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Crazy question: USB video card?
Posted: 2006-10-02 11:02pm
by 000
I've got a nearly new notebook that won't run Knights of the Old Republic (either one) due to some incompatability with the ATI Radeon Xpress 200M video card. I'd like to play the damn thing sometime in the next three years, so... does anyone have any idea how to get around this problem aside from getting a new computer? Do they make USB video cards or something? Is there some sort of secret fix that extensive google searches don't reveal?
Thanks in advance.
Posted: 2006-10-02 11:18pm
by Uraniun235
No, I don't believe they make USB video cards.
And even if they did, there's no way in hell it'd be capable of handling any remotely modern game, because USB cannot sustain anywhere near the data transfer rate (to say nothing of a host of other issues) necessary for that sort of application.
Posted: 2006-10-02 11:29pm
by Nephtys
And this is why one does not game on a Laptop. At least, one that doesn't cost 2000+ dollars.
Posted: 2006-10-02 11:30pm
by Beowulf
USB video cards do exist, but it's not really a good idea for 3D games, unless you like slideshows. If possible, I'd say add an internal video card, though if you're on a laptop, that's fairly close to impossible.
Re: Crazy question: USB video card?
Posted: 2006-10-03 12:36am
by Durandal
000 wrote:I've got a nearly new notebook that won't run Knights of the Old Republic (either one) due to some incompatability with the ATI Radeon Xpress 200M video card. I'd like to play the damn thing sometime in the next three years, so... does anyone have any idea how to get around this problem aside from getting a new computer? Do they make USB video cards or something? Is there some sort of secret fix that extensive google searches don't reveal?
Um ... no.
Posted: 2006-10-03 12:39am
by Seggybop
Nephtys wrote:And this is why one does not game on a Laptop. At least, one that doesn't cost 2000+ dollars.
Well, there are laptops available for about half of that that are capable of at least playably running most games. Not that such info helps the OP at all, unless he wants to try selling his current unit.
Posted: 2006-10-03 03:34am
by 000
Ah.
Well, thanks anyway. : P I aplogize for sounding dense; I only know the basics about how computers operate.
Anyway, KotOR I & II are literally the only games my notebook can't handle, and it's only due to some compatability thing with the graphics card.
But yeah, I'm not about to try getting a new computer just to play these games. I don't really game much, anyway-- I just wanted to run through The Sith Lords to get the gist of the storyline.
Oh well.