I would have sworn there was an eGPU “mega-thread” discussing success and fail stories with various eGPUs, but I can’t find it.
So a new thread for this one. I got my new FW 16 a few days ago, installed Windows 11 home on it, and finally got around to hooking up my Razer Core X eGPU.
Total win: it took a while to come to life the first time, I then had to install the drivers for the NVidia 3070 ti that’s in the eGPU, but it works perfectly.
As an added bonus, the 100W PD available from the eGPU over the TB3 link is enough to operate the laptop, meaning I don’t need to use a USB C port for the PSU that came with the laptop.
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I just ran into the issue of the USB ports not working on the Core. Do they work for you? Which model of the Core do you have?
Mine is RC21-0143. I get three unknown devices in the device manager on my Windows 11 23H2. When plugging in the same eGPU into an Intel laptop, the ports work fine…
I use my16 with a Razor Core X Chroma and it works great. All the i/o works as well. Even the ethernet port.
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If you have USB ports on the eGPU, it sounds like you have the Chroma version . I have the simple Core X version which is just an eGPU, with no other ports on it.
So regretfully I can’t help.
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Out of curiosity, have you checked the negotiated TB parameters? I’m having AKiTiO eGPU but Framework 16 fails to negotiate 40Gbps link speed, falls back to safe Thunderbolt 2 20Gbps. I described the problem in more details here.
I began somehow more insightful investigation that includes fiddling with UCSI on the OS level and looking into how EC handles PD negotiations, but it is significantly limited by my free time. Once I find some space I’ll document all of my efforts and findings (haven’t found an answer yet).
To be honest, no I haven’t Mostly because I don’t have any idea how to. I just worked on the basis that it plugged in, the NVidia card came to life, and things work at an acceptable speed. I note from the post you link that that was working on a Linux Distro, I’m running Windows, so I don’t know where I’d go for similar diagnostic tools, even assuming they exist.
That said, I don’t run any games that demand top of the line performance, I rend to stick with the “oldies but goodies” that are somewhat less demanding.