You Can't Replace Graphics Cards in Laptops?

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#1 ill001
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Is this true? If so, why not?

Is there a such thing as an external video card? Like USB compatible power? Just curious.

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Is this true? If so, why not?

Is there a such thing as an external video card? Like USB compatible power? Just curious.

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There are very few laptops on the market with upgradeable GPUs, so yes, 99.9999% of laptops cannot upgrade their GPU.

No there is no such thing an external videocard - they take too much bandwidth for an external connection to ever be feasable.
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#3 Bebi_vegeta
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[QUOTE="ill001"]

Is this true? If so, why not?

Is there a such thing as an external video card? Like USB compatible power? Just curious.

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There are very few laptops on the market with upgradeable GPUs, so yes, 99.9999% of laptops cannot upgrade their GPU.

No there is no such thing an external videocard - they take too much bandwidth for an external connection to ever be feasable.

you were saying about external gpu?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/hands-on-with-the-asus-xg-station-external-gpu/

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#4 subrosian
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[QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="ill001"]

Is this true? If so, why not?

Is there a such thing as an external video card? Like USB compatible power? Just curious.

Bebi_vegeta



There are very few laptops on the market with upgradeable GPUs, so yes, 99.9999% of laptops cannot upgrade their GPU.

No there is no such thing an external videocard - they take too much bandwidth for an external connection to ever be feasable.

you were saying about external gpu?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/hands-on-with-the-asus-xg-station-external-gpu/



Can I buy one in a store right now? The point stands. People said something similar was going to happen for the HD 2900 - it was supposed to be in an external enclosure - something about it requiring so much power it couldn't be in the case. Tom's Hardware did a thing explaining why that would never work.

In any case, I wouldn't trust it until I see actual reviews and benchmarks - a USB GPU would have bandwidth issues - I certainly wouldn't envision a replacement for an internal card in that box...
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The Asus prototype hasn't gone into production, and if it does, it should include more protection for the card in it. However, it isn't for USB, but rather for CardBus.
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