Asus ROG XG Station 2 is ready to spread its wings
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Asus has been toying with the concept of external boxes for desktop graphics cards for laptops for a long time. The company has been showing the ROG XG Station 2 at trade shows since its January 2016 CES debut. A second peek at the XG Station 2 at Computex this past summer revealed that the proprietary connector had been replaced with a Thunderbolt 3 port. Now, Asus has now announced final specifications and a release window for the external graphics dock.
The final revision of the XG Station 2 retains the Thunderbolt 3 connector, but augments that 40 Gbps link with an extra USB Type-B connection for increased bandwidth between the host machine and the Station. The dock can be connected and ...