external graphic card and display

[Liam Proven]

On 10 August 2010 10:54, Tyler J. Wagner <tyler at tolaris.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 Aug 2010 09:44:06 xPol wrote:
>> I would like to connect my laptop to an external, larger display. The mmin
>> reason to do that is to ease my laptop work, by feeding the graphic signal
>> to an external device.
>> Are there displays embedding own graphic card?
>
> That's not how they work. An external display still must be fed from your
> video device.

Some do, actually. You can purchase USB2 video adaptors and also
monitors with USB2 inputs which actually contain their own display
circuitry & generate the image they display. (N.B. This is /not/ the
same as a conventional monitor with a built-in USB hub.)

E.g.
External graphics:
http://www.usbgear.com/USB2_SVGA_USB_video_carD/

USB monitor:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/monitors/display/samsung-sm940ux.html

> 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.

Concur with this part, though.


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