I have a first gen Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio with the Nvidia 3050Ti, necessitating the Nvidia drivers (duh, right?). I also have an external Thunderbolt eGPU enclosure with a Radeon RX 5700 XT. Even with the bandwidth limitations of PCIe x4, gaming and editing video and photos through the external eGPU, as well as the "dock" capabilities, has been the way to go. Unfortunately, I'm running into an issue.
I know that it's "not good" to run both drivers at the same time. However, it's literally turning out to be not possible as it currently stands. When I install the full bore Adrenalin installer package for Win11 (current and up to date), I"m unable to move the mouse or cursor upon reboot. The device is still running...I can see stats change on Task Manager, I can see notifications, but even touch no longer works. It basically locks up all input methods. I know this is not the eGPU, as rebooting with the drivers installed has caused the same issue. I'm basically able to log in, and, as soon as processes spin up in Win11 and I connect the eGPU, the inputs lock out. The only way to run the external enclosure at this time is to rely on the geriatric XConnect software, and that does not show any metrics nor allows me to control fan curve. As I'm sure many are aware, it's a requirement to control fans manually in this generation, or else the GPU thinks that 80 degrees is totally cool and will lope about at less than 500 RPM unless you tell the bloody thing to GOOOOOOO.... MSI Afterburner does not show fan options, as....you guessed it, Adrenalin and modern drivers are not installed.
Now I'm stuck...I need fan control, but I can't install Adrenalin, and there's no control panel from XConnect (circa 2016), AND I can't update drivers past the March 30, 2023 version for the same reasons. Any ideas as to how I can pull this off? If I have to live with it, my Lenovo Legion Go will have a much easier time of it (when I get it) and will POSSIBLY be a better gaming option anyway, but I also loop in a 4K monitor for video and photo editing, which the 8GB of GDDR6 would be very helpful with in terms of render and manipulation (RAW files from modern cameras are >120MB each, and Lightroom is already a resource hog...).
Thanks all!
