Hi all,

Just wondering how progress is on eGPU docks? I want to upgrade my GPU at some point and thought it might be cool to put it in a dock and connect it to a laptop. The laptop has a couple thunderbolt ports.

How’s compatibility these days?

  • Maxy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    Disclaimer: I have exactly 0 personal experience with eGPU’s.

    According to the archwiki:

    While some manual configuration (shown below) is needed for most modes of operation, Linux support for eGPUs is generally good.

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      10 months ago

      Can confirm, I’m using a dock (from Razor) daily without problems. Hot switching doesn’t work though, you need to restart X/your display manager to connect or disconnect the eGPU. I’d recommend the gswitch utility to configure the graphics card to be used (on X11). Haven’t tested much on Wayland, but I know that at least Gnome (Wayland only) has trouble mixing eGPU and the internal display if that is important.