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My current notebook (Asus A55VD) has a GTX 610M in it and it runs games decently. However I would like to have a better visual experience and I cam across an external adapter for laptops. However it connects via ExpressCard, I do not have one of these ports on my laptop. But I do have an open HDMI and Serial port. Would getting an adapter for one of these ports to the the ExpressCard work, which one, and how much would it impact the performance?

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My current notebook (Asus A55VD) has a GTX 610M in it and it runs games decently. However I would like to have a better visual experience and I cam across an external adapter for laptops. However it connects via ExpressCard, I do not have one of these ports on my laptop. But I do have an open HDMI and Serial port. Would getting an adapter for one of these ports to the the ExpressCard work, which one, and how much would it impact the performance?

no that wouldn't work, the serial bus is way too slow and I doubt that's an HDMI in port.  ExpressCard docks are very buggy regardless from what I've heard (assuming you're referring to ViDock EGPU solution)  You need thunderbolt (like on MacBooks) or one of alienware's laptops with the GPU port if you want to run external graphics

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There is no interface for laptops that can drive speeds greater than something like PCIE-e x1.  Those adapters are worthless.

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no that wouldn't work, the serial bus is way too slow and I doubt that's an HDMI in port.  ExpressCard docks are very buggy regardless from what I've heard (assuming you're referring to ViDock EGPU solution)  You need thunderbolt (like on MacBooks) or one of alienware's laptops with the GPU port if you want to run external graphics

My laptop does actually have a HDMI slot on the left. And the ExpressCard is actually a piece that comes with the set I found that coverts the PCI-e to the ExpressCard. This piece could be eliminated if I could go from the PCI-e to the HDMI. Would the HDMI work?

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I have an Asus A55VD which is decent at gaming. However I want a better visual and performance experience. Instead of getting a PC or a new laptop I was wondering if I could set up a GFX Card externally? Could someone please help me sort through this.

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My laptop does actually have a HDMI slot on the left. And the ExpressCard is actually a piece that comes with the set I found that coverts the PCI-e to the ExpressCard. This piece could be eliminated if I could go from the PCI-e to the HDMI. Would the HDMI work?

no HDMI is not a system bus signal.  Expresscard (although incredibly slow) is a system bus signal, so theoretically you could run a GPU on it like ViDOCK wants you to do, but you would probably suffer extreme bottlenecking.  

 

tl;dr I doesn't work with your laptop

Want a good game to play?  Check out Shadowrun: http://store.steampowered.com/app/300550/ (runs on literally any hardware)

 

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