Some cards are now available, like Asus' EAX1800XT, that offer an external 80 Watt power supply to ensure that the computer's own power supply doesn't get overloaded.

UPDATE, 7/13: OOPS. One correction on the external card is that it does support resolutions up to 1280×1024, which technically is high-definition video. Thanks to reader Jeff, an HD nut, who p… ...

That is, unless you have an empty Express card slot and the right chipset. [Phatboy69] recently put together an external video card for his notebook, with fantastic results.

Tritton has announced that it is now selling its external USB video cards via BestBuy.com and in Best Buy retail outlets.

AverMedia’s latest external capture card is ridiculous. The Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 is a 4K capture card that already had VRR passthrough up to 144Hz, a convenient design, and a slew of recording ...

Capture cards make it possible to transfer an external video source directly to your computer. Nowadays, they're affordable and easy to use.

As microprocessors increase in efficiency and semiconductors diminish in size, the power required for them to function would also decrease -- in an ideal world, anyway. Unfortunately, this hasn't ...

When Intel and Apple released Thunderbolt, hallelujahs from the Apple choir were heard. Since very little in any of Apple’s hardware lineup is upgradeable, an external video card is the best of ...

Are cheap external USB video cards good enough to power an extra monitor or five, and what are their pitfalls? Won't handle 3D acceleration? Take up valuable CPU cycles? Leave dirty dishes around ...

If your laptop's integrated graphics just aren't cutting it for the games you want to play, you can actually connect a desktop graphics card to your ExpressCard slot with an external dock. We ...

Shuttle is showing off a new 10 inch netbook with an Intel Atom N450 processor. That’s not the interesting part. This is: It has a GXT jack for connecting an external video card to the netbook ...