Question Laptop eGPU setup ?

[sgterik]

So I recently decided to get a new 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Laptop with a 4070 GPU.

I love everything about this thing, the size/power makes it a great little unit. Now, I already have a
4070 SUPER FE GPU and a Razer Core X eGPU Enclosure that is getting dusty so I figured I may as well use it to have the extra power at home and we all know the difference between a 4070 laptop ( especially the throttled one in the new G series) and the desktop 4070 is huge boostin performance.

Is there any reason that the USB4 40GBPS port would not work with the Razer Core X eGPU Enclosure?
I tried it last week and could not get it to recognize the eGPU. I talked to the online chat at ASUS and they said "That PC isnt compatible with an eGPU", which doesnt make sense to me.

I returned the G14 but I don't want another laptop as it checks all the boxes except ability to use the eGPU.
I have purchased a ROG Zephyrus M16 with a 4090 in the meantime but i just don't like it as much.

 

[Aeacus]

I talked to the online chat at ASUS and they said "That PC isnt compatible with an eGPU", which doesnt make sense to me.

For eGPU to work with a laptop, laptop has to have Thunderbolt 3 or 4 port. Or USB type-C that supports eGPUs. Your G14 has neither, hence why eGPU doesn't work and you got such a response from Asus customer rep.

 

[sgterik]

For eGPU to work with a laptop, laptop has to have Thunderbolt 3 or 4 port. Or USB type-C that supports eGPUs. Your G14 has neither, hence why eGPU doesn't work and you got such a response from Asus customer rep.

So even with a USB4 to PCIE adaptor like the ADT-UT3G it will not work?

 

[Aeacus]

So even with a USB4 to PCIE adaptor like the ADT-UT3G it will not work?

No.

Like i said, USB type-C port has to support eGPUs (or Thunderbolt) for it to work.

I returned the G14

Since you already returned the laptop and aren't using it anymore, what else is there to talk about it?