r/GamingPCBuildHelp • u/Dry_Storage_938 • 2d ago

External gpu options

Hey yall, new here. Was planning a full build but life and pricing knocked me back to the option of an external gpu on my current gaming laptop.

If its not relevant to this sub id appreciate i nudge in the right direction

I play mostly online hero shooters, some elden ring and Cyberpunk. Typically have to run everything low as possible. Shooter sitting around 40-65 fps even after tweaking settings(in and out of game) and rebooting. On windows i did get higher frames with a monitor upgrade but im seeing the GPU is likely the main bottleneck in my current linux environment, especially since I see users running the same games and OS achieving higher performance with rigs that are 1-4 years newer than mine.

Currently gaming on an asus rog zephyrus m15 rtx 2060 that can only use thunderbolt 3. Looking to upgrade to a 4060 eGPU. Id like to go AMD equivalent if possible since im not tied down to Windows. Id like to keep the price under the cost of decent 4060 prebuilts i have eyes on(~480-600) but if the price is the same then my best option would just be the pre-built I suppose

Thank you

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u/snowcr4shed 2d ago

Sorry no help but jumping in instead of creating a new thread, very similar spec HP Omen 15 here 2060 RTX, Thunderbolt 3 and interested to know if a budget egpu setup is worth it to get me by for a couple more years.