Laptop Graphics Dock

MikeRavo

MikeRavo

MikeRavo

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Hey everyone,

I finally got my PC rig and let the wife loose on it. So as you'd expect, she now wants one too. She wants a laptop though as she needs one for work.

My question is this. She already has a high spec laptop to run all of her design programs, it just doesn't have enough firepower to handle gaming like the desktop does. I have seen graphics docks that connect via USB-C to the laptop. Would one of these with a GTX-1080ti coupled with a high power processor be enough to run the latest games?

Thanks
 
MikeRavo said:
She already has a high spec laptop to run all of her design programs, it just doesn't have enough firepower to handle gaming like the desktop does. I have seen graphics docks that connect via USB-C to the laptop. Would one of these with a GTX-1080ti coupled with a high power processor be enough to run the latest games?

Thanks
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Don't really know a whole lot about this but just to cover some requirements and find out more details which will help others advise you - the laptop must have Thunderbolt 3-compatible USB-C and the laptop maker must also have enabled Intel's Thunderbolt 3 external graphics compatibility technology, apparently. There's one external dock that doesn't need it but this could change with a firmware update/isn't officially supported. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2984...owerhouse-with-an-external-graphics-card.html

Which laptop is it?
 
I'm not sure without checking (I'm in work). It's running a gtx 1060 with 16gb ram and Intel core i7 7700. And it definitely has usb-c.

Am I right in assuming that's a pretty capable laptop anyway?
I just want to make sure that it's not obselete in a year or two time
 
A 1060 is more than capable for gaming at 1080p even if it's the 3gb model still be able to do it.

As it's a laptop though getting years out of it for gaming will depend on the games she plays and settings wanted. You can't change the gpu on a laptop so it will always be a limiting factor
 
So her card is the 6gb. I'm still new to the whole pc gaming thing. Is the graphics card just responsible for frame rate and resolution (1080, 4k etc)? Is it the processor that dictates how capable of running games? E.g. If I wanted to run a demanding AAA title would I be better with a powerful processor and just use a graphics card that runs to my monitor specs
 
MikeRavo said:
So her card is the 6gb. I'm still new to the whole pc gaming thing. Is the graphics card just responsible for frame rate and resolution (1080, 4k etc)? Is it the processor that dictates how capable of running games? E.g. If I wanted to run a demanding AAA title would I be better with a powerful processor and just use a graphics card that runs to my monitor specs
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It's a mixture of both but mainly gpu some games want more cpu power e.g battlefield 1 loves multiple core cpu etc however still needs a good gpu for most settings.

1060 6gb will play all games at 1080p mostly in high settings. However you have no chance of 4k on a 1060.
 
Her laptop is running an i7-7700 quad core, that should be fine shouldn't it? I'm not worried about it playing in 4k because her screen is only 1080p anyway :-)
 
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