Hi @kony
Regarding the integrated graphics adapter on your T430: is it the one with only HD 4000 or the one with HD 4000 + Nvidia card (Optimus)?
Currently using i5-3220 M with HD 4000 and planning to build decent eGpu, at least something that could smoothly run Fallout 4 in medium settings.
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My T430 only has Intel GPU, it doesn't have Nvidia. The only Nvidia I have is my external GPU.antilaggedboy wrote:Hi @kony
Regarding the integrated graphics adapter on your T430: is it the one with only HD 4000 or the one with HD 4000 + Nvidia card (Optimus)?
Currently using i5-3220 M with HD 4000 and planning to build decent eGpu, at least something that could smoothly run Fallout 4 in medium settings.
Assuming you buy powerful enough card, you should have no issues running Fallout 4 in eGPU build. eGPU requires laptop not to have dedicated GPU, but in case of business Thinkpads you can disable them in BIOS as far as I know, so even if you had dGPU it wouldn't really be an issue.
My T430 with GTX 560 Ti (Now with GTX 670)
T430: i5-3320m, 8 GB, SSD + HDD, 1600x900.
T430: i5-3320m, 8 GB, SSD + HDD, 1600x900.
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Re: t430
Thanks man, just realized instead of replying to your egpu thread, i created a new topics (and in the wrong forum ), LOL.
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Re: t430
Waiting for a power adapter for my eGPU EXP GDC V8 ExpressCard solution but it will be with a Gigabyte Radeon 6850 OC graphic card. 
Will post news soon.
Will post news soon.
ThinkPad T430, 14" HD+, i7-3610QM, 16GB DDR3-1600 HyperX Impact, 128GB SSD, 320GB Hitachi, Intel HD 4000 Graphics, Windows 10 (64-bit) with eGPU and Thinkpad Mini Dock Plus 3 with USB 3.0
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