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Intel announced support for external graphics card expansion dock

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Through the Type-C USB port or Thunderbolt 3 port , intel announced support for external graphics card expansion dock.
 

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 USB-C Thunderbolt cable plugged into the side of this super thin,  laptop  spotted at IDF 2015, you get three USB 3.0 ports, two HDMI ports, two DisplayPorts, external audio, and ethernet all at the same time. Plus an extra USB Type-C port.
 
 
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moreover this external house an external graphic card (AMD Radeon R9 M385) similar idea to the vaio z series with external dock .
 


The new standard can also easily handle a full size AMD R9 200 series GPU - and possible more in the future.
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I need a surface pro 4 with this.

Take my money Microsoft.

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Interested. It may not be bad buying a laptop and have this along with it.

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Also, does this mean over all type-C? That can't be right

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Could someone mod this so that you can have a desktop PC with a GPU sitting on top in all its glory?

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Also, does this mean over all type-C? That can't be right

IF the USB controller supports the PCIe alternative mode for USB 3.1 over C then yes.

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I need a surface pro 4 with this.

Take my money Microsoft.

I totally agree, i've always complained about the high price on the SP3, but if they put in thunderbolt i'll be satisfied.

Also, does this mean over all type-C? That can't be right

Thunderbolt 3 uses the type C connector. It's also compatible as a USB port

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Sadly, all of these Thunderbolt 3 boxes—and the laptop—are just Inventec reference designs, not commercial products yet. Plus, Intel won’t say what they might cost or when they might arrive, though the first real Thunderbolt 3 products will allegedly start hitting the market by the end of the year.

 

I'm waiting.  As long as the external GPU can drive the laptop monitor I'll be in the market for this.

 

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Hold on if it goes through Type C on a mac book for example how do i power the mac book or is it going to power it as well.

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But will this drop gaming-laptop prices?

Possibly

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Hold on if it goes through Type C on a mac book for example how do i power the mac book or is it going to power it as well.

 

It could be possible with a splitter. The cable can handle both data and power at the same time, so shouldn't be a problem. But I don't think you can expect to connect more data devices through the same port when using the external graphicscard. 

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Possibly

It would be huge if laptops with decent mobile GPU's would become cheaper.

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Finally, something that is useful for mobile graphics. If these things could work with macbook pros yes please xD 

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It would be huge if laptops with decent mobile GPU's would become cheaper.

 

yes it would, but on the otherhand doubtfull since they are probably already quite cheap, considering the fact that it's quite a competitive market, which could get destroyed by a 1st party E-GPU solution.

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yes it would, but on the otherhand doubtfull since they are probably already quite cheap, considering the fact that it's quite a competitive market, which could get destroyed by a 1st party E-GPU solution.

With cheap i mean that a laptop with 980M would be less than $1800 :D

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With DX12 supposedly making SLI and crossfire obsolete, imagine being able to have as many gpus as you have USB ports :P

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Maybe soon they'll be able to make computers with a desktop GPU built into them.

 

 

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This excites me this really makes a desktop replacement notebook a lot more viable

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