Im looking for a PCI Express 2.0 or 3.0 x16 to USB converter
- Thread starter HIT2K
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Are you talking about doing something like this?
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/graphics-cards/how-to-make-an-external-laptop-graphics-adaptor-915616
I would not recommend this at all. The amount of money you are going to spend on this might as well be used to buy a better laptop or desktop pc
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/graphics-cards/how-to-make-an-external-laptop-graphics-adaptor-915616
I would not recommend this at all. The amount of money you are going to spend on this might as well be used to buy a better laptop or desktop pc
manofchalk
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Nope.
The 5Gb/s that a USB3 port can handle is nowhere near enough for a graphics card, for a graphics card you want a PCIe Gen2 8x slot which is about 4GB/s of bandwidth (note that 5Gb = 0.625GB).
If you want to run an external graphics card, the only viable solution right now is either a low performance card connected via Mini-PCIe or Thunderbolt-PCIe enclosure.
The 5Gb/s that a USB3 port can handle is nowhere near enough for a graphics card, for a graphics card you want a PCIe Gen2 8x slot which is about 4GB/s of bandwidth (note that 5Gb = 0.625GB).
If you want to run an external graphics card, the only viable solution right now is either a low performance card connected via Mini-PCIe or Thunderbolt-PCIe enclosure.
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