External Graphics card on laptop

[computerbuilder3211]

Ok i was looking into getting an external graphics card dock for my laptop and i am stuck on two different ones. If you guys could help me understand the difference between the two and point me to the better one i would greatly appreciate it.
Option 1: http://www.ebay.com/itm/V8-0-EXP-GDC-Beast-Laptop-External-Independent-Video-Card-Dock-Mini-PCI-E-Vers/181943864835?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D445fbd80857c454ba3cb96b8e486d079%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D181979374753

Option 2: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZI33ZQK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=15022XH0BGWNPJTH13HJ&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop

Update: I recently stumbled upon discovering that my laptops wifi mpci-e adapter has a white list. Will this mean this will only affect the wifi or anything in the mpci-e slot? I have a lenovo idea pad N580 that i upgraded to an i5 3210m with 8gb ram.

 

[Swordkd]

What would you be doing with it? Using your laptop with this add-in card for hooking up to another monitor and making a desktop frankenstein monster?

 

[computerbuilder3211]

What would you be doing with it? Using your laptop with this add-in card for hooking up to another monitor and making a desktop frankenstein monster?

No using these would use the external gpu instead of the laptops integraded intel graphics. It would allow me to use my laptops to play games on it too.

 

[Swordkd]

I don't believe so. A laptop doesn't have a dvi plug in for running the laptop screen off an external source. You'd be stuck using another monitor(with the laptop supplying the CPu, HDD, and Ram essentially), and you'll also need a separate power supply.

It's a frankenstein desktop at that point.

 

[computerbuilder3211]

I don't believe so. A laptop doesn't have a dvi plug in for running the laptop screen off an external source. You'd be stuck using another monitor(with the laptop supplying the CPu, HDD, and Ram essentially), and you'll also need a separate power supply.

It's a frankenstein desktop at that point.

Yeah i know that i most likely wouldn't be able to use the laptop screen with the card and that i would need a monitor. There are a few workarounds that i may try though. Any way i just want to know if there is a difference between these two or if one is better than the other.

 

[Swordkd]

As far as that's concerned, I'd buy off Amazon before I'd buy off ebay for that part. I don't think it'll work like you are hoping, and at least Amazon has a return policy.

Does your laptop have a mpci-e connection?

 

[computerbuilder3211]

As far as that's concerned, I'd buy off Amazon before I'd buy off ebay for that part. I don't think it'll work like you are hoping, and at least Amazon has a return policy.

Does your laptop have a mpci-e connection?

Yeah i could just take out my mpcie wifi card and plug it in there. They actually recommend doing it that way. And i did research about this and it will work like the alienware graphics amplifier. Its the exact same concept but its not $200 and it will work on almost any laptop. I really dont mind buying from ebay if its a better part, but i would prefer the one on amazon. Is there any differences that you can see?

 

[Swordkd]

Well, the ebay item looks far better. Other than that, they are both pci-e to mpci-e adapters. I don't see anything that differentiates them from each other, other than overall appearance.

 

[computerbuilder3211]

Well, the ebay item looks far better. Other than that, they are both pci-e to mpci-e adapters. I don't see anything that differentiates them from each other, other than overall appearance.

Yeah thats what i was thinking too but i wasn't sure.