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April 5th, 2018 21:00

Does the inspiron 7577 support external gpu usage

I am aware that the latest version of the inspiron 15 has a usb-c port which is thunderbolt 3 capable. Can I hook up an external gpu to this? I am looking to buy this laptop if it can. If it does support the usage of an external gpu, does the thunderbolt 3 port have 2 PCIe lanes or 4?

  • jworley66

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    Posted April 8th, 2018 03:00

    I had this same question and found this document. See page 5.

    http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/inspiron-15-7577-laptop_users-guide_en-us.pdf

  • ejn63

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    Posted April 6th, 2018 03:00

    No.  The only Dell systems that have external GPU support are the Alienware notebooks.

    That doesn't mean one won't work - but it does mean it's more likely it won't than will, and that it's unsupported.

     

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    Posted January 26th, 2019 08:00

    The document says what it doesn’t support. And I don’t see GPU in this. So it means it is allowed?  

  • Jdeats

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    Posted March 13th, 2019 19:00

    Yes, it does support Thunderbolt 3 compatible external GPUs. 

    The Inspiron 15 7577 Gaming Series system supports standard Thunderbolt 3
    protocol/features on external graphic docks. However, performance has not been
    validated in many third-party Thunderbolt 3 eGfx docks and so users may
    experience certain unexpected compatibility issues

    They are basically telling you to buy a Dell or Alienware external graphics dock or you're going to have problems, but the support for external GPU is built in. 

     

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    Posted December 26th, 2019 20:00

    How can you tell if your usb c is thunderbolt 3 compatible? 

  • Jdeats

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    Posted July 21st, 2020 09:00

    The Dell 7577 supports Thunderbolt 3.