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External Video Card Recommendation
Hi,
I have a Gateway Laptop, the specs are below. It’s a low end general purpose laptop with no upgrades.Any recommendations on an external video card?
Do they even make external video cards that use USB3? — I would want something I could bring forward if I bought a new laptop.
Are there any brands, psuedo cards, or devices I should avoid?PURPOSE: The purpose for the card would be to use it with Vegas, and to support plugins (live BlueFxTitler) which demand a better video card to work.
It’s an Intel Core i5, 2.4GHz with 4GB of RAM. There is an Intel Graphics card (maybe I should say cardette). It has 1760MB memory and 128 MB dedicated video memory, System video Memory of zero and Shared System Memory of 1632 MB.
Thanks
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[Alex Kerezy] “PURPOSE: The purpose for the card would be to use it with Vegas, and to support plugins (live BlueFxTitler) which demand a better video card to work.”
You’re not going to find that kind of adapter. The only adapters that support USB are for extending to a second display but they do not accelerate graphics in any way so they are not a “better video card”. If you want a better video card you need to buy a laptop that has a better video card or get a desktop where you can add any graphics card you want.
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You are not gonna find that as you are expecting Alex.
As John said, best you get a laptop with the graphics card
built in or a desktop where you can drop in what you want.Steve Rhoden
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Unfortunately John is right. I do have one such USB to HDMI adapter which I use on my laptop when giving demonstrations, but only for that purpose. I have also used it at work on my work PC when I temporarily needed a third screen to go with my dual screen setup. The USB video card will not improve your editing experience.
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