When I looked at images of the "new" Gx2 from Nvidia it gave me an idea. A lot of people find opening up their computers to be a scary process so why not do upgrades though expansion ports along the side of the case?
My idea of how it works would be to have a standardised case/motherboard format so that a graphics card can be installed and powered without opening up the case, and instead all the consumer would have to do is undo a thumb screw and pop it in. The only difficult part would be inserting the cd and running the install software. I invision that the whole process be doable without even shutting off the computer, just make it so once the computer is restarted the whole system boots off the card rather than the IGP.
Once the graphics card is in, it replaces the opened slot along the side of the case so there is nothing more the consumer has to do. It would require power to be supplied off the motherboard, directly through the PCIe interface and maybe a power socked. It doesn't have to be an expensive solution, infact it may only cost a few cents in extra materials once volumes are reached.
Not all graphics cards would have to be like that, only the consumer level mainstream ones. My hope is that making it simple will make more of the graphics market mainstream. This can only benifit all players in the market, but especially AMD and Nvidia.
This is just an idea, I hope we can have a good discussion on this.
My idea of how it works would be to have a standardised case/motherboard format so that a graphics card can be installed and powered without opening up the case, and instead all the consumer would have to do is undo a thumb screw and pop it in. The only difficult part would be inserting the cd and running the install software. I invision that the whole process be doable without even shutting off the computer, just make it so once the computer is restarted the whole system boots off the card rather than the IGP.
Once the graphics card is in, it replaces the opened slot along the side of the case so there is nothing more the consumer has to do. It would require power to be supplied off the motherboard, directly through the PCIe interface and maybe a power socked. It doesn't have to be an expensive solution, infact it may only cost a few cents in extra materials once volumes are reached.
Not all graphics cards would have to be like that, only the consumer level mainstream ones. My hope is that making it simple will make more of the graphics market mainstream. This can only benifit all players in the market, but especially AMD and Nvidia.
This is just an idea, I hope we can have a good discussion on this.
