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June 24th, 2017 02:00
Inspiron 5559, external AMD GPU support?
So i have a Dell Laptop Inspiron 5559 with Intel Core i7 6500U 8Gb DDR4 1TB HDD and AMD Radeon R5 M335 4Gb and i want to add an eGPU to it. Some recommendations?
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samos1111
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June 26th, 2017 07:00
> The power adapter will not have sufficient capacity to run the e-GPU & has no way to connect to the pcie power cables to the e-GPU.
I assume an eGPU can use an external power supply.
Official support forums are probably not the best place for eGPU questions, because eGPUs are in most cases not supported officially, except specific models.
I guess this laptop doesn't have have an external TB or ExpressCard connector. Then, eGPU could be hack-connected to a spare internal mini PCIe slot, if there is one free.
But in most cases one gets better results more reliably by installing the GPU card into a separate second-hand desktop computer.
Dell-SreejithR
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June 24th, 2017 14:00
Thank you for your message.
We wouldn’t recommend an e-GPU for this model. The power adapter will not have sufficient capacity to run the e-GPU & has no way to connect to the pcie power cables to the e-GPU.
ejn63
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June 24th, 2017 14:00
There is no support for an external GPU on this model.
Codrinel
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June 26th, 2017 01:00
Hmm, so is there anything i could do to improve the GPU performance ?
ejn63
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June 26th, 2017 06:00
This is a decent mid-range GPU -- it's fine for multimedia but it won't suit much serious gaming. There's nothing you can really do that will change that.