External GPU (eGPU)

[Quadrider10]

ok fixed almost all issues by restore then reinstall of eGPU with all of the latest drivers (took 10mins this time as compared to 3 days!!!!! funny how that works) idk about lag or stutter yet because i havent played a game. but fixed amd issue on startup, WMI issue. so all issues are fixewd except lag/ stutter, and it still says 800mhz/800mhz when it should be 800/1600mhz. i think this is because of the PSU, i will try later. the lag is probs because of low memory speed, and maybe my ram sticks. idk fo sho yet.

disabling the internal gpu when the external is connected may also help too with the lag.

CCC is not opening. damn new drivers. owell shouldent need it

 

[Britton30]

CCC for some reason has not been the sharpest tool in the shed. It is blamed in a lot of BSOD dump files.
The laptop chipset may not support PCIe 2 or 3.

 

[Quadrider10]

CCC for some reason has not been the sharpest tool in the shed. It is blamed in a lot of BSOD dump files.
The laptop chipset may not support PCIe 2 or 3.

it supports PCI 2 i belieave. however the connection between the GPU and EC make it pci 1 i think. idk someone said it was normal. theres no way i can change it anyway.

the only thing i can do i believe is take out my wifi card and attach another connector. but then i have no wifi! lol

 

[Quadrider10]

Any ideas y it's running at half the speed? Maybe cause its PCI 1x? Or PSU?

 

[Quadrider10]

pics of the GPU and SS.

for now its just gonna chill like that until i make a case or mount for it. still trying to figure out y its not at the 1600mhz its sopsoe to and havent tried a game yet.

 

[Quadrider10]

i cant figure out y it lags so much! im at 1366x768 playin mw2 and im getting 15-40 fps.... and thats at 800/1000 mhz. pci 1.1 think is causing this?

 

[Quadrider10]

or mybe psu not powerfull enough?

 

[Quadrider10]

well its not my ram..... maybe B/C its hooked up to HDMI and TV?

 

[Quadrider10]

it lag on 600x800?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Quadrider10]

i dont think its the PSU. mine i just looked up is 72w. im still goning to try a desktop PSU tho and DVI connection.

last option is GPU its self. i read that ATI cards are kind worst for this. so im going with maybe a nvidia. but it has to have optimius.

any ideas for a good/ budget card that dosent need external power

 

[Britton30]

I don't know what Optimus is, but here's some nVIDIA cards, some may use external power though, I didn't check.

 

[Quadrider10]

alright this was weird..... i play COD Black Ops and MW2 and they both lag pretty bad on the GPU. but i ply BFBC2 and i can play that on 1080p max settings. no AA, shadows, AF, and no lag!? those are the only games so far... hmmmmm. i had to edit a few things in CCC, and also set the color to 32bit. any ideas y the COD games suck and give uneven frame rate?

 

[Quadrider10]

so i was thinking about returning the 6670 and eaither getting a 5830, 5770, or 5750... but that means an actual PSU and like 30$ more. thoughts?

 

[Britton30]

Well I think a PC PSU may work better but just a guess. I don't game so I don't know why one would lag and another won't unless they are more GPU intensive.

 

[Quadrider10]

Well I think a PC PSU may work better but just a guess. I don't game so I don't know why one would lag and another won't unless they are more GPU intensive.

BFBC2 is 4X more GPU intensive then COD. so im thinking its the directx versions. my eGPU is D11 and BFBC2 is D11
and im getting 60fps or so on 1080

MW2is D9 and im getting 10-30FPS on 1080 external

my internal GPU is D10.1 and i get 60FPS on MW2 on 1366x768. btw changing the resolutions dont help at all.

 

[Britton30]

You might try a thread in here: Gaming - Windows 7 Help Forums
They have gaming-fluent members there.

 

[Quadrider10]

You might try a thread in here: Gaming - Windows 7 Help Forums
They have gaming-fluent members there.

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[Quadrider10]

what do u guys think i should do? buy the 5770 and return the 6670 or just keep the 6670?

 

[Quadrider10]

im returning the 6670 and im getting the 6770 GDDR5 800 stream processors basically doubling my current card

 

[Quadrider10]

the 6770 and psu will be comming here on tuesdayish. so hopefully i will be able to finish this! lol