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And all laptop gamers rejoiced
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:03 pm
by DMB2000uk
This is soo what I've been waiting for, for like forever!
ASUS XG
Official Site
Dan
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:52 pm
by bigblockmatt
ya, thats pretty cool. the picture shows that you need a seperate monitor for it to work...if that is so, that kinda defeats the whole mobility part of it all... good idea though, they are on the right track.
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:06 pm
by DeusEx
are u sure u need a separate monitor ? because it would be much better if u didnt. my bro could def use this !!!
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:57 pm
by bigblockmatt
no, i am just going off of the picture that they had.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:13 am
by T-Shirt
Yes, it definately requires an external monitor.
It's a docking station with a slot for a highend graphics card, to improve performance when at home /work/dorm/etc.
Increasing functionality of a laptop in a non-mobile situation.
it seems like a really good idea for laptop users, but only work with some models
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:32 am
by Gamble
I wondered why they've never done that before... Won't USB 2.0 be too slow for the external card? I would think that would choke the bandwidth bigtime.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:25 am
by DMB2000uk
The ASUS site wrote:The XG Station also has a dedicated control panel to let users control the settings through the GUI based interface and easily switch modes between the notebook screen and the external LCD monitor.
So it looks like you dont need an external monitor.
And the interface uses is the newer expresscard slot, that is replacing the PCMCIA slots on new laptops, apparantly its bandwidth is somewhere above the 8x AGP standard, so plenty of bandwidth there.
The deciding factor becomes the price....
Dan
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:44 am
by bigblockmatt
thats good. makes more sense to not have to have an extrenal monitor.