If my CPU is trash, can the GPU compensate for that?

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Comrade Zubu 2017. márc. 30., 10:11

I have a laptop that was a good gaming laptop around 2013-14, now I want to buy GTX970 and connect it so I can play the newer games, will the new GPU be limited by the CPU?

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Astraea Kisaragi 2017. márc. 30., 10:14

Obviously yes. Mobile versions of same hardware are also a lot weaker. A desktop i3 can beat a laptop i5 in performance.

Also normally you cannot upgrade the GPU of alaptop. You can use a external adaptor by some models but its a way too expensive solution.

[wan-clan.org] Gordy Freeman 2017. márc. 30., 10:16

Your laptop would need a Thunderbolt port, ideally Thunderbolt 2.0 or later, to be able to use an external GPU.

Comrade Zubu 2017. márc. 30., 10:29

Astraea Kisaragi eredeti hozzászólása:
Obviously yes. Mobile versions of same hardware are also a lot weaker. A desktop i3 can beat a laptop i5 in performance.

Also normally you cannot upgrade the GPU of alaptop. You can use a external adaptor by some models but its a way too expensive solution.

True, but I am talking about a PC CPU, with external adapters, I saw them being sold for as low as 25$

Gordy (ACT, Australia) eredeti hozzászólása:
Your laptop would need a Thunderbolt port, ideally Thunderbolt 2.0 or later, to be able to use an external GPU.

Can you explain a bit more? If I dont have said port, Is there ANY alternative? getting a new pc is way too expensive.
Can you take a look at those specs and tell me what would a be a way that I can play some 2015-16 games?

Sovietball 2017. márc. 30., 10:29

Zubumafu eredeti hozzászólása:
Astraea Kisaragi eredeti hozzászólása:
Obviously yes. Mobile versions of same hardware are also a lot weaker. A desktop i3 can beat a laptop i5 in performance.

Also normally you cannot upgrade the GPU of alaptop. You can use a external adaptor by some models but its a way too expensive solution.
True, but I am talking about a PC CPU, with external adapters, I saw them being sold for as low as 25$

Gordy (ACT, Australia) eredeti hozzászólása:
Your laptop would need a Thunderbolt port, ideally Thunderbolt 2.0 or later, to be able to use an external GPU.
Can you explain a bit more? If I dont have said port, Is there ANY alternative? getting a new pc is way too expensive.
Can you take a look at those specs and tell me what would a be a way that I can play some 2015-16 games?

Link it. Also it wont play any of them

Snapjak 2017. márc. 30., 10:30

No Thunderbolt, no egpu. Plus those setups cost more than most graphics cards themselves.

shiel 2017. márc. 30., 10:31

Zubumafu eredeti hozzászólása:
Can you explain a bit more? If I dont have said port, Is there ANY alternative? getting a new pc is way too expensive.

If a new pc is too expensive then you definitely can't afford a thunderbolt setup anyways.

Comrade Zubu 2017. márc. 30., 10:44

Commissar Quacklordington eredeti hozzászólása:
Zubumafu eredeti hozzászólása:
True, but I am talking about a PC CPU, with external adapters, I saw them being sold for as low as 25$

Can you explain a bit more? If I dont have said port, Is there ANY alternative? getting a new pc is way too expensive.
Can you take a look at those specs and tell me what would a be a way that I can play some 2015-16 games?

Link it. Also it wont play any of them

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/g-series/g70/

shiel eredeti hozzászólása:
Zubumafu eredeti hozzászólása:
Can you explain a bit more? If I dont have said port, Is there ANY alternative? getting a new pc is way too expensive.
If a new pc is too expensive then you definitely can't afford a thunderbolt setup anyways.

ahh ok D: