External Graphics Card

[PHWOARR]

So here's a question for people with far more knowledge than me. If I have an HP Pavilion DM-4 laptop with a Core i5-450m processor and 4 GB of ram, could I use an external graphics card set up over a USB 2.0 connection? Mind you, not a top-of-the-line GTX 980, but maybe a GTX 650? Or some other lower-end but decent card? This is more for curiosity and general insanity than true usability, but it makes me wonder nonetheless.

[FilipSebik]

5 minutes ago, PHWOARR said:

So here's a question for people with far more knowledge than me. If I have an HP Pavilion DM-4 laptop with a Core i5-450m processor and 4 GB of ram, could I use an external graphics card set up over a USB 2.0 connection? Mind you, not a top-of-the-line GTX 980, but maybe a GTX 650? Or some other lower-end but decent card? This is more for curiosity and general insanity than true usability, but it makes me wonder nonetheless.

Never ever.

 

Only USB C or Thunderbolt 3.0 (idk if 3.0) can do it

[PHWOARR]

1 minute ago, FilipSebik said:

Never ever.

 

Only USB C or Thunderbolt 3.0 (idk if 3.0) can do it

Gotcha. I figured it'd be too much of a bottleneck, just wanted to confirm. Thanks!

[FilipSebik]

34 minutes ago, PHWOARR said:

Gotcha. I figured it'd be too much of a bottleneck, just wanted to confirm. Thanks!

No bottleneck. It wouldn't even work with USB 2.0 or 3.0