Thunderbolt External GPUs: Opinions?

For a while now I've been looking at laptops, notably a MacBook Pro (I know, I know, don't give me the Macs suck speech. I have a Windows desktop already. If I bough the Mac I'd be dual-booting for games). I've also been interested in the whole idea that the Thunderbolt port allows the usage of external GPUs (http://www.anandtech.com/show/5352/msis-gus-ii-external-gpu-via-thunderbolt). At first I thought that the Thunderbolt port wouldn't be fast enough for a full-sized desktop GPU, but after doing a bit of research I've heard about people trying to create their own eGPUs and they seem to have fairly impressive results. I think it would be pretty nice to have a 13" MacBook and have decent graphical pefromace for a game like Battlefield 3 or The Witcher 2. What suprised me is that eGPUs don't seem to have a big impact on performance. It seems people are getting decent scores for benchmarks shown here:http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/418851-diy-egpu-experiences.html. Are they working to full capacity? No, but they sure beat IGPs.

What do you all think about eGPUs and their future?

Where can one buy one of thse thunderbolts?

Where can one buy one of thse thunderbolts?

hartsickdiscipl

The Thunderbolt port is currently only available on Macs (it was co-developed between Apple and Intel).

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Where can one buy one of thse thunderbolts?

EliteM0nk3y

The Thunderbolt port is currently only available on Macs (it was co-developed between Apple and Intel).

For a while now I've been looking at laptops, notably a MacBook Pro (I know, I know, don't give me the Macs suck speech. I have a Windows desktop already. If I bough the Mac I'd be dual-booting for games). I've also been interested in the whole idea that the Thunderbolt port allows the usage of external GPUs (http://www.anandtech.com/show/5352/msis-gus-ii-external-gpu-via-thunderbolt). At first I thought that the Thunderbolt port wouldn't be fast enough for a full-sized desktop GPU, but after doing a bit of research I've heard about people trying to create their own eGPUs and they seem to have fairly impressive results. I think it would be pretty nice to have a 13" MacBook and have decent graphical pefromace for a game like Battlefield 3 or The Witcher 2. What suprised me is that eGPUs don't seem to have a big impact on performance. It seems people are getting decent scores for benchmarks shown here:http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/418851-diy-egpu-experiences.html. Are they working to full capacity? No, but they sure beat IGPs.

What do you all think about eGPUs and their future?

Macs suck. And my job is supporting macs.

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Where can one buy one of thse thunderbolts?

halo2_4_pc

The Thunderbolt port is currently only available on Macs (it was co-developed between Apple and Intel).