Wednesday, April 18th 2018
exklim Presents Their eX Core Portable eGPU That Turns Any Computer Into a Gaming Rig
exklim today introduced the eX Core , the world's first, portable eGPU that turbocharges your computer, turning any laptop or desktop into a powerful gaming rig. eX Core sets out to provide gamers, Bitcoin miners, students and on-the-go professionals with a lightweight, high-performance solution to run any application, at any time. The eX Core is now live on Kickstarter.
As games and applications are becoming graphically demanding, central processing units (CPUs) are being rendered useless. While CPUs may be fast enough to run a game, the graphics power is limited. The eX Core solves this problem by opening up the door for any computer to have the same high-end graphics or design capabilities as even the most advanced computers - at a fraction of the cost. It leverages NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1050 Factory OC at 1680 MHz and high bandwidth GDDR5 vRam to run the most graphically demanding PC games and video applications on the market.
"Our engineers have worked for more than five years, seeking and building the most advanced technology to create an external graphics card with the powerful performance available today," said Edgar Eliseo, founder and CEO of exklim . "The biggest challenge we faced was power consumption. Thanks to NVIDIA's newest architecture, we were able to maximize efficiency to build and bring the world's first portable eGPU to market."
In addition to running any gaming or video application, the eX Core provides a convenient and cheap upgrade solution for laptops. Rather than having to migrate to a new laptop every year to increase graphics performance, the eX Core allows you to keep yours by upgrading to the newest eX Core at its current time and performance - saving a significant amount of time, money and risk of losing files.
"As a gamer myself, I love mobility, laptops and design, and I related to the need for a portable eGPU that packed a power punch," continued Eliseo. "Our goal with the eX Core is to evolve the computer industry, enabling users to have the freedom they need to experience quality and performance - from anywhere, at anytime."
Other eX Core features and specifications include:
Box Content
As games and applications are becoming graphically demanding, central processing units (CPUs) are being rendered useless. While CPUs may be fast enough to run a game, the graphics power is limited. The eX Core solves this problem by opening up the door for any computer to have the same high-end graphics or design capabilities as even the most advanced computers - at a fraction of the cost. It leverages NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1050 Factory OC at 1680 MHz and high bandwidth GDDR5 vRam to run the most graphically demanding PC games and video applications on the market.
In addition to running any gaming or video application, the eX Core provides a convenient and cheap upgrade solution for laptops. Rather than having to migrate to a new laptop every year to increase graphics performance, the eX Core allows you to keep yours by upgrading to the newest eX Core at its current time and performance - saving a significant amount of time, money and risk of losing files.
"As a gamer myself, I love mobility, laptops and design, and I related to the need for a portable eGPU that packed a power punch," continued Eliseo. "Our goal with the eX Core is to evolve the computer industry, enabling users to have the freedom they need to experience quality and performance - from anywhere, at anytime."
Other eX Core features and specifications include:
Box Content
- eX Core NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 w/4GB
- Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C ) Cable
- Compact 90W USB-C power adapter
- exklim Welcome Manual
- exklim Carrying Case
- eX Core Size (5.9''x4.1''x0.8'') | Weight 1.57 lbs. / 0.71 kg.
- 2x Intel Thunderbolt 3 Ports
- 1x HDMI 2.0b audio and video output Port
- USB-C DC-IN Port
- Compact 90W USB-C power adapter w/Power Share Charge-Laptop up to 40w
35 Comments on exklim Presents Their eX Core Portable eGPU That Turns Any Computer Into a Gaming Rig
Let alone the throttling from the connector and the laptop's processor.
Edit: Just saw that it needs Thunderbolt and USB-C, which wouldn't hinder too much the performance of the connection. Fail Me!
If you are building a PC, might as well get a dedicated GPU, or if you buy a $900 laptop, might as well get an option without thunderbolt, but with dedicated GTX1050Ti or higher.
Basically it only makes sense for upper models of Intel NUC, few other $500+ miniPCs and, of course, Macbooks. I know for sure it ain't gonna make S#1T for my AsRock DeskMini H110.
