Now, this is a big one – from the ROG Ally community, we get a fully open-source eGPU adapter for the ROG Ally, built by reverse-engineering the proprietary and overpriced eGPU sold by Asus.
Luke follows up on his earlier analysis of clock speeds and throttling with an indepth look at the new AMD 5980 HS processor inside the ASUS Flow X13 laptop. Luke also runs some tests with the new XG ...
They might be few in number, but that makes spotting the best use of Thunderbolt 5 all that easier, and at CES 2025, few Thunderbolt 5 devices stood out as much as the Asus ROG XG Mobile eGPU.
The less good news is that you’ll get data transfer speeds that are lower than the 64 Gbps supported by the ROG XG Mobile (2023) if you do decide to pair this eGPU with a device that doesn’t ...
It’s the reason why the 2025 ROG XG Mobile sports bidirectional data transfer speeds of 80Gbps, able to squeeze every ray-traced pixel of performance out of an eGPU chip. In simple terms ...
None of that makes it the most powerful eGPU out there, as I currently have ... including Asus’ own ROG Ally X, you’ll likely want the still-rare Thunderbolt 5 to get the full GPU bandwidth ...
This ridiculously priced eGPU is out of budget for most people (and it won’t work on the ROG Ally X as it doesn’t have the XG Mobile port), but it’s there in case you want to get the ...
Asus showed off its latest fleet gaming laptops, plus a new desktop, all with the latest components. On-the-go gamers will also appreciate updates to the Flow Z13 tablet and its eGPU.