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External Graphics Card?

  • 13-12-2007 04:10PM
    #1
    goodlad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,731 ✭✭✭


    Hey everyone,
    Im trying to find an external graphics card for a laptop, nothing fancy, its just for an office laptop, But it needs to support dual monitors. I been trying to find one with no luck. Would anyone know of any?


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Is it something like this you are after? I'm not sure if this has been released yet but it looks promising.


  • #3
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    That's for laptops and is a joke. It's not only going to be very expensive, it only currently works on an external monitor as far as I know, defeating the entire purpose of adding a video card to your laptop.


  • #4
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    I forgot about the external monitor part. I think I remember reading that the express card slot doesn't have enough bandwidth to deal with the newer cards which sucks. It would be nice if they could rectify these problems. How cool would it be to have a really small and light laptop, then slap on your external graphics card and turn it into a gaming laptop?


  • #5
    goodlad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,731 ✭✭✭goodlad


    The crack is that all people in my company have been upgrade to dual monitors, but one of the dudes has a laptop that he just sticks into a docking station when he comes in. The actual laptop screen is never used, he just uses a monitor connected to the dock. So im trying to figure out a way for him to also have a second monitor


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