- Dual Thunderbolt 5 ports and Oculink raise this EGPU beyond the typical external GPU standards
- Nvidia Ada Lovelace cards shine in this unit
- Compact design and blacks
External GPUs have long served as a way to update the graphic capabilities of a laptop, particularly for users whose machines lack discrete GPUs.
The FNGT5 pro of the Chinese manufacturer FEVM is the last participant in this niche category, which brings an ambitious combination of high -end GPU options and modern connectivity characteristics.
The FNGT5 Pro admits three GPUs of the RTX 40 laptop, specifically the RTX 4060, 4080 and 4090. This could raise the eyebrows, but it seems to be a calculated decision to balance energy and heat management within said compact enclosure.
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Metering 142 x 100 x 60 mm and with a total volume of 0.86 liters, the FNGT5 pro is compact and friendly with trips, although not quite pocket.
Despite its portability, the device has double Tugerbolt 5 (100W upstream and 30W downstream), a high speed USB-A port and an Oculink interface.
Offering both Thunderbolt 5 and Oculink differentiates it from most rivals, which generally offer only one of the two.
Visualization connectivity is handled by HDMI 2.1 and displayport exits 1.4a.
However, if it is part of the Apple ecosystem, do not get too excited, it is likely that I cannot use this EGPU with a Macbook Pro.
Apple has not admitted external GPU since its transition to Apple Silicon, and even the previous MACs based on previous Intel were only compatible with Thunderbolt 3 EGPUS using officially compatible GPU AMD.
Although Thunderbolt 5 is theoretically compatible with backward and extremely fast, Macos lacks the conductor level necessary for NVIDIA cards, especially those found in non -certified enclosures.
So, although it could physically connect the FNGT5 pro to a MacBook through Thunderbolt, it is very unlikely to work as planned.
As for the price, the RTX 4090 portable GPU of higher level, with 16 GB of memory and 9,728 CUDA cores, costs $ 1,374, steep, but in line with the desktop equivalents.
The RTX 4080, with 7,424 CUDA and 12 GB centers, is priced at $ 1,040, while the RTX 4060 of the entrance level, with 3,072 CUDA and 8GB nuclei of RAM, reaches $ 555.
For users looking for the best laptop for video or photoshop edition, combining a system compatible with a powerful EGPU such as FNGT5 Pro can help close the performance gap without compromising with a complete desktop settings.
Via Tomshardware
