- Aoostar RX 7600XT EGPU works hot but slower than its full office counterpart
- Not all laptops will manage the reverse load USB4 or the PCIe 4.0 bandwidth
- At 61 decibels, the cooling solution exchange thermal control of a constant ambient noise
While the more compact IT solutions hinder the market, the PC mini-VCs are increasingly turning to external graphic units to offer a level of upgrade.
AOOSTAR is the last to join this trend at the exit of its EGPU XG76XT, built around Radeon RX 7600XT of AMD and taking charge of 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128 -bit interface.
This office quality GPU is based on RDNA 3 architecture, built using a 6 Nm process and has 32 calculation units.
Performance limits and thermal design
Combined as a modular solution for users who seek to improve visual performance without going to a complete office, the specifications of the device seem solid on paper.
The graphics processor supports a game clock of 2470 MHz and a 150 W power ceiling in this speaker, down from the 190W GPU TGP.
This limitation could affect sustained performance, especially in thermally demanding applications.
However, for those looking for a compromise between mobile convenience and graphic muscles, it can offer a boost, especially when integrated GPUs are not below tasks such as high -resolution images or management of several 4K screens.
The speaker includes a personalized vapor room cooling solution, a thermal dissipator in full copper and a fan housed under a higher grill in a honeycomb style.
Although this configuration seems capable of keeping the thermal in check, the level of noise under load would have reached up to 61 decibels.
It is not whispered at any level, and it could be disruptive in shared or silent workspaces.
AOOSTAR XG76XT supports Oculink and USB4, which allow you to exchange hot and offer up to 100W reverse power delivery, potentially loading your laptop on the same cable.
This may seem practical for those who use a laptop for video editing or photoshop, although not all systems support these features.
USB4 relies on the PCIe 4.0 tracks, which improve the bandwidth on inherited EGPU approaches, but the bottlenecks of performance compared to internal GPUs are always possible.
On the display side, the XG76XT has an HDMI 2.1 port, two DisplayPort 2.1 outputs and a Type-C port which supports DisplayPort 1.4 with a power delivery 15W.
At ¥ 3,399 (around $ 470), the price is not unreasonable for an EGPU with a current generation GPU.
However, for all those looking for the best GPU for demanding creative work or high -end games, internal office cards in a traditional tower always offer better performance by dollar.
At the time of writing the writing moment, this device is out of stock and there is no global release date or confirmed replenishment.
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