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| Taipei, Taiwan, January 6, 2007 –ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS), the leading provider of high-performance graphics solutions, today launched the XG Station as the industry’s first public demonstration of the world’s first external graphics card station for notebook computers. Equipped with Express Card interface, USB 2.0 and Dolby headphones, the XG station seamlessly integrates notebook computing with PC graphics power.
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http://no.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=5392
This one looks really promising!
ASUS is talking about a 9x increase in speed compared to the Intel 945GM graphics that's standard in many Notebooks, but it should also outperform
most/all(?) gaming notebooks with "hotter" graphics cards as well.
The extra features looks really nice as well:
XG Station is designed with ease of use in mind. A large LED screen is adopted to provide clear display of critical system status statistics including the following- System master volume
- GPU clock speed
- Current GPU temperature
- Dolby® Headphone feature status
- Current actual Frames Per Second (FPS) information
- GPU fan speed Indicator
The price isn't set yet, but rumors says that it will cost around $300-$350 here in Europe, so it's much much cheaper to upgrade just this one than to buy a new gaming notebook every year anyway..
