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    ATI XGP External Graphics Card Question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hendra, Sep 22, 2008.

  1. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    hendra, Sep 22, 2008
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  2. Rahul

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    I hope it can be released by the end of this year. My biggest gripe with it is that it needs a special proprietary port by AMD and so would most likely only be on AMD Puma notebooks. :(
     
    Rahul, Sep 25, 2008
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    So it's only going to be available on new notebooks that aren't being sold yet?
     
    millermagic, Sep 25, 2008
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    Unfortunately, it looks that way. It will only work on future notebooks with that port, the first laptop to launch with the port is the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Sa 3650, only in Europe.
     
    Rahul, Sep 25, 2008
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    The reason it is not released is that the card itself is a X16 PCI-E card while the port is a PCI-E Port (PCI-E X1)
     
    X2P, Sep 25, 2008
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    I thought that applied to the Asus XG Station, not the ATI XGP? Its to use a special proprietary slot that gives much more bandwidth.
     
    Rahul, Sep 25, 2008
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