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    Asus Transformer 3 Pro + ROG XG 2 Station (egpu)

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by hmscott, May 30, 2016.

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    A lot of people, including myself, were expecting ASUS to show off their new toys at Computex and it looks like we were right. The Transformer 3 Pro looks interesting but since everywhere I look it says "i7 Processor," it seems like it'll have something similar to the i7-6500u. I'm still expecting to see their i7-6700HQ ultrabook to be paired with the XG2.
     
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    I'm very interested in the mini as a reasonably priced Surface 3 competitor:

    "The Mini runs on a quad-core Atom x5 chipset, as you might expect for an entry-level device. This does offer a longer battery life, quoted as 11 hours.
    There’s up to 4GB RAM and 128GB of storage. Again, as you’d expect, the 10.1-inch display is nothing special but usable enough. There’s a full size USB (presumably 3.0), micro USB, Micro HDMI and micro SD slot. " - From pocket-lint.com
     
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    Asus Video Card Product Manager goes over the Strix 1080 and XG 2 Station - mentions connecting to GL702 and Transformer Pro and other laptops, XG2 shipping end of Q3 2016

    Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 & XG Station 2 Graphics Dock (Computex 2016) | Allround-PC.com
     
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    Asus Transformer 3 start selling this month in my country. But the XG Station 2 not yet available.
    Anyone here already seen it on the market?
     
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    Asus is still dragging out the release...

    " The Asus ROG XG Station 2 becomes available worldwide early next year. Pricing for the device hasn't yet been indicated."

    Asus ROG announces XG Station 2 final spec and availability
    by Mark Tyson on 16 December 2016, 10:01
    http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/100444-asus-rog-announces-xg-station-2-final-spec-availability/

    DEC 15, 2016
    ROG ANNOUNCES XG STATION 2
    https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards-Accessory/ROG-XG-STATION-2/?_ga=1.266999243.457581977.1481802222
     
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    Hm.. another case of Asus Padfone... I remember 2 years ago, Asus Padfone S released and people anticipated it, but products entering the market really late...
     
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