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Hello

I am planning to update my t410 with an egpu adapter.

What interface should I consider? Express card or maybe pcie?

Which version of the express card is in that platform (t410)?

And I really want to know the same about pcie.

The only choice to me is the express card adapter but expect some major bottlenecking if you do so.

The mini pci is a pain as you lose your wifi card (obviously) and the whole idea of a thin ribbon cable out goes against what a laptop is in the first place.

I love the idea of a fast bus out that can be used by an external gpu but even today, its not common on many laptops so to expect a usable solution on a 5yr old unit is expecting too much.

This question has come up before and I do welcome any input from people who go down this path.

T410 is PCIe 1.0, so the ExpressCard is essentially a PCIe x1 connection, with the theoretical bandwidth of 2.5Gbps.

thank you for replies

Is there anyone who done this with Thinkpad t410?

regards

i am planning on doing this awell as i am not allowed a desktop,
as i have a t410 with no dedicated gpu this was my option i was going to choose, as i havent seen any mobos with the dedicated gpu in a while,
when i asked about this on youtube people said, if your mobo dose not have a dedicated gpu then you have to get the express card one not pcie, even tho with my t410 i have 2 pci-e ports and i have one free so i am not sure about using the pci-e one
i was planning on mabie a gtx 660 as that is my faviroite gpu or a gtx 650
what would you guys/girls say
ditch the egpu plann (which would save alot of money as il need a wireles keyboard, mouse, a monitor, gpu, psw, and egpu dock)
go for the mobo which has a dedicated gpu [saves alot of money]

if i go with the better mobo which version should i get
the 256mb or 512?
as i will only be playing games like Rust legacy, Minecraft and some other light weight games

You probably don't need an eGPU. That would be a huge waste of time, money and effort on your part, without even guaranteed success or improvement of any kind.