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> External GPU? Nice idea, but between the cost of the GPU card, the housing, and dealing with all the quirks that go with it, it makes sense to just buy anothe
by stock_toaster 14y ago
> External GPU? Nice idea, but between the cost of the GPU card, the housing, and dealing with all the quirks that go with it, it makes sense to just buy another laptop/desktop.
It would be pretty neat to have an external monitor with a gpu inside it. Then the laptop only needs a gpu powerful enough to drive its own display, instead of also driving external displays.
- shurcooL 14y agoThis. Given that Apple can control their hardware and software, they should absolutely be doing taking advantage of their opportunity to do so more easily than others.
- sliverstorm 14y agoThere are a host of issues with that, unfortunately. I think multi-gpu support is still pretty crummy, and the cost of a good gpu plus a monitor fancy enough to do something so progressive? That's going to be crazy expensive.