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    External Video Card!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by breezie, Jan 6, 2007.

  1. breezie

    breezie Notebook Consultant

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    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    Cool. Lenovo has had a dock out with a half-height pci 1x lane for some time, but it wasn't designed for gaming. This looks to be a neat thing if they get the bandwidth issue all sorted out.
     
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  3. JM

    JM Mr. Misanthrope NBR Reviewer

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    I still think external video cards have a looooooooooong way to come before they're actually worth buying.

    Nice to know Asus is working on it though.
     
    JM, Jan 7, 2007
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