Is there and external video card - Overclock.net

Villainstone · 2 Weeks Ago

I have a laptop that only has 64MB of Vram, and does not play games well. I was wondering if there is such a thing as an external video card? I have been looking around with nothing of interest, so hopefully someone can help. I thought that EVGA came out with one that used the G80 GPU but I cannot find it.

Hanibal Errectus · 2 Weeks Ago

evga makes this little box that allows you to power a monitor using your usb but its not especially powerfull.

getbigtony · 2 Weeks Ago

best to just keep that laptop for your word processing/internet browsing instead of dumping money if there is even such a thing as external gpu

Villainstone · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by getbigtony

best to just keep that laptop for your word processing/internet browsing instead of dumping money if there is even such a thing as external gpu

Thats what I was asking LOL

getbigtony · 2 Weeks Ago

2007 announced Asus XG Station
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/a...ard-226648.php

2008; not released yet!!
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ces...tion,4679.html

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The XG Station houses a single or double-slot PCI-Express x16 graphics card, using a notebook's Express Card interface to provide x1 bandwidth. This allows an included (unspecified model) mainstream graphics card to exceed Intel's 965GM performance by over 6.7 times, according to Asus.

Nice; your choice of GPU in the housing, though it will only go at pci-e1x speed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XG_Station
You also need a separate monitor, but you probably knew that!

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In early 2008, the XG Station was only made available in Australia. It consisted of an NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT with 256MB DDR3 for approximately AUD$375. By mid-2009, the XG Station was withdrawn from sale.[5][6]

Villainstone · 2 Weeks Ago

Awesome that looks great. A 7900GS should play BF2142 with ease right...

jspeedracer · 2 Weeks Ago

They do make an external video card, a 3650 and 3670 iirc. It's called xgp I think, kinda like integrated is igp.

Edit:

http://game.amd.com/us-en/shop_AMILOGraphicBooster.aspx

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Newsent...d17d953.0.html

ZealotKi11er · 2 Weeks Ago

http://www.villagetronic.com/vidock/techspecs.html

Afrodisiac · 2 Weeks Ago

There's a little box, 3870. Forgot what it was called, Avivo or something like that.

*edit
Called the Amilo.
http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/13...potted-Wildly/

UndertheGun · 2 Weeks Ago

Someone mentioned ViDock. You need an Express Card. ViDock2 is what you want. Can handle ATI HD4670 w/512MB DDR3 memory. About $300 w/card.

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Hanibal Errectus WaterCooler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Texas muchachos Posts: 3 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	evga makes this little box that allows you to power a monitor using your usb but its not especially powerfull. __________________ EVGA 790i Ultra q9550 wc'ed Highest oc @ 4.3 Mushkin 2x2gb 1600mhz 7-7-6-18-1t..(overpriced) EVGA GTX 285 ...needs to be wc'ed PC Power & Cooling 750W The rest is insignificant

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UndertheGun New to Overclock.net Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 445 Rep: 55 Unique Rep: 42 Trader Rating: 0	Someone mentioned ViDock. You need an Express Card. ViDock2 is what you want. Can handle ATI HD4670 w/512MB DDR3 memory. About $300 w/card.

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