External video card. Dreams of gamers are becoming a reality

The development of computer technology, the rapid spread of the Internet and the resources provided by its capabilities, makes new demands on personal computers. Along with cumbersome systems intended only for stationary use, in the everyday life of ordinary users mobile compact devices such as laptops, and recently inexpensive netbooks, are appearing more often. Along with the attractive qualities of increased mobility and relative non-volatility provided to the user, these devices, despite all the abundance of attractive properties for the average user, have a number of their drawbacks. The most important disadvantage of compact devices is the price, which in terms of computer power is much higher for a laptop than for a stationary computer.

Especially from this, gamers and other admirers of 3D effects suffer greatly. The overwhelming majority of laptop owners, equipped with an integrated video system, dream of expanding the capabilities of their compact PCs. An original technical device, such as an external video card, is the logical solution to this problem. Only thanks to the use of modern technologies the main manufacturers of personal devices for a wide audience of users have already begun to develop and release serial samples of technical devices that expand the graphic capabilities of laptops.

The external video card is a stand-alone device that connects to a laptop and an additional monitor. In this design, the mobile PC acts as a regular system. The drawback of this technical solution is that the laptop's mobility is lost, on the road the external video card does not make sense.

The device from ASUS - ASUS XG Station has a rather attractive appearance, individual power and its own display for displaying various information. The user can monitor the fan speed, control the GPU heating temperature, the number of frames per second and other technical parameters. The cost of this device is quite significant, and it connects to the Express Card slot.

Appearing a bit later, AMILO GraphicBooster is more gentle about the purse of potential buyers, but it has increased its opportunities, but it can only be used with the AMILO Sa 3650 PC, just because it is the only member of this family that uses the AMD processor. The external graphics card AMILO GraphicBooster is compact and has advanced functionality, through it you can connect up to four displays simultaneously.

The external video card usb from Kuroutoshikou looks more democratically, with its choice it only remains to understand the DVI and D-Sub interfaces used by the external monitor. The device works correctly with the Pentium III processor at a frequency of 1.2 GHz, with 512 MB of RAM.

In the future, new graphic accelerators are expected to appear. The best option is a universal card that works with all personal PCs. It is possible that in the future an external thunderbolt video card will become the most promising connection interface for additional devices.