The idea of attaching external graphics cards to mini or handheld PCs is quite common these days. You are going to need a dock that can handle your high-end graphics card though. The Humbird 3 Thunderbolt 5 eGPU Dock can handle graphics cards like the RTX 5080. It is powered by the Intel JHL9480 controller with a bandwidth of 120Gbps in single-display mode. It has 3 x Thunderbolt 5, 2 x USB 10Gbps, and UHS-II SD + microSD card reader in the front. You also get a 8K@60Hz DisplayPort 2.1 and Ethernet port in the back.
This external graphics card dock has a Thunderbolt 5 and PCIe 4.0 x16 GPU slot. Its NVMe SSD module supports up to 16TB and read speeds up to 7000MB/s. You can also use the 4k60 capture card module to stream your content in high resolution. Humbird 3 has a 1-inch display to show charging status, GPU power draw, and transfer speed. For cooling, this dock uses a user-controlled fan with 0dB mode.
