News Indie dev reverse-engineers Asus proprietary XG eGPU connector to work with unsupported devices — open-source GPU docking station embraces ROG Ally...

[Admin]

Asus' XG eGPU interface gets reverse-engineered, open-sourced, and applied to an older eGPU dock as a proof of concept.

Indie dev reverse-engineers Asus proprietary XG eGPU connector to work with unsupported devices — open-source GPU docking station embraces ROG Ally... : Read more

 

[kealii123]

As cool as this is (kudos to the tinkerer), it needs to go the other way. The best eGPU solution out there right now is Asus's XG Mobile RTX 4090, an eGPU the size of a small book that has the same performance as a desktop RTX 4080 for most applications. Allow me to plug that into a thin and light laptop or handheld via an M.2 adapter or occulink and now we are talking.

The GPD X1 and the onexplayer's eGPU are both pretty compact and cool, but they use an underpowered, mid tier AMD laptop GPU thats barely ahead of a laptop RTX 4060

 

[thestryker]

Given that Asus has dumped the connector on the new Ally it's probably a good thing this has been done. I'm not sure Asus has put the XG port on any of their 2024 models which may indicate it's on the way out. The pricing on their proprietary docks has been absurd so I can't imagine the volume has been high enough to justify continued investment.