How does an RTX 3080 perform inside an eGPU?

All that power over one cable.

Over the past couple of months I’ve been gaming with an eGPU enclosure that had Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 stuffed inside of it. While the limitations of Thunderbolt 3 are well documented, I was curious to see just how limited that monster card would be in such a setup. In the above video you can check out the results from over 10 of the hottest games of the past year, including Cyberpunk 2077 and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020).

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