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Old 02-15-2011, 10:55 AM   #410 (permalink)
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Default Re: ViDock 2 - My experiences so far

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Originally Posted by TommyB0y View Post
On the expresscard, I dont see how this thing could take advantage of a fast video card. The bandwidth is not there. Seems like a gimmic, especially to say a high dollar card will work in it, which is technically true with power requirements but you are only at like 2X PCIe bandwidth, and these cards need at least 8X ports to be utilized correctly, with PCIe2.0 then I guess even a 4X bandwidth might do some good but its only 2X.
Have you seen the DIY Vidock thread at all? People there are using GTX 460/470 cards and are apparently getting pretty decent performance with x2 setups and x1 setups that use nvidia optimus.
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