Changing Graphic card.

Jun 14, 2018
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I recently bought an Acer Aspire 5.
I want to ask if I can upgrade my GPU.
If not, can I buy an eGPU? It has a thunderbolt 3 connection and don’t know if there are anymore requirements for it.

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Solution
In general you either can't upgrade the graphics on a laptop (especially cheap ones) or it's difficult.

This article explains how much of a hit you take using Thunderbolt versus PCIe.

https://egpu.io/forums/mac-setup/pcie-slot-dgpu-vs-thunderbolt-3-egpu-internal-display-test/
In general you either can't upgrade the graphics on a laptop (especially cheap ones) or it's difficult.

This article explains how much of a hit you take using Thunderbolt versus PCIe.

https://egpu.io/forums/mac-setup/pcie-slot-dgpu-vs-thunderbolt-3-egpu-internal-display-test/
 
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