ViDock 2 - My experiences so far

[JDELUNA]

Originally Posted by Lethal Lottery

wasnt the vidock 4 blank? supposed to come out like a year ago? i knew they could not do it...just saying.

Actually the ViDock4 was suppose to be able to use larger and more powerful video cards, but I am wondering if just purchasing a Vidock2 now and using it with the ATI 5670 now and later upgrading it by adding a more powerful videocard and powersupply would work. Anyone know ??? God Bless

[exe163]

Originally Posted by JDELUNA

Actually the ViDock4 was suppose to be able to use larger and more powerful video cards, but I am wondering if just purchasing a Vidock2 now and using it with the ATI 5670 now and later upgrading it by adding a more powerful videocard and powersupply would work. Anyone know ??? God Bless

It should work as long as the power does not exceed that of 5670. If you need more power later on you can always add external power source.

[donis]

With vidock 4plus can i handle one HD5850 ? or maybe a GTX470 ?

[donis]

I send one mail and they answered :

"Versions of the GTX 470 card that do not exceed the power requirements and mechanical dimensions of the PCI Express® 225 W/300 W High Power Card Electromechanical Specification Revision 1.0 (no higher than 111mm) will work in ViDock 4 Plus. ViDock 4 supports up to 150W of power which is not enough for this card."


So Vidock 4 plus will work and Vidock 4 no !
What is the better card that consumes up to 225 watts ?

[GlennT]

Originally Posted by HerrKaputt

1) I live in Portugal. Where can I order the ViDock from?
2) What's the best graphics card I can put into the ViDock?
3) My laptop (see sig) has 4 GB of RAM and an Nvidia GPU. Will any of these be a problem?

Village Instruments sells direct and charges $30 for international shipping. Of course, they're out of stock right now...
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[HerrKaputt]

Originally Posted by GlennT

Village Instruments sells direct and charges $30 for international shipping. Of course, they're out of stock right now...
See Village Instruments : Store

I appreciate your help, but that's too little, too late.

[Methapwn]

hey,
i'm interested in selling my viDock4plus and evga gtx 470 sc, both about two months old, perfect condition, for about 320 dollars, where should i post something like that?
i had a hp dv8 custom laptop, it had a x2 expresscard and the vidock and 470 worked awesome, i was playing starcraft2 and world of warcraft on a samsung 3d plasma (in 3d using nvidia 3dtvplay)
however, ive decided to take the lsat and goto lawschool, and am gonna need to put the toys/addictions away to study
send me a pm or email me if you are interested or can help me sell these two pieces, thanks
paul

[shava007]

im interested

[TommyB0y]

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.

[Mjolner]

Originally Posted by TommyB0y

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.