Turn your ultrabook into a gaming laptop.
Gigabyte has updated its website alongside an upgraded external graphics dock for laptops that similar a shot features a GeForce GTX 1080 graphics bill of fare inside. The novel Aorus GTX 1080 Gaming Box looks the same every bit the GeForce GTX 1070 version that is currently for sale, precisely has to a greater extent than graphics muscles for high-end gaming.
The appeal of external docks similar this 1 is existence able to purchase a thinner in addition to lighter productivity laptop for go in addition to travel, in addition to and thence tapping into a discrete graphics solution when playing games at abode (or on the road, if yous desire to lug this affair around—Gigabyte says it's slow to carry).
Gigabyte's solution comes alongside its ain 450W ability render alongside eighty Plus Gold certification in addition to a Thunderbolt 3 USB Type-C connective for plugging into a laptop. In gaming mode, the GeForce GTX 1080 has a 1,607MHz base of operations clockspeed in addition to 1,733MHz boost clock. Users tin also run the bill of fare inward OC mode, which bumps the base of operations clock to 1,632MHz in addition to boost clock to 1,771MHz. You tin await a framerate punishment from the overhead involved (compared to an internal GPU), precisely zip every bit good drastic.
The Gaming Box has 3 USB 3.0 ports for connecting peripherals, 1 of which supports Quick Charge 3.0. It also has 3 DisplayPorts, an HDMI port, in addition to a DVI port.
Gigabyte did non tell when its upgraded Gaming Box volition last available or for how much. As a signal of reference, the GeForce GTX 1070 model sells for $590 on Amazon in addition to Newegg, the latter of which is bundling a gratis headset. Not every bit good shabby, considering that Razer's Core enclosure costs $400 in addition to doesn't come upwards alongside a graphics card.
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