Gigabyte was showing the world’s first water-cooled eGPU at CES 2020 in Las Vegas. The powerful AORUS RTX 2080 Ti Gaming Box was designed to accelerate workflows by offering incredible boosts in performance. It has been designed for video editing, 3D animation, photography, graphic design, gaming, architectural visualization, and broadcasting.
This is an eGPU for windows-based PCs. It isn’t for use on a Mac. The eGPU was first announced back in November 2019.
KEY FEATURES
powerful GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti delivers incredible performance for games, creators and A.I.
WATERFORCE all-in-one cooling system
Thunderbolt™ 3 plug and play
Supports 3x USB 3.0 for peripheral
Supports 1x Ethernet port
Supports Power Delivery (PD 3.0) to charge the laptop PC
RGB fusion 2.0 – 16.7M color synchronize with other AORUS devices.
The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti graphics card with 11G memory and 616 GB/s memory bandwidth has 4352 CUDA® Cores and hundreds of Tensor cores operating in parallel. It brings the power of GPU-accelerated artificial intelligence and machine learning to your laptop PC.
So how does all this cooling actually work?
AORUS provides the all-around cooling solution for all key components of the graphics card. It takes care of not only GPU but also VRAM and MOSFET, to ensure a stable overclock operation and longer life.
AORUS WATERFORCE all-in-one cooling system that integrates a large copper plate, a 240mm aluminum radiator and two 120mm fans. And with an optimized pump and water block, it provides the most efficient water flow and cooling performance at a lower noise level.
The cooling system is made up of 5 key components:
ALUMINUM RADIATOR
120MM 2x FANS
LARGE COPPER BASE PLATE
COMPOSITE HEAT PIPES
FEP TUBES
Connectivity
The AORUS RTX 2080 Ti Gaming Box connects to a laptop PC through Thunderbolt™ 3. It provides speeds up to 40 Gbps and delivers 100W to charge your laptop.
There are 10 ports on the box:
1x Thunderbolt 3
2x USB3
1x Ethernet Port
1x HDMI Output
3x Display Ports
1x USB-C
Full Specifications
Graphics Processing GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti
Graphics card
GIGABYTE WATERFORCE GeForce RTXTM 2080 Ti 11G
GPU clock：1545MHz
Memory clock : 14000 MHz
Memory Bandwidth : 616 GB/s
Memory type : GDDR6
Memory size : 11GB
Digital max resolution : 7680×4320
Multi-veiw : 4
Box Size 300 x 140 x 173 (mm)
Box Weight 3788 (g) ± 5%
I/O Thunderbolt™ 3 type-C x1
Ethernet port x1
USB 3.0 x3
Video output ( HDMI x1, DPx3, USB- C(VirtualLink™)x1 )
PSU 450W, PCI-E 8pin+8pin power
AC INPUT 100-240V ~ / 6A / 50-60Hz
Package content
AORUS RTX™ 2080 Ti Gaming Box * 1
includes GIGABYTE GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti 11G graphics card
Thunderbolt™ 3 Cable 500mm (USB Type-C) * 1
Power cord * 1
Installation Guide * 1
Driver CD * 1
Carry bag * 1
System Requirement Laptop PC/Desktop PC with Thunderbolt™ 3 port and support external GPU.
Please confirm the Thunderbolt™ 3 compatibility with your PC manufacturer.
Windows 10