And all laptop gamers rejoiced

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:03 pm

This is soo what I've been waiting for, for like forever!

ASUS XG

Official Site

Dan

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:52 pm

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.

DeusEx · Post by **DeusEx** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:06 pm

are u sure u need a separate monitor ? because it would be much better if u didnt. my bro could def use this !!!

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:57 pm

no, i am just going off of the picture that they had.

T-Shirt · Post by **T-Shirt** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:13 am

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

Gamble · Post by **Gamble** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:32 am

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.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:25 am

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

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:44 am

thats good. makes more sense to not have to have an extrenal monitor.