External Graphics Over PCIe 3.0? Netstor's NA255A, Reviewed

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Netstor sent over its TurboBox NA255A, an external enclosure capable of accommodating four dual-slot graphics cards across one 16-lane PCI Express 3.0 connection. Is this thing fast enough for general-purpose GPU compute workloads? How about gaming?

Results: Metro 2033

Metro's benchmark tool reports that scaling in this demanding title is identical across all three configurations.

The same holds true at 5760x1080. Netstor will be happy to know that its TurboBox might not have been designed as a gaming enclosure, but that it can stand in as one, if asked to.

Don Woligroski
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.