Nvidia Partners Working On Titan X, Quadro External GPUs

[Draven35]

At SIGGRAPH 2017 in Los Angeles, Nvidia announced that it’s working with other vendors to bring Titan Xp and Quadros to notebooks as external GPUs.

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[ledhead11]

So basically scrap the idea of the ridiculously overpriced SLI laptop monstrosities(I have one). Get something with adequate CPU/Ports/battery life for a good price and then hook up to one of these with a matching display.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

^ agree with the monstrosity part. the max q design looks promising though.

 

[ffffwh]

Current available eGPU chassis is too bulky, wasting too much space. I would like to have something compact and just-fit for a reference card.

 

[Draven35]

these are... less bulky than some i have seen. Keep in mind that the cards going in them are Titan X and Quadro P6000s so they are not small cards.

 

[xboy1999]

So are they copying Alienware's idea? http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/alienware-graphics-amplifier/apd/452-bcfe/gaming

 

[Draven35]

The Alienware uses a proprietary connector. They are taking the existing Thunderbolt 3 ones and creating driver support and standards for them. The Thunderbolt boxes have existed since TB1, for people using certain systems with no expansion slots.... (i.e. the current PowerMac, Mac Minis, etc)

 

[ledhead11]

Yes it's true. External GPU boxes have been around a while now. I don't remember the first but I'm pretty sure it wasn't Alienware. From proprietary to non there have been many. At E3 there's usually 3-6 every year and at least at many on kickstarter. Thunderbolt really was the catalyst for them but I think there might have been a couple of really strange ones during USB 3.0 days.