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    Would light peak make an external graphics card more viable?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by najibkassis, Dec 21, 2010.

  1. najibkassis

    najibkassis Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was just thinking that a laptop with light peak should be able to handle an external card since it has alot more bandwith than an express card.
     
    najibkassis, Dec 21, 2010
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    Well, the bandwith of lightpeak should definitely be able to handle the data, but there's still the question about the latency... a GPU needs to be very well integrated into the system, otherwise it's useless.
     
    svl7, Dec 21, 2010
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