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Disagree with this. A GTX 950 didn't become obsolete the day the 1050 came out. I am still using a GTX 750 ti at work and a GTX 650 at home because its good enough for me. A GTX1050 egpu that is ultra portable would easily be worth $300-400 to me. I don't think I am a unique case either as many people have been buying laptops with non upgradeable GPUs for years. The fact the eGPU can easily be replaced as a whole makes it upgradeable as well.
edit: [USER=3465]@RushNY[/USER] - sorry I just read your previous mention about how you use an eGPU dock. I agree that most users will probably want a dock like that, but I don't think low end ultra portable eGPU is unheard of, as some already have demonstrated they can make them.
A quick example:
If I want an onboard GPU from most brands, it costs me $300 extra and requires an upgrade from a 13in to 15in laptop. This usually adds around 1 pound of weight, and as you mentioned the GPU cannot be upgraded (and most in this class are MX150). In 3 years my only solution is to upgrade the laptop. If I were able to get a portable MX150 card for the same $300, it'd be a much better alternative as I can replace it later and don't need to carry it around always.

BTW how the hell did a discussion about Ryzen APU turn into egpu and laptop keyboards? Think we are a bit off topic...

<blockquote data-quote="IntoxicatedPuma" data-source="post: 77913" data-attributes="member: 273">Disagree with this. A GTX 950 didn't become obsolete the day the 1050 came out. I am still using a GTX 750 ti at work and a GTX 650 at home because its good enough for me.&nbsp; A GTX1050 egpu that is ultra portable would easily be worth $300-400 to me.&nbsp; I don't think I am a unique case either as many people have been buying laptops with non upgradeable GPUs for years.&nbsp; The fact the eGPU can easily be replaced as a whole makes it upgradeable as well.edit: [USER=3465]@RushNY[/USER] - sorry I just read your previous mention about how you use an eGPU dock.&nbsp; I agree that most users will probably want a dock like that, but I don't think low end ultra portable eGPU is unheard of, as some already have demonstrated they can make them.A quick example:If I want an onboard GPU from most brands, it costs me $300 extra and requires an upgrade from a 13in to 15in laptop.&nbsp; This usually adds around 1 pound of weight, and as you mentioned the GPU cannot be upgraded (and most in this class are MX150).&nbsp; In 3 years my only solution is to upgrade the laptop.&nbsp; If I were able to get a portable MX150 card for the same $300, it'd be a much better alternative as I can replace it later and don't need to carry it around always.BTW how the hell did a discussion about Ryzen APU turn into egpu and laptop keyboards?&nbsp; Think we are a bit off topic...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IntoxicatedPuma, post: 77913, member: 273"] Disagree with this. A GTX 950 didn't become obsolete the day the 1050 came out. I am still using a GTX 750 ti at work and a GTX 650 at home because its good enough for me. A GTX1050 egpu that is ultra portable would easily be worth $300-400 to me. I don't think I am a unique case either as many people have been buying laptops with non upgradeable GPUs for years. The fact the eGPU can easily be replaced as a whole makes it upgradeable as well. edit: [USER=3465]@RushNY[/USER] - sorry I just read your previous mention about how you use an eGPU dock. I agree that most users will probably want a dock like that, but I don't think low end ultra portable eGPU is unheard of, as some already have demonstrated they can make them. A quick example: If I want an onboard GPU from most brands, it costs me $300 extra and requires an upgrade from a 13in to 15in laptop. This usually adds around 1 pound of weight, and as you mentioned the GPU cannot be upgraded (and most in this class are MX150). In 3 years my only solution is to upgrade the laptop. If I were able to get a portable MX150 card for the same $300, it'd be a much better alternative as I can replace it later and don't need to carry it around always. BTW how the hell did a discussion about Ryzen APU turn into egpu and laptop keyboards? Think we are a bit off topic... [/QUOTE]

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