You can preorder the bundle now on Asus' siteĀ for $3,200.
It will initially ship only as a bundle, and the XG Mobile will cost about as much as the laptop when it ships separately, though there will be less expensive a step-down model.
It's a clever solution, and hopefully the first of many variations on the thin-and-light gaming laptop. Graphics card not included Supports one full-length, dual-wide PCIe x16 card and 5 x USB 3.
#External graphics card for laptop asus pro
Asus is likely assuming you'll be connected to an external monitor when docked. ASUS XG Station Pro is the sleek, stylish dock that connects your Ultrabook or other Thunderbolt 3-equipped notebook computer to a desktop graphics card. The laptop serving as a two-in-one is the icing on the cake, though 13 inches feels pretty small for a gaming laptop. It has a stand to prop it up and some illumination as well. It contains four USB-A connections, an SD card slot and gigabit Ethernet, as well as the DisplayPort and HDMI ports on the actual graphics card. Unlike most eGPUs, the XG Mobile is relatively small: 55 by 208 by 29 mm and 2.2 pounds. The XG Mobile is a hub plus eGPU enclosure equipped with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Plus, when the eGPU is connected, the system disables the integrated GPU, so it can allocate the power savings to the eGPU. The top variant features an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS processor combined with a Radeon RX 6800S graphics card and. That means it couldn't power the hub without taking a hit. These are 14-inch WQXGA laptops with 120Hz refresh rates and 2,560 x 1,600 resolutions. Why? Because Thunderbolt throttles the connection between the GPU and the main system, and the bandwidth is split among the other connections. In order to facilitate that, Asus is using a proprietary connector (Alienware long has as well).