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zero129 said:

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Good news for those of you with a laptop but not a gaming computer.

AMD XConnect wants to make external GPUs easier to use

http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2016/03/amd-xconnect-external-gpu/

AMD has introduced XConnect, a form of driver-level support for external graphics cards, as part of its latest Radeon 16.3 driver. XConnect allows users to add and remove a Thunderbolt 3 external graphics device (eGFX) such as the Razer Core, without needing to restart the PC, as well as switch between discrete and integrated graphics on-the-fly.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uraNu-H9S6I

This is pretty cool. Id imagine that if the consoles ever do allow upgrades it would be something like this, except maybe without the user being able to add their own GPU.

Oh, I'm sure that if consoles ever adopt this model, the external unit will be a closed device with no means for us to open it.

And yes, the fact that we finally have a standard tech behind this kind of device is very good news, and hopefully more brands will jump in.