just sitting on my desk with monitors/peripherals plugged in 24/7)

if you are not sure wich games would be running on your laptop and wich not due to your 960m. maybe [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-E-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6) could be interesting for you

Thank you, I want to use it for VR, maybe could buy a 1050ti GPU but I want an adapter like thishttps://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6

You can get a pci-e adapter for your laptop. You plug this into the bottom of your laptop, put a GPU in it, and then hook up an external monitor to the GPU (it won't work with your latop screen, unfortunately).

You'll also need a power supply for the GPU.

Later on this year Razer, Asus and gigabyte are coming out with GPU adapters that work using usb-c so you won't need to plug it in on the bottom of your laptop or a power supply.

For a more expandable solution, I would look into something like this. It's not going to be easy to rig up in any case.

I used the GDC Beast with expresscard connection (click here). I used a Dell d220p 220w AC adapter with an 8 pin plug but you can use a regular psu if you have one as I welll, I just wanted the cleanest possible solution for the setup (link).

actually there is a product that enable any laptop to use a decent dedicated GPU BUT only if you can find your way to the PCIe mini slot..

surface in this case, is non accessible of its part inside sadly.

http://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6

Something like this EXP GDC Laptop External PCI-E Graphics Card plus the associated required support equipment and laptop port (read the reviews section). Or look for docking stations for your particular brand and model of laptop and see if any support an external GPU.

https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6 here's an Amazon link. Be warned, third parties are marking it up

https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-External-PCI-Graphics-Card/dp/B00Q4VMLF6

You could use it + an external power supply to hook up a desktop graphics card.

Its actually some sort of adapter, here's the link from amazon. It connects to the mini pci-e port on laptops.