First External Graphic Card Revealed

January 8th, 2007 Posted in Gear, Hardware, PC, Portable, Technology

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Computer maker Asus announced World’s first external graphics card, the XG Station. The new hardware allows laptop users to do graphically intensive work (read: play games) while still being highly portable. It’s powered by a GeForce 7900 GS chip (unknown amount or VRAM) and connects to the laptop via an ExpressCard slot. There’s an LCD screen on the graphics unit that can show fan speed, GPU temperature and so on. While no price was mentioned, Asus hopes to release it in the first half of 2007.

Via DailyTech

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8 Responses to “First External Graphic Card Revealed”

  1. ZaVaZ Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 12:46 am

    Nice, Now my PC wont second as a heater anymore and I dont have to upgrade to PCI-E :)

    WoW I really like this I wonder if it will support my XPS M170 ;)



  2. monir Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 12:52 am

    does that work with any computer?



  3. monir Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 1:08 am

    aww. i got agp, with the best graphics card i’m able to get being x1600. so i won’t be able to get it :(



  4. Anuban Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 1:26 am

    Well I think it is pretty cool for people who want to use their hardcore laptops for gaming but I don’t see the benefit of getting it for a desktop rig. These days if you have a decent Case the temp isn’t really an issue. I don’y see why it wouldn’t work with your XPS M170 since that is a laptop and that is the primary market this thing is aimed towards. I do wonder though how well this will actually sell and if it ends up being worth the R&D they put into it.



  5. Jim2k Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 1:57 am

    This has no value for desktop PC systems… it’s cheaper to just buy the graphics card as it is. For portable gaming I dunno, I’m worried about the delay time, since there could be severe lag when the external hardware is processing the images. Think of it as internal vs. external hard drives.



  6. NRG753 Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 3:15 am

    That looks pretty awesome, but would lag between the graphics card and the chip set be an issue?



  7. Anuban Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 3:49 am

    I doubt that in this instance Lag would come into play since massive amounts of data are not being transferred … just computational algos … especially depending on what type of cable is used for the connection. I’d need to see some benchmarks and get a clearer understanding of the actual setup though before I could really talk about the issue intelligently since this is the first product of its kind.



  8. doom Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 6:41 am

    Looks like a gimmick.



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