Will my graphics card bottleneck?

C1intfunwood · Jun 26, 2013

I have a i5 3210m and going to get a hd 7870 eGpu i just wanted to know if it would bottleneck

Jimbob1 · Jun 26, 2013

It could possibly get bottle necked, yes.

smeezekitty · Jun 26, 2013

3210m? How can you have a laptop CPU with a desktop GPU?

C1intfunwood · Jun 26, 2013

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smeezekitty :

Its a eGPU

bignastyid · Jun 26, 2013

What bus are you using thunderbolt or express port? An express port running at 1x pci-e speeds will bottleneck it before the cpu gets a chance too.

C1intfunwood · Jun 26, 2013

bignastyid :

a pci e mini express

smeezekitty · Jun 26, 2013

I don't understand.

bignastyid · Jun 26, 2013

C1intfunwood :

Those normally use a 1x bus, the bus is going to be your bottleneck not the cpu.