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by Latty 60 days ago
> That's why Thunderbolt eGPU setups don't perform as well as plugging the GPU directly into a PCIe slot.

The bigger factor is probably that PCI-e tunnelling at most a ×4 link, while when you plug a GPU in you are generally doing so into a ×16 or at least ×8 slot, and very few GPUs target ×4.