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 original XG Mobile eGPU, launched alongside the ROG Flow X13 in 2021, came equipped with RTX 3080, 3070, and Radeon RX 6850M XT options. The biggest issue with the XG Mobile was its PCIe 3.0 ...

Asus say the new ROX GX Mobile features “next-gen NVIDIA GeForce RTX” graphics, and the new eGPU is also 18 percent smaller and 25 percent lighter-weight than its predecessor. It’s 30mm (1. ...

One of the most interesting parts of Asus’ pre-CES 2025 presentation was the latest version of its ROG XG Mobile, a little brick that’s supposed to enhance your laptop with discrete GPU muscle.

Asus isn't just stopping at packing the XG Mobile eGPU with the latest graphics though. It'll support DisplayPort 2.1 and HDMI 2.1 for high refresh rate monitors, as well as act like a USB hub ...

That includes several laptop variants of the RTX 50 series lineup, which ASUS has taken the liberty of porting into eGPU form. Specifically, ASUS is readying its XG Mobile for release on February ...

You’ll pay a pretty penny for this potent single-cable gadget. You’ll pay a pretty penny for this potent single-cable gadget. Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge ...

dock with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 mobile graphics costs $2,000. One hardware hacker has designed a solution though: an open source eGPU that can connect to any Asus computer with an XG Mobile ...

Nvidia RTX 5090 mobile tested: The needle hasn't moved on ... the new card has to face With the exception of Razer's Core X eGPU enclosures and a few one-off Asus oddities, none of the big beasts ...

For those into gaming, however, laptops with an integrated GPU or a budget-friendly mobile graphics card can ... and superior graphical fidelity: an eGPU. An eGPU, or external graphics processing ...