Thursday, January 16th 2025

GMK Unveils AD-GP1 eGPU Powered By AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT

To be honest, it is rather tiresome to look for mini PCs with adequately powerful graphics. Of course, AMD's Strix Halo is all set to change that narrative with the help of its powerful integrated graphics that rivals discrete cards, but those stuck with last-gen systems have no option but to opt for an eGPU. Thankfully, the options are plenty on the market, and prominent mini PC brand GMK has now arrived with its own solution as well.

Dubbed the GMK AD-GP1, the eGPU sports the decently powerful AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT graphics card with a measly 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. While that would have been enough 4 or 5 years ago, 8 GB of VRAM is hardly sufficient for modern titles, especially at higher resolutions. Making matters worse, the GMK AD-GP1 does not feature a replaceable GPU, which means that its buyers will be stuck with the RX 7600M XT that its ships with. That said, the system is undeniably rather compact at 16.3 x 11.0 x 3.9 cm, and sports a visually appealing design.
The system sports both USB4 and OCuLink support, with the latter substantially outperforming former in terms of bandwidth, unsurprisingly. Dual DisplayPort 2.0 and dual HDMI 2.1 takes care of video output. The system ships with a 240-watt power supply as well, which should be more than sufficient to keep the 140-watt RX 7600M XT well-fed. There is no pricing or availability details yet, although more information should soon be available.
Source: Notebookcheck
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7 Comments on GMK Unveils AD-GP1 eGPU Powered By AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT

#1
jak_2456
Is that a 2015 MacBook in the picture? :laugh:
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#2
Tom Yum
IMO, 8GB is fine for the intended performance target of this card. An external 7600M isn't going to be a 1440p card in modern games anyway, so it is unlikely you'll hit VRAM limits before you run out of GPU headroom.

The problem I have with external GPUs is just the cost, they are still way too expensive for the performance offered.
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#3
Nater
That'd be more useful if it was like an RTX 4000 Ada SFF workstation card.
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#4
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
Its really tiresome of mobile pcs always thermal throttling too.
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#5
Cheeseball
Not a Potato
Too late to the party. They should've debuted with a RX 7800M variant like the OneXGPU 2 at this point in time.
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#6
TheinsanegamerN
Tom YumIMO, 8GB is fine for the intended performance target of this card. An external 7600M isn't going to be a 1440p card in modern games anyway, so it is unlikely you'll hit VRAM limits before you run out of GPU headroom.

The problem I have with external GPUs is just the cost, they are still way too expensive for the performance offered.
My problem is that so far, only Asus has figured out that GPU docks need ports on them too. Not just video mind you, but USB, ethernet, ece. And even they cant get it right....

That and they never push the envelope. Where are the 7800m and 4080m and 4090m docks at?
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#7
lemonadesoda
Just as a reminder, these devices are not designed "for current games titles". They are for office or other productivity 4 display up, meaning, desktop apps or video in each display, at 2K, 3K and now lucky 120Hz 4K. See that second pic.
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