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I'm still hoping for external GPUs to catch on. A decent CPU and adequate graphics is usually all I need in a laptop while traveling, but it would be nice to b
by lewisl9029 11y ago
I'm still hoping for external GPUs to catch on.
A decent CPU and adequate graphics is usually all I need in a laptop while traveling, but it would be nice to be able to plug in a more beefy GPU at home to play games and drive more monitors at higher resolutions.
- reitzensteinm 11y agoWell, Thunderbolt 3 now explicitly supports them (previously Intel wouldn't certify for what appeared to be non-technical reasons), so it might actually catch on. I don't expect it to be cheap; but even if the chassis is a few hundred dollars, if you can reuse them for three generations of GPU and laptop, it's probably worth it. http://images.anandtech.com/doci/9331/TB19_575px.png http://images.anandtech.com/doci/9331/TB19_575px.png http://www.anandtech.com/show/9331/intel-announces-thunderbolt-3 http://www.anandtech.com/show/9331/intel-announces-thunderbo...
- justincormack 11y agoSo far they have largely been built into monitors (by Sony) which gives different obsolescence profile.