External graphics card box

[whitedragon101]

Does anybody know if external graphics have made any leaps forward recently or is it still a dead market?

I have a laptop with a 9600gt in it which is ok but for Arma 2 and the like I am after a box that just plugs into my express-card slot and inside I can put whatever graphics card I want (which will be a Nvidia 295gtx ). This seems totally do-able yet no-one seems to do it.

Are there any products out there like this (or on the horizon?)

 

[Wolfshadw]

The main limitation to this technology is the PC ExpressCard slot. It's bandwidth is limited to PCI-Ex1. Read through this article and see what happens when bandwidth is cut from x16 to x1.

-Wolf sends

 

[whitedragon101]

The processor is not too shabby actually its a 2.8ghz Core 2 Duo.

Not i7 territory but powerful enough to use a good deal of the 295's grunt.