News ASUS's PCIe 4.0 x4 add-in card has two USB4 Type C ports, each with 60-Watt Quick Charge and 8K DisplayPort support

[Admin]

With this Asus USB4 PCIe 4.0 x4 card, you can have up to 40Gbps bidirectional bandwidth with daisy-chaining, video output to up to 8K and up to 65-Watt Quick Charge function with each of the two type-C ports.

ASUS's PCIe 4.0 x4 add-in card has two USB4 Type C ports, each with 60-Watt Quick Charge and 8K DisplayPort support : Read more

 

[endocine]

Since GPU's literally cover the entire motherboard these days, not sure where this is going to fit

 

[rjranay]

Since GPU's literally cover the entire motherboard these days, not sure where this is going to fit

My same exact sentiments!

 

[USAFRet]

Since GPU's literally cover the entire motherboard these days, not sure where this is going to fit

Not everyone has a giant GPU.
Some of us do have space left.

 

[PEnns]

Since GPU's literally cover the entire motherboard these days, not sure where this is going to fit

Current gigantic GPUs seem to have their own Moore's Law now!

I have been thinking abut this trend the last few months. I can see a future where an external mini PC that's connected to the "regular PC" housing the GPU and its cooler (and maybe a 2000 W PSU as well!) to get around the 4 slot madness !

 

[USAFRet]

I have been thinking abut this trend the last few months. I can see a future where an external mini PC that's connected to the "regular PC" housing the GPU and its cooler (and maybe a 2000 W PSU as well!) to get around the 4 slot madness !

AKA, an eGPU. Which has been a thing for years.

 

[The Historical Fidelity]

AKA, an eGPU. Which has been a thing for years.

I think he means a full 16x interconnect GPU enclosure, not the high latency thunderbolt eGPU enclosures we have today.

 

[USAFRet]

I think he means a full 16x interconnect GPU enclosure, not the high latency thunderbolt eGPU enclosures we have today.

Well, yes.
An Enhanced eGPU.

Or, you could just get a bigger case.

 

[HideOut]

So there was no price listed or MSRP. So I went to the reference card in this article that is a very similar card from the other manufacturer. Still no price listed but I saw references to about $440. That's stupid for an add in card. You can get a decent GPU for that or buy a USB for enabled mini PC for that. Think about it an entirely extra PC with this capability for the same prices of card. Ridiculous

 

[DavidMV]

Thunderbolt and USB4 make complete sense for laptops... you can connect a dock with one cable and get multiple monitors, charging and all the ports you need. Thunderbolt and USB4 make no sense at all for desktop PCs. Using DisplayPort directly is the better option for displays and nothing else really needs the bandwidth. The loop back cable(s) from the GPU to the USB4 card are ugly and defeats half the purpose. I'm sure there are some extreme niche cases, but definitely not for me.