Are there any external closure for internal video cards for laptops?

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Funky.fresh

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Just experimenting and wondering...

I have some spare video cards such as GTX 460 and stuff

I have a sandy bridge i3 laptop with HD 3000 integrated graphics. Usually I bring it to school and play some games during break.

I was wondering if there are anything like external closures that you insert the graphic card and run THAT graphic card to the laptop from the VGA plug or something? :eek:

And if there is one, how would it get its juice?
 
can't believe it..
I remember replying to someone's thread about it; I found it! It's a ViDock
 
Well not really. A vidock requires an external monitor. As far as I know there is no solution that works with the laptop's screen.
 
Depends on if you already have a PSU and graphics card laying around. Also depends if your laptop had and express card or open mini PCIe slot. Somewhere in this forum is a guy that attached an HD 5850 to his laptop for much cheaper than a ViDock
 
wwischerath said:
Depends on if you already have a PSU and graphics card laying around. Also depends if your laptop had and express card or open mini PCIe slot. Somewhere in this forum is a guy that attached an HD 5850 to his laptop for much cheaper than a ViDock
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It's a toss up. The do it yourself route takes a lot of work and know how. You also have to Jerry rig a power supply to make it work. A vidock is an all in one package. It comes with a power brick and it's own enclosure for the card. It's a lot more viable for people who travel because your hardware is at least safe. The downside is it's really expensive.
 
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