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    How to install external graphics cards?

    Discussion in 'e-GPU (External Graphics) Discussion' started by Meowsterr, Oct 10, 2015.

  1. Meowsterr

    Meowsterr Newbie

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    Hi, so I have a lenovo z580 and the graphics card is the integrated hd 4000, obviously not good for gaming, so I was wondering how would I install external graphics cards for laptops?
    My laptop has one PCIe slot, which is being taken by the wireless card, so would it be possible to remove that card and then put in an adapter, and connect that to the egpu? I don't really know much about laptops and hardware so if you can explain how to do it step by step it would be great.
    Lastly, if you can tell me which adapters would work with my laptop model and which gpu's would work with that adapter it would be great. I did hear of vidock, but it seems like they're out of business.

    My laptop has 8gb of ram and an i5, and I'm looking to get an nvidia 750 ti. Would I need to look for specific adapters that would work with the 750 ti?
     
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  2. jor107

    jor107 Newbie

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    I have the same setup, did you try this setup?
     
    jor107, Jan 8, 2016
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  3. Quix Omega

    Quix Omega Notebook Evangelist

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    There is no way to install a model GPU in a Lenovo z580 because it doesn't support it. Very very few notebooks support upgradable graphics cards and those that do are both very large and expensive.

    It's also not a great choice for an external GPU either because I believe the only way to do it would be to drop the Wireless card and use the PCI-E 1x mini-slot it uses to connect to a GPU, which would be slow and inconvenient.
     
    Quix Omega, Jan 8, 2016
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