Alienware M17x Thunderbolt?

I came up with the idea to make an E-MXM connection but as I saw soon enough I wasn't the only one with this idea. Now however the E-MXM to PCI-eX16 idea has been forgotten because of the Thunderbolt connection.


Alienware m17xR3 doesnt have a thunderbolt connection however would it be possible to connect the thunderbolt to 2usb3.0 ports? or even better My AlienwareM17xr3 had the option of a Video streaming card I didnt buy it though. This would mean there is a PCI(e) connection somewhere would that be enough for a thunderbolt connection? Don't forget my Alienware M17x has an HDMI-IN and OUT so I could get the image back on my own screen.



Give me some ideas here.

 

and why do you want thunderbolt? I assume thats because of an egpu, if its that its not possible, and not worth doing.

you can use the mpcie for a egpu connection, still not worth it.

if you want to raise your gpu performance, buy another gpu a single 7970m is worth 2x 6990m in xfire

 

what you would want is to make am mxm to thunderbolt adapter. but then a mxm to pci-e would have much more performance and would be the same amount of work. forget about hdmi mni pci-e and usb3.0. any thunderbolt adapter based on those will have a very crippled performance.

 

I see. what you mean. It's really a shame the MXM to PCI-e idea never really got anywhere.
does anyone know when the Nvidia 680MX will be on the market? and also the AMD8000series. shouldnt they be here somewhere around march/april?

 

The whole point of these alienware laptops is that you can easily upgrade your graphics card etc

 

but still high end laptop cards dont even come close to the high end desktop cards. not to mention the price difference of about 250% for same performance