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One of the great unknowns is the following https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/8000-series/amd-ryzen-7-8840hs.html The APU is capable of driving 2 USB4 ports each at 40Gbps per AMD. And you can see with many reviewers in YT and internet that it is indeed possible to connect USB4 to external GPU. So what in the mind is HP thinking to restrict to 10GBps USB 3 Gen2 speeds that were available about 5 generations ago in Ryzen is unfathomable.... Before someone from HP/fan says that "Hey, this is consumer laptop, the Envy line, blah!blah!, yada!yada!", here is an equivalent Intel Envy Lineup sold by Bestbuy https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-envy-2-in-1-16-wide-ultra-xga-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-ultra-5-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-glacier-silver/6571081.p?skuId=6571081 and that has a TB4 port. See the photos or click on the Bestbuy links and drill it down. Which shows clearly that most OEMs consumer divisions take AMD laptop purchasers for dimwits and/or purposefully handicapping AMD laptops.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hello and thank you for asking. The HP Envy X360 14-fa0023dx has three USB-C ports, with a maximum of 10Gbps signaling rate, which is not fast enough to support an External GPU. HP recommends a Thunderbolt 3 or higher port for an External GPU as they have at least a 40 Gbps transfer rate.
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