external video cards

[MrSlacker]

do you think it would be cool to have an external video card for laptops? or do you think its even possible to have an external video card?

 

[CleanSlate]

... no port in existence would be worth an external card... SCSI with their 400 mb/s (or is it up to 800 mb/s now? I dont use scsi..) wouldn't run any better than a pci gfx card, infact pci cards do about 900 mb/s if memory serves me.. so there would be no point what-so-ever in that.. Unless you have one of those mini cube computers, but they're not really laptops, just really small pcs

~Adam

 

[topdragon147]

yep, all current ports are too slow

 

[CleanSlate]

when it starts to hit agp 1x speeds.. then it might be worth it if you have a shitty non-interchangable gfx card in there by default

 

[CIWS]

Now that someone has decided to develop laptop video that's upgradeable, hopefully the trend will catch on and we''ll see it from just about every major video company. That in itself will help a lot.

 

[MrSlacker]

thanks lot guys. but its still a good idea, dont u think?

 

[Skystalker]

Now that someone has decided to develop laptop video that's upgradeable, hopefully the trend will catch on and we''ll see it from just about every major video company. That in itself will help a lot.

I wonder about that... with heat and power requirements. I doubt there will ever be any real power-house cards for the mobile market-- at least until they get the battery and thermal things better figured out.

-Skystalker

 

[Yonkec]

didnt someone already do this with some crappy usb one, i seem to remember seeing something about this little cube 3d accelerator that plugs in, ofcourse its very possible im just crazy, as i have no links or anything, anyone else remember seeing it?