Image: courtesy of sweclockers.com
Computer parts manufacturer msi has unveiled a Thunderbolt connected cabinet that houses desktop class graphic cards, the GUS II. Sacrificing portability for power is maybe a thing of the past when msi fires up their cabinet connected to a MacBook Pro at CES.
The GUS II cabinet ships with the fairly potent Radeon HD 6770. However, you can plug in any 150 W TDP graphics card according to msi. There are also plans on shipping the Radeon HD 6850.
Thunderbolt is a high bandwidth data transfer interface, made by Intel and is currently up against the non standardized USB 3.0 interface. msi says that GUS II’s performance over Thunderbolt is that of PCI Express x4 but that it will only lead to a frame rate loss of maximum ten percent compared to same card mounted in a desktop computer. So nothing to worry about there!
The msi GUS II is due for release in May this year. Prices starts at 249 USD with pre-installed Radeon HD 6770. We like!
NB: Even though the GUS II is tested on a MacBook Pro, you can only run non-Mac OS graphics cards under Windows in for example Boot camp.
