EVGA Begins to Sell Graphics Adapters for USB

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EVGA Unleashes USB Graphics Adapters

EVGA, a leading supplier of graphics cards, this week said it had begun to sell USB graphics adapters (UGAs) for personal computers (PCs) that can be plugged directly to USB connectors and do not require any spare PCI Express or PCI slots. The new devices utilize technology from DisplayLink and may be useful for notebooks or small form-factor desktops that cannot be opened, but require additional display or displays.

“DisplayLink technology enables us to deliver a UGA that is affordable, portable, and easy to use, which dovetails perfectly with EVGA’s strategy of penetrating broader consumer markets. At the same time, we hope that the EVGA UV12 and UV16 will help bring DisplayLink’s exciting USB display technology to a wider mainstream audience,” said Joe Darwin, director of marketing for EVGA.

EVGA’s new UV Plus+ Family of products which consists of the UV12 and UV16 USB graphics adapters, are based on DisplayLink network display technology, enabling Windows XP and Vista users to quickly and easily connect multiple displays to a PC or notebook via simple USB connection. EVGA said that up to four displays can be connected to a single PC provided that four UGAs are used.

DisplayLink network display technology – which is already relatively well-known – is used by LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics to power monitors that come with USB or Ethernet connection. Specifically designed chips from DisplayLink can receive a compressed video stream via such interfaces as USB, Ethernet or WiMedia (a wireless data-transfer standard with a throughput up to 480Mbps), uncompress it into video with a resolution up to 1400x1050 (DL-120/EVGA UV12) or 1600x1200 (DL-160/EVGA UV16) and in full 24-bit color, and output it in RGB (for an analog connection to a monitor) or LVDS (for a digital connection) formats.

According to DisplayLink, the network monitor technology supports Windows Vista Aero interface, which requires 3D graphics acceleration, even though the company admits that “there may be interoperability issues with some graphics cards”; in addition, DisplayLink supports video playback.

The EVGA UV12 and UV16 adapters will have an expected street price of “well below $100. Both adapters are now available through EVGA’s network of E-tailers, retailers, systems integrators and distributors.

Would be an interesting product specially for notebooks.

Source :- X-bit labs - EVGA Begins to Sell Graphics Adapters for USB.

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

No need to double post...

Topic closed.

Sorry, Adrian i didn't know that i've posted this twice.Thanks for telling me.Actually i'm on a very slow net connection (64 Kbps) & sometimes the pages don't respond after a create a new post.So, i've clicked the submit/save button twice & the matter got posted twice.Thanks for telling me.You can delete the other thread please.

[Lacus]

Wow, this should be cool. A cheaper alternative for a gpu card ;D...I wonder when is this gonna hit malaysia's market :/

[jasperchc]

it only says you can connect multiple displays via the USB, no where does it mention an increase in graphic processing power in terms of gaming. Why havent anyone come up with a external USB graphic card for notebooks?

[The_YongGrand]

Don't they have lower end versions (something like a Radeon 9200SE)... so that I can play Postal 2 on my old, beaten up 2003 Vaio?

[lee_what2004]

but then the usb will bottleneck it

[Mac Daddy]

Originally Posted by lee_what2004

but then the usb will bottleneck it

I was thinking the same thing whats the maximum bandwidth of even USB 2.0 ?

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

I was thinking the same thing whats the maximum bandwidth of even USB 2.0 ?

It's only 60MB/s. IMHO, this is really more of a marketing gimmick than a real solution. USB 2.0 is just too slow.

[Mac Daddy]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

It's only 60MB/s. IMHO, this is really more of a marketing gimmick than a real solution. USB 2.0 is just too slow.

My thoughts exactly

[Max_87]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

It's only 60MB/s. IMHO, this is really more of a marketing gimmick than a real solution. USB 2.0 is just too slow.

It's not, especially with USB2.0. It's only good for displaying static images, it will definitely fail when displaying dynamic stuff on the screen. The only place where I see this to be useful is when you have a laptop and you need to connect it to multiple displays (to display static stuff of course )

[lee_what2004]

Originally Posted by Max_87

It's not, especially with USB2.0. It's only good for displaying static images, it will definitely fail when displaying dynamic stuff on the screen. The only place where I see this to be useful is when you have a laptop and you need to connect it to multiple displays (to display static stuff of course )

but then again, dynamic is what we use, static is only for displays at the store