The amount of juice it'll add to your games ultimately depends on what you have in your laptop. The included cable is a little on the short side, though, so depending on your setup, you may need to invest in a longer alternative. The reverse of the Core features four USB type-A ports, alongside Ethernet and that all-important Thunderbolt 3 USB-C port, which you use to hook up the GPU to your laptop. The Razer Core and Core X Chroma start from $299, and may be available for a good deal over here on Amazon, if you keep an eye on the prices. If you're interested in picking one up, keep an eye out for a sale on Amazon Prime Day. Here are some impressions with the Razer Core X Chroma e-GPU, alongside an RTX 2080 GPU across gaming and general usability.
Microsoft says it won't bring Thunderbolt to Surface for security reasons, though, leaving other manufacturers to explore the capabilities instead.
Given how the thermals in those devices are simply unworkable for any sort of graphically-intensive task, having an e-GPU option might have helped the proposition for me. Before switching to a Razer Blade 15 from my Surface Book, I had lamented the lack of Thunderbolt 3 in Microsoft's Surface line. I borrowed an NVIDIA RTX 2080 FE (cheers, RobeyTech) to test it out with, and have been truly impressed with the ease of setup, the added power, and the convenient features it brings to the table.Īs a frequent traveler and remote worker, I've long had a fascination with external docks and e-GPU options for a while. The Razer Core X Chroma is an e-GPU housing with Thunderbolt 3, allowing you to offload graphics operations to a desktop-class GPU.
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