plug in graphics card for macbook pro 2015

Like the Thunderbolt Display it might also provide Ethernet and FireWire connectivity, which would be useful for MacBook Air or other ultralight/ultrabook laptops. The current top-of-the-range ViDock 4 Plus provides up to 225 watts and two six-pin connectors - enough to power an Nvidia GTX 560 - and presumably the upcoming Thunderbolt equivalent will provide the same wattage or even more. This would be a Mac-exclusive until 2012 when Thunderbolt ports begin to appear in Windows-powered PCs.Ī ViDock is simply an external case with enough space for a full-length, two-slot-high graphics card - or eGPU - and a convenient two-port USB hub. Village Instruments already has experience with its ExpressCard-connected ViDock graphics card chassis, which provides extra GPU juice for Windows and Mac laptops, and the Thunderbolt version is expected to be the same kind of thing - but faster.

Last week, as the result of a straw poll on Facebook, Village Instruments agreed to begin development of an external Thunderbolt-connected graphics card enclosure.

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Plug in graphics card for macbook pro 2015