The Alienware Graphics Amplifier

[Modzy]

Hey guys not sure if this has been posted here yet, but here it is anyway.

Source: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/193000-the-alienware-graphics-amplifier-finally-desktop-quality-graphics-on-your-laptop

Sorry if its a repost, and there is a ton of info too much to really re-type here. But check out the article above.








 

[xnoobftw]

Nothing new. It is basically an external PCI-E slot

[Semper]

Third time i've come across this topic on the forums (really wish that the search function actually worked, so I could blame members )

 

Every time I see it, I wonder slightly more, why is it even a thing? It completely undoes the concept and logical reasoning of buying a gaming laptop - small form factor. You midas well just go all-out and opt for a mini ITX build at this point.

[TheKDub]

Can people just stop posting about this? I've seen posts about this 6+ times in the past 2 days..

[Interfectorem]

A plastic cage with a 460W PSU and PCI-E slot, that uses a proprietary connector that only works with Alienware laptops for $300? No thank you.

[Modzy]

i did search for this before posting but it didnt find anything. so i am sorry for the repost.

[NeatSquidYT]

ITS NOT THAT SPECIAL, ITS BEEN DONE. SCREW YOU ALIENWARE

[Geekazoid]

I got a job for someone. Locate all the threads like this one. It'd be interesting to see just how many times this has been posted.

[the crunchiumo]

not sure why other companies couldnt do this earlier cos thunderbolt has plenty of bandwidth plus that psu is prob gunna burn your house down cos its from alienware just sayin

[ShadowCaptain]

Third time i've come across this topic on the forums (really wish that the search function actually worked, so I could blame members )

 

Every time I see it, I wonder slightly more, why is it even a thing? It completely undoes the concept and logical reasoning of buying a gaming laptop - small form factor. You midas well just go all-out and opt for a mini ITX build at this point.

 

It makes perfect sense

 

I am 99% sure I want the Alienware 13... and it has an 860m inside for portable gaming, but then, I can buy the cheap enclosure, slam a 970 in there and play games in 1440p when I am at home on my monitor

 

Also means I could take it to LANs isntead of my PC and it takes up less space than a monitor, keyboard, mouse and tower, and just a small box with a laptop

 

The laptop can be bought without it though too

[colonel_mortis]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/240174-mildly-interesting-alienware-amplifier-gpu-dock/