Subj : The 'world's smallest' external GPU has been tested and it could
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Sun Oct 01 2023 06:15:03

The 'world's smallest' external GPU has been tested and it could be the best 
laptop upgrade yet  heres why

Date:
Sun, 01 Oct 2023 04:58:46 +0000

Description:
With the sub-1kg GPD G1, you can plug a Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU into your 
enterprise notebook.

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GPDs GPU box might be one of the most effective ways to give your laptop the 
graphical upgrade it needs without shelling out for a new machine, or 
replacing the GPU yourself . 

The GPD G1 looks more like a docking station than anything else and actually 
may serve as one, given the plethora of ports it offers. But it comes with 
the added bonus of souping up your machines graphical capabilities. 

Weighing 867g, and measuring 225 x 111 x 30mm, the lightweight GPU expansion 
unit includes a Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU armed with 8GB GDDR6 memory. 

The Japanese publication PC Watch , which tested the device, claims its 
performance is close to the excellent Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card  
which is hardly a slouch. The performance-boosting GPU box 

Benchmarking by PC Watch shows the effect it had in boosting gaming scores on 
a ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen9 enterprise notebook, equipped with an Intel Core 
i7-1165G7 CPU running Windows 11 Pro. 

When benchmarked against Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition, the system 
registered a score of 1,373 when not connected to the GPD G1, rising 590% to 
8,900 when connected. The Blue Protocol benchmark also surged from 2,319  
below minimum hardware requirements  to 11,937  Excellent. 

The site achieved these results on the ThinkPads built-in display, with the 
score dropping by 30% when connected to an external display with a 2,560 x 
1,440 pixel resolution via HDMI. 

Testing using PCMark 10 and PCMark 10 Extended then followed, to demonstrate 
what effect the addition of the GPD G1 could have in more day-to-day office 
settings. Scores climbed by 17% for the former and 51% for the latter  
demonstrating the impact of this particular external GPU was significant. 

Testing with Procyon's Office Productivity Score, with benchmarking done 
against Microsoft Office apps including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, 
generated a boost of 6.1%. 

Not only does it offer a performance boost, but it also doubles as a docking 
station, making it the perfect companion to todays best business laptops  
many of which lack the range of connectivity options enterprise users need. 

Beyond the Radeon RTX GPU, included with the unit are three 3.2 USB-A 3.2 
ports, an SD card reader, two DisplayPort 1.4 ports, an HDMI 2.1 port, 
alongside an OCuLink port, and one USB 4.0 port. The downside? Theres just 
one USB Type-C port with power delivery  and no ethernet connectivity. More 
from TechRadar Pro We've rounded up the best graphics cards on the market 
today These are the best AMD graphics cards AMD vs Nvidia in 2023: who is the 
graphics card champion?



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-worlds-smallest-external-gpu-has-been-tested
-and-it-could-be-the-best-laptop-upgrade-yet-heres-why


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