External laptop graphics card

[thompsop07]

http://www.beyond3d.com/content/news/134

Has anyone else heard anything of this?
This is the first I've heard of a product like this and I don't think it's in any shops - Has anyone seen/used one?

[CharlieH]

So how will it connect?

USB? I think not.

[thompsop07]

All the things i've read suggest express card slot. But they all say the release is Q2 '07 =/

[CharlieH]

That article is 6 months old, you dipstick.

Q2 means the second quarter of 2007, I.E. May, June July and August.

:ahe:

[thompsop07]

It's 2008. dipstick. Hence my confusion as to what happened to it.

[Beven]

Looks a little big for a laptop, unless you just keep it at one place, but no i haven't heard anything about this.

[SODA]

So how will it connect?

USB? I think not.

Hey shut up. Stop replying to every thread in this forum since you obviously know dick-all about anything.

As for external graphics cards, there aren't many out there, and honestly I'm not too excited. If you want to use one for gaming, you are better off getting a desktop because the way they work, you plug it into the express slot, then you plug a secondary monitor into it, not to mention you plug the external card itself into an outlet. So maybe good for the college type that only plans on using the laptop and wants to be able to game/plug everything in when they get home.

Check out this video at 15:27 for everything you need to hear:
http://revision3.com/tekzilla/gfx/