Only power users need apply — and you’ll have to shut down the laptop before you plug or unplug.

TL;DR: AOOSTAR's XG76XT external GPU enclosure features a desktop-class RDNA 3 AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT with 16GB GDDR6, delivering superior graphics performance for laptops and compact PCs. It offers ...

I’ve been dreaming of an ideal mobile-to-docked desktop setup for over a decade now. Get an ultraportable laptop with a good processor and plenty of RAM, then plug it into an external GPU when I’m at ...

The modular laptop company is building OcuLink support for the Framework Laptop 16, giving the niche eGPU standard its most ...

TL;DR: ETA Prime tested a prototype external GPU featuring NVIDIA's desktop GeForce RTX 5060 with Thunderbolt 4 and OCulink connectivity, offering 3840 CUDA cores and 8GB GDDR7 memory. The final ...

You’re not supposed to connect an external GPU to the Steam Deck, but someone did it anyway. YouTuber ETA Prime not only managed to get it working, but was able to play games like Elden Ring at 4K ...

External GPUs have had a rough ride. For years, eGPU enclosures were the promise of desktop-class graphics on your laptop, but the reality was always compromised. Thunderbolt bandwidth wasn't quite ...

The question is, are these GPUs truly capable of walking in the same lane as desktop GPUs, and should potential users waste their time acquiring these devices? Well, there are a few things to take in ...

If like us you are looking forward to the launch of the new powerful 12 core Khadas Mind mini PC via Indiegogo. You might be interested in this new video created by ETA Prime showing the performance ...

Valve has repeatedly insisted that the Steam Deck doesn’t come with external GPU support, shooting down gamer’s hopes of connecting an RTX 3090 and cranking the graphics settings to Ultra. At the same ...

If you want to get cutting-edge graphics on your older PC, hook up an external graphics card. Hardware to plug external graphics cards into Thunderbolt 3 PC ports is becoming available. Other external ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. The rise of the ...