Back at CES 2016, Razer unveiled the Razer Core, an external graphics (eGFX) box that connects to a PC or notebook via Thunderbolt 3 port. According to the latest information coming from GDC 2016, Razer Core could be coming as early as April with a price tag of US $499.

Measuring at 105 x 353 x 220mm, the Razer Core comes with a 500W PSU and includes four USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet and Thunderbolt 3 port which is used to connect it to another PC or notebook.

At GDC 2016 show currently running in San Francisco, Razer revealed a bit more information regarding the Core, its compatibility as well as the price and availability. Currently, Razer Core only works with Razer's Blade Stealth and Blade 2016 Edition notebook, but should work with any other notebook or PC.

As far as graphics cards are concerned, Razer says that the Core works with all AMD Radeon graphics cards since Radeon 290 series, including the latest R9 Fury, R9 Nano and Radeon 300 series, as well as all Nvidia graphics cards since Geforce GTX 750 Ti, which pretty much means all Nvidia graphics cards based on Maxwell GPUs.

The maximum TDP for the graphics card is set at 375W, which means that dual-GPU solutions are not supported, but you can still squeeze in the GTX Titan X and R9 Fury X.

Both AMD and Nvidia have working drivers and are finalizing support which should be ready by the time Razer Core ships.

According to Razer, the Core will ship in April and cost US $499 as a standalone device. Razer has already started taking pre-orders for the Core and even offers it with a US $100 discount in case you buy it with one of their notebooks, Razer Blade 2016 or Blade Stealth.











Source: Razerzone.com.