![]() We bombed out with the Skylake and Kaby Lake versions of the Dell XPS 13. We bombed out on laptops that said they supported external GPUs. ![]() The bottom line of this settings window should indicate whether external graphics is supported. If your laptop says it supports external GPUs, then it might work. Click Settings and then Details to get this pop-up. So how do you know if your laptop supports external graphics over Thunderbolt 3? One way to do that is to check the Thunderbolt 3 utility that should appear in the system tray. As of this writing, it’s Intel’s NUC, the HP Spectre x360 13T, and Razer’s Blade and Blade Stealth. Many who have purchased it using laptops not listed by Akitio have reported success too, though. That means the list of laptops with official support is pretty minimal. The problem, we’re told by vendors: Boot support for external graphics over Thunderbolt 3 isn’t quite standardized yet. Although we think Thunderbolt 3 is wonderful, support for external graphics is still pretty spotty. It’s pretty much a no-brainer: If the Node works with your Thunderbolt 3-equipped laptop, go for it. The graphics score shows you just how serious the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is even when constrained by a x4 PCIe Thunderbolt 3 connection.
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