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    Dockable Gigabyte Laptop w/ desktop GPU

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hovercraftdriver, Jun 4, 2011.

  1. hovercraftdriver

    hovercraftdriver Notebook Deity

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  2. FragZero

    FragZero Notebook Consultant

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    Interresting!

    Best case scenario => There is an low profile pci-e card inside so we can install our own (full heigh with some mods).

    Worst case scenario => custom build gt 440
     
    FragZero, Jun 4, 2011
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  3. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    GT 440, meh. They could do much better. Hopefully it's not a proprietary card or slot.
     
    HTWingNut, Jun 4, 2011
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  4. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    that was what I thought, its going to offer the gaming capabilities of a mid range gpu, pretty meh, they could have put a gtx 460 in there to sweeten the deal
     
    Karamazovmm, Jun 4, 2011
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  5. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Whatever happened to the external GPU tech AMD was working on.

    Damn!, if i could get a slimmer notebook with a easy to use external GPU solution that gives full bandwidth i would so replace my Clevo P170HM.
    (DIY ViDock doesent count, but its still awesome.)
     
    DEagleson, Jun 4, 2011
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  6. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    get the new vaio Z then. or one of the macbooks and add a Sonnos egpu to it
     
    Karamazovmm, Jun 4, 2011
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  7. daranik

    daranik Notebook Deity

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    Well Light peek would be a great contendor for this kind of techonology, think a gpu in a box that plugs into usb, just make sure you have a decent CPU and ram I suppose. thunder bolt is the official name now check it out at this link Thunderbolt (interface) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia you could even have an on board GPU that could sli/xfire with the card, that would be pretty cool.
     
    daranik, Jun 4, 2011
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  8. Bearclaw

    Bearclaw Steaming

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    That thing has been shelved.
     
    Bearclaw, Jun 4, 2011
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  9. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    as I said here it is: Sonnet - News & Media

     
    Karamazovmm, Jun 4, 2011
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    daranik Notebook Deity

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    My bad im half asleep here at work, I could see this the future for laptops or even tablets, you'll have your base tablet and depending on what you want to do with it you can get : a keyboard mount to take and type on, a gaming base with top end GPU, a turn table base for when your djing on the go. Portability mixed with convience, unless you wanna game on the go then your stuck lugging a base around. I know lenovo is doing something similar with their think pads.
     
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  11. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    thats the idea of the ultrabook

    AnandTech - The Ultrabook: Meet the New Thin and Light Intel Notebook
     
    Karamazovmm, Jun 4, 2011
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