usb graphics cards!

[lastcenter]

Can I plug it in my laptop and mobile phone?

 

[PrincessFrosty]

There are USB graphics cards available on the market, I personally have used several models for the EVGA UV+ range, they're pretty good for 2D work, obviously they won't run 3D games.

http://www.evga.com/uvplus/

They will only work with operating systems supported by their drivers, most laptop OS's will work just fine, but unlikely they're going to work with any phones.

 

[Jaydip]

This should get you covered
http://www.techradar.com/news/compu...ke-an-external-laptop-graphics-adaptor-915616

 

[Mushkins]

Wouldnt USB kill any worthwhile benefit? I'm pretty sure PCI-E x16 is way faster than USB2.0, could it even keep up?

 

[Jaydip]

Wouldnt USB kill any worthwhile benefit? I'm pretty sure PCI-E x16 is way faster than USB2.0, could it even keep up?

I agree, but it's very cool though

 

[blastingcap]

They've had these for a long time now. Fine for 2D. Not for modern 3D games. I think I saw someone jury-rig a 5850 externally once....

 

[ultimatebob]

Wouldnt USB kill any worthwhile benefit? I'm pretty sure PCI-E x16 is way faster than USB2.0, could it even keep up?

You would think that the 4 Gbit/s bandwidth of USB 3.0 would be enough to handle higher end 3D graphics. It would be interesting to see if AMD or NVidia releases a product that uses it successfully.

 

[Stuka87]

You would think that the 4 Gbit/s bandwidth of USB 3.0 would be enough to handle higher end 3D graphics. It would be interesting to see if AMD or NVidia releases a product that uses it successfully.

Problem is latency and CPU overhead. USB is a software controlled interface, so while USB 3 has a lot of bandwidth, the CPU has to handle the IO.

This is one of the reasons FW400 always blew the doors off USB2. Hardware controlled (Which made it more expensive), and USB2 did not have synchronous send/receive. Cannot recall is USB3 is or if that 5Gbps is split for each direction.

 

[cbrunny]

They've had these for a long time now. Fine for 2D. Not for modern 3D games. I think I saw someone jury-rig a 5850 externally once....

I think you mean Jerry-rig. Jury-rig is a nautical term.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I think you mean Jerry-rig. Jury-rig is a nautical term.

Nope, jury rigging has also referred to other makeshift constructions (aka "MacGyvering") since at least 1788:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_rig

 

[Stuka87]

Yeah Jury Rig came first. Jerry Rig came out during WW2 as a twist on the older saying. Germans were often refereed to "Jerries". So Jerry Rigging was to mean something was improvised in a crude manner. Which of course is kind of comical as during WW2 most german equipment was of higher quality than our own. Although by the end of the war, they had to improvise a lot.