We remember the XG Station when it had a GeForce 7900 GS at its core and today, with Nvidia already pushing the 9 series cards, Asus' product has yet to be delivered. But all is not lost as apparently Asus has pretty much finished up work on the external graphics solution.

Boasting a well-designed black casing with an LCD and 'overclocking knob' at the front, the XG Station can be hooked up to graphically-challenged laptops via an Express Card slot. The external card offers a two-slot PCI-Express x1 interface and in its 'stock' form it is powered by a GeForce 8600 GT with 256MB clocked at 700 MHz (GPU) and 700 MHz (memory). The two slots suggest a possible SLI setup but the PCIe x1 connection will likely cripple performance significantly enough for SLI to not be a viable solution.

In addition to pumping extra juice into your laptop's graphics capabilities, the XG Station also features two audio outputs and two USB connectors. The actual release date of the XG Station is still up in the air, as is its price tag.





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