System specs
DELL PRECISION M4400
OS: Windows 10 home
CPU: Core 2 Extreme QX9300 3.60GHz
RAM: DDR2 8GB
Storage: 240GB SSD
eGPU: GTX1060 6GB
Driver: 411.70
eGPU Gear PE4C v2.1
1920x1080 External display
eGPU hardware
PE4C v2.1
Expresscard cable x1 and mini pcie cable x1
Installation steps
case 1 : You want to make PCIE 1.1x1 connection
1,Place the GPU you want to use on PC4C v2.1
2,Connect the HDMI to Expresscard cable or HDMI to mini pcie cable to the x1 port
3,Connect the cable your laptop Expresscard port or mini pcie port
4,Power on your laptop and starting windows
5,Install Nvidia driver
6,eGPU It will work (*It may not work different eGPU)
case 2 : You want to make PCIE 1.1x2 connection
1,Place the GPU you want to use on PC4C v2.1
2,Connect the HDMI to Expresscard cable and HDMI to mini pcie cable to the x1 port and x2 port
3,Connect the cable your laptop Expresscard port and mini pcie port
4,Power on your laptop and starting eGPU setup 1.35(*Without eGPU setup 1.35 you can't PCIE 1.1x2 connection)
5,eGPU setup 1.35 > menu-based > PCIE ports > x2 or x1E port > Select p3 > Reboot
6,eGPU setup 1.35 again > menu-based > PCIE ports > x2 or x1E port > Select p3 > Chainloader > Test run
7,Starting windows
8,Install Nvidia driver
9,eGPU It will work (*It may not work different eGPU)
10,Please Open GPU-Z and check [Bus interface] item
if [Bus interface] right side shown "... @ x2 1.1" it was success
if shown "... @ x1 1.1" it was failed
Shoutdown after ,Please try again from step 4
Benchmarks
CUDA-Z
3Dmark
ICE STORM 1.2 PCIE 1.1x1
ICE STORM 1.2 PCIE 1.1x2
ICE STORM EXTREME 1.2 PCIE 1.1x1
ICE STORM EXTREME 1.2 PCIE 1.1x2
CLOUD GATE 1.1 PCIE 1.1x1
CLOUD GATE 1.1 PCIE 1.1x2
NIGHT RAID 1.0 PCIE1.1x1
NIGHT RAID 1.0 PCIE1.1x2
SKY DIVER 1.0 PCIE 1.1x1
SKY DIVER 1.0 PCIE 1.1x2
FIRE STRIKE 1.1 PCIE 1.1x1
FIRE STRIKE 1.1 PCIE 1.1x2
TIME SPY 1.0 PCIE1.1x1
TIME SPY 1.0 PCIE1.1x2
Unigine Heaven 4.0
Unigine Valley 1.0 Extreme
Unigine Valley 1.0 Low
Unigine Superposition 1.0 (1080p Extreme)
Superposition 1.0 VR Future
Steam vr performance test
CINEBENCH R15
FINAL FANTASY XIV
Passmark
Comments
If you have any questions please ask for me
Hi. I use almost same system, PM45 chipset, and I even want to buy the same cpu. but my GPU is Asus Dual 1070. We maybe only two in the world who still use such system!
Can you test some game say Fallout 4 or GTA 5 or any popular game? Thanks. I buy Gpu but my EXP GDC is still in a delivery and I dreaming sort of. And I also want to combine 2 or 4 mpcie.
I create post https://egpu.io/forums/expresscard-mpcie-m-2-adapters/how-to-combine-several-mpcie-on-pm45-chipset/
Pending: Add my system information and expected eGPU configuration to my signature to give context to my posts