external graphic card and display

[xPol]

Tyler J. Wagner wrote:


> That's not how they work. An external display still must be fed from your
> video device.
> 

i see. Maybe a solution could be to buy a sort of 'dumb terminal' and 
connecting it to my laptop through an ethernet netowork?

> What do you mean by "ease my laptop work"? No change of the type you
> propose will have a noticeable impact on workload or performance, except
> in the case of installing a more powerful video device.
> 

I work with my laptop all the day long. The box stays very hot all the time 
and i believe that part of the heating is caused by the graphic card.

thank you 
----p