eGFX
AKiTiO has introduced a new Thunderbolt 3 eGFX enclosure that has been designed specifically with professional users in mind. The Node Titan can house power-hungry professional-grade graphics cards due to its 650 W power supply unit. AKiTiO was among the first companies to introduce a TB3 eGFX chassis for video cards back in late 2016. A little over three years later, after learning from its customers about their needs, AKiTiO comes up with its Node Titan that upgrades the original Node in every possible way. The new enclosure is somewhat more compact, yet it can house full-length (32 cm) full-height (17 cm) 2.5-wide (6 cm) graphics cards that consume up to 500 W of power and need two 8-pin PCIe power connectors. In particular...
CES 2020: Lenovo Goes eGFX with Legion BoostStation Box
With high-end laptops like the ThinkPad X1 Extreme and Legion Y720, Lenovo has been addressing mobile gamers a couple of years now. These machines deliver enough horsepower for usage...
8 by Anton Shilov on 1/5/2020GIGABYTE Aorus RTX 2080 Ti Gaming Box: Liquid-Cooled TB3 eGFX Box
GIGABYTE has introduced a new Thunderbolt 3 eGFX box that promises to be one of the most powerful eGPUs on the market. The Aorus RTX 2080 Ti Gaming Box...
11 by Anton Shilov on 11/22/2019PowerColor's External Behemoth: The 750 Watt TBX-750FA eGFX Box, With 100 W Power Delivery
Tul, the parent company of PowerColor, currently has two external graphics (eGFX) boxes for high-end graphics cards, as well as low-power miniature eGFX solutions. Both sides of the coin...
18 by Anton Shilov on 6/20/2019Razer Launches Core X Chroma TB3 eGFX Enclosure: 700 W, GbE, USB
Razer has introduced a new enclosure for external graphics cards. The new Core X Chroma Thunderbolt 3 enclosure is compatible with bulky graphics cards, integrates a high-wattage power supply...
12 by Anton Shilov on 4/18/2019Exploring Thunderbolt 3 eGFX Performance, Feat. PowerColor's Gaming Station & Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano
Thunderbolt 3 has enabled a number of interesting use-cases that were simply not possible with earlier high-speed external interfaces. The technology allows for four lanes of PCIe 3.0 to...
26 by Ganesh T S on 2/13/2019CES 2019: PowerColor & VisionTek Launch Compact eGFX Solutions
The majority of Thunderbolt 3-enabled external chassis for video cards are rather big in order to accommodate high-end graphics adapters that tend to feature large PCBs and cooling systems...
13 by Anton Shilov on 1/11/2019Sapphire’s GearBox Thunderbolt 3 eGFX Box w/ 500W PSU Now Available
Sapphire has started sales of its external Thunderbolt 3 enclosure for video cards. The GearBox TB3 eGFX box can accommodate a high-end graphics card and also offers additional USB...
16 by Anton Shilov on 12/6/2018OSS Unveils Magma ExpressBox 3T-V3-eGPU TB3 Enclosures for NVIDIA Quadro Cards
One Stop Systems has introduced its first external boxes for video cards, which will be offered with factory-installed NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics adapters. The Magma ExpressBox 3T-V3-eGPU enclosures are...
15 by Anton Shilov on 8/17/2018PowerColor Shows Off Tiny Thunderbolt 3 External GPU Boxes Money Can’t Buy
While the Thunderbolt 3 eGFX intiative has been primarily focused on high-end desktop-class video cards – the so-called eGFX Chassis – Intel's eyes have been on a bigger picture...
10 by Anton Shilov on 6/11/2018Razer Launches Core X TB3 eGFX Enclosure: Cost-Down Version Complements Core v2
Razer launched the Core v2 eGFX enclosure in Q4 2017. It came with a unique industrial design and dual Thunderbolt 3 controllers that justified its price premium over other...
34 by Ganesh T S on 5/22/2018Razer Launches The Razer Blade 15.6
Today Razer is taking the wraps off a new model in their lineup. The Razer Blade 15.6 slots in as a replacement for the 14, and boasts some features...
21 by Brett Howse on 5/22/2018ASUS Launches XG Station Pro TB3 eGFX Chassis: 330 W, 2.5-Wide Cards
ASUS has announced its latest chassis for Thunderbolt 3 graphics solutions. The new XG Station Pro enclosure was co-designed with In Win and it looks considerably sleeker than the...
3 by Anton Shilov on 1/7/2018ZOTAC Unveils AMP Box and AMP Box Mini eGFX TB3 Chassis
ZOTAC has been working on its external chassis for graphics cards with a Thunderbolt 3 interconnection for well over a year now. Apparently, according to ZOTAC, the time it...
13 by Anton Shilov on 12/22/2017PowerColor Announces Gaming Station: The Devil Box’s Spawn, TB3 eGFX Enclosure
PowerColor recently announced its second eGFX enclosure named, Gaming Station. The Gaming Station, like the Devil Box preceding it, is an accessory which enables gamers to connect desktop level...
23 by Joe Shields on 12/14/2017GALAX, KFA2 Launch SNPR External GPU Enclosure with GTX 1060 6 GB
GALAX and KFA2 have announced their first external graphics solutions for laptops and SFF PCs with a Thunderbolt 3 interconnection. The SNPR External Graphics Enclosure, equipped with a GeForce...
22 by Anton Shilov on 11/24/2017Razer Launches Core v2 TB3 eGFX Enclosure: Dual TB3 Controllers
Razer has launched a new version of its Thunderbolt 3 external graphics enclosure for video cards, the Core v2. The new Core v2 chassis uses dual Thunderbolt 3 controllers...
20 by Anton Shilov on 10/31/2017Gigabyte Releases AORUS GTX 1080 Gaming Box: Upgraded GPU, Same Size Chassis
Following on the heels of the AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming box, a eGFX solution for laptops and ultrabooks, GIGABYTE and the AORUS brand take performance to a higher level...
16 by Joe Shields on 9/28/2017Aorus Announces the GTX 1070 Gaming Box eGFX Adapter
To date, the designs we’ve seen for Thunderbolt 3 eGFX chassis have all been just that – an empty chassis. This lets the user install any GPU they want...
14 by Ryan Smith on 6/1/2017ZOTAC Readies External GPU Enclosure: TB3, 400 W PSU, Due in Q2 2017
ZOTAC plans to demonstrate a prototype of its external GPU enclosure at CES this week. The eGFX chassis from ZOTAC will target notebooks, AIO and SFF PCs with Thunderbolt...
16 by Anton Shilov on 1/4/2017