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Reviews (2)
May 06, 2019
Great option for my custom setup
1 of 1 found this helpful I'm using this mpcie x1 to pcie x16 adapter / video card dock to add an external graphics card to an older dell vostro 3550 running windows 7 64-bit, 8gb ddr3 ram, and an intel core i7 2720qm cpu. My experiences have all been positive, but I had to do quite a bit of work to achieve the speeds and performance I ultimately wanted.
First, I put an older nvidia 610gt 2gb gddr3 64bit video card in the dock, with the micro boot delay switch set to 7 sec, installed drivers, and that was really all I had to do to get it working right. It even ran the bios screen, very simple. Speeds were not very good with this setup.
I ultimately wanted to use an nvidia gtx 750ti OC 4gb gddr5 128 bit video card with this dock, and this was where I ran into problems. I did end up getting it working the way I want, but not without a week straight of work. With my older dell (and a lot of other windows machines I read about) it would recognize the card, but didnt have enough memory resources to start it (error 12). Disabling devices to free up space did nothing.
Theres a good guide out there to fix error 12 with a DSDT override. Things I learned: A work-around is to decrease TOLUD to 3gb ram, but this wasn't a good option for me, since I wanted to use all 8gb of memory I already had installed.
What I did: I downloaded some tools, learned some basic ASL and eventually performed a successful DSDT override (after several days worth of work) to extend the root bridge from 32-bit into 36-bit space, and with the help of a really nice bootloader app I downloaded from nando4, I was able to load the dsdt table with this app, run a 36-bit compaction, set the mpcie port to gen2 speeds (huge difference) and I now can use the gtx 750ti - running extremely well (and slightly overclocked) with my older dell... runs way better than I ever expected. Success of the 36-bit root bridge was confirmed by "Large Memory" shown in device manager.
Starting the computer is definitely a little different from the norm. I have no delay set on the dock's micro switch. I have to unplug all video cables from the gtx 750ti video card (or the screen will just be black and it won't boot) and use the laptop's built in display on startup (or plug the monitor into the HDMI port for the laptop's internal video card) and this is where i run nando4's egpu app before I start windows. In this app, I run the 36-bit compaction and force the mpcie port for the egpu dock to gen 2 speeds, run the chainloader, and when the boot screen is back to where I select windows / nando's egpu app, this is where i plug the video cable into the gtx 750ti in the egpu dock, press enter, and wait until the welcome screen shows up (if everything works out, it has been working consistently at this time)
Nando4 also has a video showing how to run the egpu setup with the app, with the exact same dell I used for this project.
This egpu dock is an excellent device and will definitely perform if you and your machine / hardware will handle. Make sure your power supply is up to the task if you're powering a high end video card. The spare 250 watt PSU I used at first with the gtx 750ti was not, so I upgraded to a 700 watt. I also powered the gtx 750ti's 6 pin connector straight from the power supply and not through the egpu dock itself.
In the end, the use of this egpu dock was a total success. Awesome device.
Apr 24, 2019
Great option for low profile
3 of 3 found this helpful Excellent low profile video card for the cost. I push it pretty hard and it handles quite a few very intensive programs running 1920x1080 resolution @144hz. Initially I had this card in an older hp elite 8000 sff (intel q9650 core2 quad 3.0ghz lga 775 processor, and 8gb ddr3 ram @1333mhz) using a pci-e x16 gen. 2 port and a monitor running 1920x1080 @60hz. It definitely ran well with a near maximum overclock. I then upgraded the motherboard in this computer to the next generation (hp 6300 pro sff with an intel core i5 3550 3.3-3.7ghz boost lga 1155 socket processor, and 16gb ddr3 ram @1600mhz) and this is when the 1050ti really woke up. I was able to run a 144hz display very nicely. Pci-e is obviously backwards compatible, but you'll get a lot more out of this card with x16 gen. 3... but... since it will push this card a lot harder, especially if you have it overclocked to the max like I do, it will therefore create a whole lot more heat. that is the one thing that is not great on this card - the cooling system. I wouldn't see over 60 degrees celcius running it with a pci-e gen. 2 slot. This card was getting up to 80 degrees on pci-e gen. 3 running a heavy overclock and a very graphics intensive game. Not good. After turning up the fan speed in the AORUS settings, I actually flipped my processor fan around so it wasn't blowing hot air at the card and was instead exhausting it. This knocked off about 8-10 degrees... but 72 is still high. To fight the excess heat on pci-e gen. 3, I then cut out a hole in the case right above the gtx 1050ti, installed a spare 80mm fan I had, and wired the 12v power wires in parallel with a small 40mm pwm case fan I put in the back. This made the biggest difference. Highest temps I see anymore are between 56-58 degrees. I considered upgrading the cooler on the 1050ti, but it seems to be a particular size... it would be a project. Each setup is going to be a little different, but if you're seeing high temps like I was, just make sure your case has enough airflow and that it is properly exhausting hot air. I am now very pleased with the performance of this card.