What we need, is a global popularization of a hotplug PCIe (similar to newer Alienware laptops w/ dedicated eGPU port). Maybe it's not the best and prettiest solution, but since TB3 is not getting cheaper nothing else makes sense.
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For that desktop graph comparison, I bet they just chucked ddr3 oem version in a non ventilated case
Thunderbolt doesn't make much sense on a desktop system since typically you can just install a PCIe expansion card easily enough.
Laptops and tablet PCs like a Surface are much harder to upgrade and Thunderbolt actually makes more sense for such closed or quasi closed systems.
If you buy a mobile solution with dedicated GPU then great but there isn't necessarily anything wrong with buying a portable solution with Thunderbolt support. Either way it would be difficult to upgrade the GPU over time in such mobile solutions.
With something like eX Core the user can change and upgrade the GPU (MXM) fairly easily and keep the same old mobile solution over the years.
Sorry but the 1080ti series struggles to drive a 4K monitor for gaming so a 1050 is an extreme stretchof not working for gaming, also the quote, "convert any laptop or desktop into poweful gaming rig", are just plain lies because you need those connections. With the price of it I see not many being bought, better off with other eGPUs.
The most questionable thing about the press kit they are sending out is the performance they are showing: This eGPU is not going to outperform a GTX1050 on a reasonable desktop, ever, due to TB3 bandwidth bottlenecks and the fact that mobile CPUs are by and large slower than desktop ones. The performance impact also becomes worse if you use the internal laptop monitor (as opposed to an external one), and obviously they are not advertising the carrying of a monitor with you.
Unless, of course, you really cook the comparison by using a really shitty desktop, the slowest possible GTX1050 card in it, connected an external monitor to the eGPU, and overclocked this eGPU as far as it goes (which isn't happening on 15W of bus power), but what does it say about you?
If your choices are the other two, then you would definitely get this. Would make the graph even better.
The other graphs also fluctuate based on game... the green desktop one is '50'. It's as if some marketing guy was like "Sir, we need to show how this compares to a desktop" and his boss was like "yeah, just put 50."
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1) The box comes w/ a 90W power brick, and has a pair of TB3 ports, so it's not bus-powered as their promo materials suggest
2) It supports power sharing up to 60W, so it's not powered by a laptop, but rather it is powering the laptop
3) When it comes to Pascal, it is common for GPUs to be able to run overclocked in a smaller TDP constraint. So, what they probably did was keeping a GTX1050 at 80% or lower TDP limit, while gave it a slight boost in GPU and VRAM speed (I did the exact same thing w/ my 1060 6G). This will make it run faster in lighter games, like MOBA/MMO titles or older games, but also makes it stutter in new demanding games (RoTR, Witcher 3, DOOM etc).
4) An MXM variant of GTX1050 is the exact same card as a desktop GTX1050. If you give it more space and slightly better cooling, it will perform just as good as a full-size PCIe counterpart. So, that slight overclock is what makes it seem faster than a stock non-OCed desktop GPU.
Basically, they've used a mix of truths, semi-truths and some deception to make it look like it's a bus-powered miracle box, but it's just a typical(but smaller) eGPU based on the same TB controller and using the same overall layout.Except an MXM GPU costs almost twice as much as a desktop counterpart. Plus, those cards get to the market a year or so later than PCIe variants. In reality you will upgrade your ultra-slim portable device just as often as a portable gaming device. I think an extra 2mm in thickness and 150-200g of weight is more than reasonable sacrifice, given that you won't need to spend and extra $500 on an entry-level eGPU.
after looking at their Kickstarter ... oh god ... aren't they a bit full of themselves? for sure they will attract hype kids with their words and way of putting them together ...
the only thing worth of mention is the size although with a MXM GPU it's not really a feat...
seriously ...
even more laughable (just before they compare themselves to Steve Jobs during the Apple I time :roll: )
errrrrrr......
price is off, performance claim are fishy .... only the box designe is kinda interesting
I would rather stay on Intel GPU than get headache...