Hi guys, I have an Aspire 7 A715-76 (the one with Intel iGPU) for my university studies, but i kinda want to game on it. I mean the igpu it self can handle esports games, but the graphics are just acceptable.

I recently bought a Th3g4p3 dock and i use it with the 5060 lp, but it constantly crashes after a few minutes, either under load or not.

https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005009919437017.html (Th3p4g3 gan v2 Lenovo port dock)

Was it because my GPUs are too high (the software hasn't gotten that old yet) or the dock was too old?

or the Thunderbolt port on the laptop does not support eGPU at all? (it got tb4 on the ad label after all)

I'm thinking about switching back to an older GPU like rx 7600 or 4060, for older software, hoping it won't crash again

(i tried all the eGPU fixes: TDR, DDU, power plan,….)

i've been stuck on this for weeks

@morgwai, thank you for the answer and evidence man

So the driver itself need update overtime?

Should i switch back to lower version for guarantee function or should i keep the thing because it will become stable in the future for tb3 and 4?

40 series or im thinking Rx 7600 still work fine?

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So the driver itself need update overtime?

it's hard to say for sure, but most experts tend to say that it's rather a hardware or a very low-level firmware issue, not the driver (it's on PCIe communication level).

Should i switch back to lower version for guarantee function or should i keep the thing because it will become stable in the future for tb3 and 4?

I don't think Blackwell will ever work reliably on any "lower" type of USB-C based adapter than TB5, due to the reasons mentioned above.

I'd say you have 2 reasonable options:

• If you don't intend to use Linux in a near future, then switch your eGPU adapter to some TB5 one (Razer X V2, DEG2, EG02, AG03). This will give you almost 2x faster link than TB3 (such as your current TH3P4G3), which given that you have only 8GB VRAM may be critical for the final perceived perf (FPS). Having said that, in case of eGPUs for gaming, at least 12GB VRAM is recommended to offset the slower link (so that games can keep more textures on GPU and don't need to transfer them that often from the hosts's RAM over the slower link).

• Change to virtually any other GPU arch: RTX 40xx, RX 90xx, RTX 30xx, RX 7x00. Everything except Blackwell generally works fine with TB3 / TB4 / USB4v1. Even then though, upgrading your eGPU adapter from TB3 to USB4v1 (ADT UT4G / UT3G / AG02) is something worth considering as it will give you almost 1.5x faster link.

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@morgwai, appreciate it man

you made my day clearer now 

thanks