ROG XG Mobile (2023) External Graphics Card Docking Station for ROG Flow Series, GeForce RTX 4090, I/O Hub, 330W Power Adapter

Most people buy such powerful eGPUs for gaming, but it is an instant upgrade even if you are not gaming, particularly for your laptop. Having an eGPU allows your laptop's CPU-integrated GPU to free up itself, which, in turn, allows the CPU itself to boost to much higher frequency and use most of the CPU package power. This has been the exact case for me with MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo with Intel Core Ultra 7 155H. ASUS ROG XG Mobile (2025) allowed the CPU to have a lot more breathing room and the system now feels as if it got a CPU upgrade. Everything is snappier and smoother, particularly when under heavy load with multiple browser tabs open, etc. The trick is to offload as much rendering as possible to eGPU and in Windows there is a specific place where you can adjust preferential GPU for each app: System > Display > Graphic - "Custom settings for applications" section. The 5070 Ti GPU is quite a beast as well for gaming and you will be very satisfied with the performance, particularly as you are getting the best overall treatment in terms of driver support by NVIDIA. Cooling seems quite adequate as well, with the enclosure never getting too hot or noisy. Lastly, if you are an AI developer and want to have access to CUDA, this also allows for that. The overall package is very portable and a perfect piece of equipment to boost your productivity on the go. It is not a cheap product but for those that need it, particularly laptop users who travel, it is a worthy investment.

I know many people will focus on the price, but I personally really liked it. With this setup, I can play games that require high performance and a better graphics card. It runs Final Fantasy XVI with no issues at all. It supports the ASUS ROG, so I just need to connect it and play. I can also connect an external SSD to store and run more games. This way, I can keep heavier games on the external drive and use the internal storage of the ASUS ROG for the games I usually play on a daily basis.

Picked it up for my ROG Ally Z1 Extreme since I've been using it docked as a PC I could take with me. These are hard to find in general so when there was a 4000 series I had to get it. Have only had it for a couple weeks but my thoughts are below. Installation is relatively simple you just need to ensure the connection is SNUG and locks into place. Initial setup the unit would not power on and the RGB fan light didn't illuminate so I was afraid of a bricked unit. But the good old unplug and replug fixed that issue. I do wish the cable to dock your device was a bit longer. Once the device was powered and connected you have to click the XG Mobile icon in the system tray. What's annoying is that the icon FREQUENTLY dissappears. Literally as I am writing this review the icon is missing. Not a problem if you keep your device docked but since I have an ROG Ally, the expectation that I would frequently take the device with me on the go is there. I have not encountered any other issues with the device apart from those mentioned in this review. The fan ramps up when gaming but it is not as loud as I was expecting it to be. The sound level is noticable in a quiet environment but not a problem if you play audio through speakers or use headphones. Haven't tried super intense games but it works very well for what I want to play. Overall if the process of connecting and disconnecting the XG mobile and the cable were a little longer this would be a 5 star review.

Im going to give this a five star but I'm not factoring in the price, and I'm leaving HID Evolution 3 stars. I have an ASUS Flow Z13 and running Fortnite with 16 gigs allocated to the iGPU, I was getting about 150 FPS. With this eGPU, I'm getting 300 ish running the same ASUS triple OLED displays at 240hz. Of course I was worried about USB4 vs TB5 but just decided to try it to take some load off the eGPU. So far so good. I realize you can build a eGPU for half the cost of this, but seeing as I do work on this computer, I wanted something I was sure would be more stable. I looked into the eGPU thing and I just couldn't find anything that I thought was main stream and stable enough. And I realize between my Flow and the XG Mobile I could have a ridiculous rig but I do travel a bit. HID - I wouldn't have bought from them knowing I was buying from them. Amazon pulled a fast one on me because as I was browsing, the 1299 price from HID Evolution wasn't honored. I've read bad reviews about their policies and as I contacted them for a price match, they told me they markup because Amazon charges them to sell. Fine. But they're return policies are unclear. Your mileage may vary. Overall, there isn't many reviews out on the XG, but so far, I'm liking it.

Had it for about two weeks. Was super excited and worked decent for a day or two without issues. Benchmarks were great and all happy. Spent my last week and a half trying to get the damn thing to work now. Keeps making my x13 go to Blue Screen of death. With constant reboot s. Now, display port isn’t working . But it worked great for a week. Every time I try to update nvidia driver it goes to BSOD. Other issue is you are supposed to got to your windows tray and clock the xg mobile icon to disconnect. Damn icon doesn’t work. I really love my flow x13 but want more power at home. But this not working may be the deal breakers.

Ich bin zufrieden! Ich habe die eGPU an mein Asus Rog Ally angeschlossen und es funktioniert soweit ganz gut. Die Verbindung über den 2 x PCIe 3.0 x8 Anschluss hat auch einen ordentlichen Datendurchsatz, im Gegensatz zu einfachen TB4 Verbindungen. Über die Leistungseinstellungen im "Armoury Crate" lässt sich auch alle super einfach einstellen. Das einzige, was etwas stört, sind die lauten Lüfter, wenn die Grafikkarte auf maximale Leistung eingestellt ist. Und die fummelige Aktivierung unter Linux. Unter Windows gibt es keine Probleme.

4k resolution on 4k TV, no problem. I had doubts. But I had a leap of faith, the best.

Its a laptop gpu. And for the price it just is not worth it for the performance. Its probably one of the better options if your moving around a lot but still hard to justify the price for mediocre performance.

Only worth with if you use a Asus handheld....

While this thing is a beast frame wise, after about 6 months of owning it the release pins fail and the slightest touch and all your usbs and ethernet will disconnect, then i gotta jiggle it around and pray everything reconnects