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[QUOTE="Reya, post: 300, member: 237"] Hey, thanks for the comment! The following is about eGPU: Mini PCs have become more and more popular in recent years, partly because they have small size, low power consumption and enough computing power to meet basic needs, and enough ports for connection. Therefore, they are very useful in business environments, such as digital billboards, and for consumers who need low-cost computers with small sizes or VESA mounting (embedded in the back of the monitor). However, one drawback is that their display performance is limited because most mini PCs use integrated graphics CPU, which limits the choices for gamers. However, traditional budget mini PCs often have the same problem, and one of the methods that some users use to solve the display needs is to use an external graphics card GPU (eGPU) which needs to be connected through Thunderbolt 3 port. Our Geekom Mini PC models IT11, IT12, and AS6 have USB4 ports, and Fun9 has Thunderbolt 4 interface, they are all compatible with Thunderbolt 3. However, most mini PCs do not have Thunderbolt 3 ports, but in recent years more and more mini PCs have started to use M.2 NVMe ports, which makes it possible for gamers to use "PCIe x16 to M.2 NVMe adapter" to add external graphics card GPU. One advantage of using an external graphics card is that multiple systems and users can share one graphics card. The port of the mini PC usually determines which connection method you can use. Using Thunderbolt 3 port usually makes it cleaner than using a PCIe connection, but the price is losing about 10% of graphics card performance. But usually, external graphics card prices are relatively expensive, but some DIY external graphics card solutions can achieve almost the same performance at a lower price. If you want to use an adapter like R43SG in the M.2 NVMe slot to improve the graphics card performance, it is equivalent to the impact of "Thunderbolt 3 to M.2 NVMe adapter" on SSD speed compared to using a cheaper "USB to M.2 NVMe adapter". Since most mini PC CPUs have low power consumption, there is no need to use external graphics cards eGPU with too high configuration, because the full potential of the graphics card may be "CPU bound" and cannot be fully utilized. [/QUOTE]
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