- NXPORT EGPU incorporates 650W of power in a small quay
- Thunderbolt and USB4 connections can bottleneck even the most powerful GPUs
- The open frame design leaves vulnerable components to damage
The continuation of the transformation of commercial laptops into powers of office quality has long been based on external GPU enclosures.
Traditional solutions have often been voluminous, heavy and required separate supplies or complex assemblies.
NXPORT claims to be the “smaller EGPU quay in the world”, promising 650 W of power integrated into a factor in the size of a palm measuring 169 mm x 102 mm x 82 mm.
Compact form, big questions
The central demand for NXPORT is that it houses a diet integrated into a tiny open frame chassis.
On paper, this allows compatibility with almost all general quality GPUs and simplifies connectivity by taking charge of Thunderbolt 3/4/5 or USB4.
However, a compact and exposed design presents concerns about heat management and physical protection.
Expensive components, including GPUs such as $ 1,999 GeForce RTX 5090, are exposed to dust, accidental contact and variable cooling conditions.
The device responds to the ATX 3.1 specification for the delivery of stable power, but the performance of the real world under a sustained load is not verified, leaving potential prudent users regarding long -term reliability.
The company presents NXPORT as a plug-and-play solution which can considerably improve the performance of the GPU.
In the company’s tests, the association of a budgetary laptop with an NVIDIA RTX 4060 would have produced a “6x of game reference” improvement.
The quay is also described as adapted to intensive creative workloads and the formation of AI models, capable of managing tasks requiring “thousands of parallel operations”.
However, it is important to note that performance can be limited by the bandwidth of Thunderbolt or USB4 connections.
This could restrict the flow of high -end graphics cards despite the internal power of the quay.
The dock also supports GPUs with various power connectors, including 12V-2X6, 8 pins, double 8-pin, triple 8-pin and 8-pin quads (12VHPWR).
This offers flexibility for future upgrades without limitations of the enclosure.
Although Nxport claims to be the “smallest EGPU quay in the world”, its weight of 1.3 kg is well above that of G1 GDP, an old smaller, which weighs only 867 g.
The company declares that the device is favorable to a budget, because an NXPORT associated with an RTX 3050 costs $ 459 ($ 239 for the basic quay + $ 220 for the GPU).
Compared to $ 1,599 for a laptop with a similar RTX 4050 GPU, this offers a profitable way to obtain desktop graphics without replacing the existing laptop.
The NXPORT project is currently listed on Kickstarter, where it collected $ 57,618 of 211 contributors, exceeding its objective of $ 3,856.
With 21 remaining days in the campaign, the financing trajectory suggests a strong early interest, although the final product has not yet reached donors for an independent assessment.
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