External card

[leomilla]

well i was looking for an external graphic card, but i have no clue on tho which to pick. also i found something old about an ASUS XG station external gpu. what is that and will it enhance my pc. i render a lot.








ASUS N61JQ-XV1 16-Inch Versatile Entertainment Laptop

Product Features
Intel Core i7-740QM Quad-Core Processor 1.73GHz with turbo boost up to 2.93GHz
4GB of DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM, 2 slots, 8GB Max;
ATI HD5730 graphics with 1GB DDR3 VRAM
500GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM);
Super Multi Optical Disk Drive;
Wi-Fi 802.11 bgn
HDMI Port;
USB 3.0 port;
Bluetooth;
2.0MP Webcam
16-Inch HD (1366x768) LED Display;
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Operating System

Processor, Memory, and Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i7-740QM Quad-Core Processor 1.73GHz with turbo boost up to 2.93GHz
RAM: 4 GB
RAM Type: DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM

Hard Drive
Size: 500 GB,7200 RPM

 

[wolfram23]

Rendering is affected by the CPU not the GPU. Well, maybe there are some GPU accelerated rendering programs out there, I'm not an expert, but all the rendering I've seen is 100% CPU reliant.

Unless you're gaming your 5730 mobile card is fine...

If you seriously are doing a lot of graphics and design work you should invest in a good desktop. An i7 2600K at 4.5ghz would completely crush your current mobile CPU in rendering.

 

[leomilla]

what about the Asus XG station external gpu. what does that do? is it any good?