You only need to route the power you need to share, the power you use yourself is your own problem, the main system is very unlikely to use a lot, the rest stays in the expansion card.
Though in all seriousness I’d expect the first ones to be more reasonable <100w cards and the bigger stuff at most built by crazy enthusiasts. I do definitely hope there is going to be an ecosystem around them.
That’s my point yes
i’m not sure why most of the comments keep recommending solutions that are more suitable to heat a house than for a laptop, especially in a forum about laptops. like some of you said, egpus are sort of “out of scope” when it comes to recommending a laptop, it’s kind of like saying “well, just get a PC”.
regardless, anecdotally, i managed to play cyberpunk 2077 on linux on the lowest 11th gen framework laptop. obviously it’s not 4k with ray tracing but it’s still possible. i assume that a mid range 13th gen (or amd) will perform much better in this department, so at the end of the day it looks like it might be just a matter of form factor tradeoff.
To each their own! I use an eGPU as well because I only need the additional power when I’m home. I don’t need to play Cyberpunk when I am in the train or bus. What I need to do when I am traveling and/or outside is all possible with my 12th gen.
I for one am not really recommending anything I am just discussing possibilities.
I am personally going with an amd 13inch + an egpu for longer stays.
But the possibility of doing crazy stuff like putting a full power 4090 in a “laptop” form factor is just kinda cool.