external video card

[toughwimp11]

i was wondering if there was any type of external video card (kinda like a harddrive) the main reason would be for laptops that have a crappy video card. i'm thinking of buying an AMD laptop from HP and the only video card it has as a choice is ATI Radeon Xpress 200M which i heard doesnt have too good of performance. if there isnt one then they should make one cause i think it wold help out a lot of people who wish to game on laptops, but have a crappy video card

 

[Amplifier]

That's an interesting idea.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Nope. You'd need a new interface or squish it onto firewire or USB.

 

[Traire]

you would also have to have an seperate monitor, you wouldnt be able to use it away from your desk.

 

[ddogg]

nope...there are no external video cards at the moment...put thats an amazing idea though...may come out in the near future!!

 

[user1234]

hp laptops are rated last in reliability and reported problems by pc magazine survey and other sources.

 

[Appledrop]

Originally posted by: Kensai
Nope. You'd need a new interface or squish it onto firewire or USB.

usb and FW id imagine would give not very nice performance at all. I think it might need some hybrid port / adapter to internal bus that can transfer gigabytes per second. Interesting idea, yes.