
Even if you were to find a GPU for a reasonable price, you’ll still have to splurge upwards of $250 on an enclosure, so whether it’s truly worth it is up for debate. It won’t come cheap, though, but you probably already knew as much. Moreover, you’ll be able to connect an external graphics card and even game a bit on the side as well - should you so desire. In any case, the addition of Thunderbolt 4 support will finally make this 2-in-1 hybrid as feature rich as most of its competitors. Moreover, the Surface Pro 8 features two such ports, although we don’t know whether it’ll have two separate TB controllers on-board (akin to Apple’s MacBook’s) or just a single controller that will share its bandwidth across both ports. Losing out on its only USB-A port is definitely a blow, but it’ll no doubt be lessened with basically any USB-C dongle.

Packed within its enclosure is Intel’s 11th generation series of processors along with built-in Thunderbolt 4 support - a first for any Surface device, and a long-standing omission that has finally been fixed.
