I have been doing research about this for a few days, but I can't seem to find any source which provide good info about this. I heard people have attempted it in the past, but not really successful because of the slow speed (USB 1.0 and 2.0)
How about USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt? Last time I check, the speed of those two are pretty darn fast. Well, still not enough compared to PCI 3.0, but maybe not too shabby against PCI 2.0? I know many modern graphics card can run on PCI 2.0 just fine.
So my question is: do you think USB 3.0/thunderbolt a viable way for external graphics card? I know someone may say "just hook the damn thing in your PCI E.", but I have been thinking, external GPU can be a good solution for laptop gaming. Laptop GPU is realllly pathetic even with the latest model. Also, even some desktop PC will benefit because they can free a PCI slot for something else (I upgrade my PC a GTX 460 and now I have no PCI slots left)
Finally, the Lenovo Y500 does offer external graphic card solution, so I think it is possible
Any thought?
How about USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt? Last time I check, the speed of those two are pretty darn fast. Well, still not enough compared to PCI 3.0, but maybe not too shabby against PCI 2.0? I know many modern graphics card can run on PCI 2.0 just fine.
So my question is: do you think USB 3.0/thunderbolt a viable way for external graphics card? I know someone may say "just hook the damn thing in your PCI E.", but I have been thinking, external GPU can be a good solution for laptop gaming. Laptop GPU is realllly pathetic even with the latest model. Also, even some desktop PC will benefit because they can free a PCI slot for something else (I upgrade my PC a GTX 460 and now I have no PCI slots left)
Finally, the Lenovo Y500 does offer external graphic card solution, so I think it is possible
Any thought?