System specs (Dell XPS 9560)
- INTEL® Core™ i7-7700HQ Processor + Intel® HD Graphics 630
- 16 GB RAM DDR4
- GEFORCE GTX 1050
- SAMSUNG SSD 860 EVO 1TB
- WINDOWS 10 PRO
- DELL 56 Whr Battery
- M.2 (NVME SSD) slot is free for M.2 eGPU use
eGPU hardware
- Aorus Gaming Box + GTX 1080 + 30cm TB3 Cable
- HP E273Q monitor, 27" 2560 x 1440
Hardware pictures
- Will add later
Installation steps
- Plug n Play. I just let the windows to download required drivers and restart the pc afterwards.
- Had to disable integrated intel graphics card + default system graphics card GTX 1050 to make system perform smooth. Only GTX 1080 is enabled.
- Other tinkerings mentioned in benchmarks section.
Benchmarks
- All benchmarks are performed on external display (2560 x 1440).
- Using the newest Nvidia Geforce 441.87 Drivers.
- eGPU GTX 1080 is slightly overclocked using msi Afterburner +200(MHz) core clock, +200(MHz) Memory Clock.
- Disabled BD PROCHOT in Throttlestop and make sure that Speed Shift EPP is set to 0.
- I am waiting for R43SG modul, will make benchmarks with it later and compare it to TB3 Aorus Gaming Box eGPU.
Aorus Gaming Box Benchmarks
Unigine Superposition
Gaming benchmarks
Far Cry New Dawn - performs like desktop gtx 1060?
- will add more later
ADT-Link R43SG Modul Benchmarks
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