- Dual Thunderbolt 5 -Ports and Oculink lifts this egpu beyond typical external GPU standards
- Nvidia’s ada lovelace card shines in this device
- Compact design and bold specifications make FEVM FNGT5 PRO for a tempting power upgrade to PCs
External GPUs have long served as a way to upgrade a laptop’s graphic capacity, especially for users whose machines lack discreet GPUs.
The FNGT5 Pro from Chinese manufacturer FEVM is the latest participant in this niche category that brings an ambitious mix of advanced GPU settings and modern connection features.
The FNGT5 Pro supports three RTX 40 Series Laptop GPUs, specifically RTX 4060, 4080 and 4090. This may raise the eyebrows, but it seems to be a intended decision to balance power and heat handling within such a compact encapsulation.
RTX EGPU aims high
Measurement of 142 x 100 x 60 mm and with a total volume of 0.86 liters, the FNGT5 Pro is compact and travel friendly, but not quite pocket-sized.
Despite its portability, the unit has double Thunderbolt 5 ports (100W upstream and 30W downstream), a high-speed USB-A port and an oculink interface.
Offers both Thunderbolt 5 and Oculink separate it from most rivals, which typically offer only one of the two.
Display connection is handled by HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4A outputs.
However, if you are part of the Apple ecosystem, you will not get too excited, you probably can’t use this egpu with a MacBook Pro.
Apple has not supported external GPUs since its transition to Apple Silicon, and even earlier Intel-based MACs were only compatible with Thunderbolt 3 EGPUs using officially supported AMD GPUs.
Despite the fact that Thunderbolt 5 theoretically is backward compatible and extremely fast, macOS lacks the support at the driver’s level needed for NVIDIA cards, especially those in non-certified enclosures.
So even if you could physically connect the FNGT5 Pro to a MacBook via Thunderbolt, it is very unlikely to act as intended.
As for pricing, Top-Tier RTX 4090 portable GPU with 16 GB of memory and 9,728 cuda nuclei costs $ 1,374, steep, but in line with desktop equivalent.
RTX 4080, which contains 7,424 cuda nuclei and 12 GB of memory, is priced at $ 1,040, while Entry-Level RTX 4060, with 3,072 cuda nuclei and 8 GB RAM, comes in $ 555.
For users looking for the best laptop for video editing or for Photoshop, pairing a compatible system with a powerful EGPU like the FNGT5 Pro can help close the benefit gap without committing to a complete desktop setup.
Via Tomshardware
