Magma Expressbox

thewombleofdeath · Post by **thewombleofdeath** » January 18th, 2008, 21:12

Just come across this; a box that you can put pci-express graphics cards, sound cards etc. and connect it easily to your laptop for 'gaming on the move'.

PDF File wrote:Just about any type of PCI Express card can be used in ExpressBox1
ranging from audio processing, video capture, graphics, test and
measurement, data-acquisition, SCSI, FibreChannel, SATA and more.

http://www.amplicon.co.uk/data/Magma_EB1.pdf

downside is its $750

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 19th, 2008, 12:44

That's sort of clever I guess. Someone somewhere might want one.

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 19th, 2008, 13:01

I thought it sounded rather good until I saw the price tag. Might as well just spend the extra money (which would probably translate to about £500 knowing the way things are priced in the UK) on a better laptop.

eion · Post by **eion** » January 19th, 2008, 13:06

Dog Pants wrote:Might as well just spend the extra money (which would probably translate to about £500 knowing the way things are priced in the UK) on a better laptop.

Unless you can't get the functionality you need in any laptop, which could well be the case for several of the applications they've listed.

Also, maximum power draw for the PCI Express card is 50W, one more way in which this would be a poor solution for mobile gaming.