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There are indeed external video &quot;cards&quot; which connect by USB. &nbsp;They are not as fast or as capable as PCIe bus cards, but they do the job when the desired end is to add more monitors to a machine which otherwise would have no options.<br />
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Startech (this is not an endorsement) make several varieties.<br />
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<a href="https://www.startech.com/en-us/audio-video-products/display-and-video-adapters/usb-video-adapters" rel="ugc">https://www.startech.com/en-us/audio-video-products/display-and-video-adapters/usb-video-adapters</a><br />
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Note that these are not usable by programs which use GPUs for computing, e.g. BOINC.
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There are indeed external video "cards" which connect by USB.  They are not as fast or as capable as PCIe bus cards, but they do the job when the desired end is to add more monitors to a machine which otherwise would have no options.

Startech (this is not an endorsement) make several varieties.

https://www.startech.com/en-us/audio-video-products/display-and-video-adapters/usb-video-adapters [https://www.startech.com/en-us/audio-video-products/display-and-video-adapters/usb-video-adapters]

Note that these are not usable by programs which use GPUs for computing, e.g. BOINC.

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YA saw these adapters and expansion cards. I have a fanless PC that is unable to take expansion PCI cards directly to the motherboard. Am using a video intensive program and was hoping there was some kind of GPU available (from NVidia or others) external to the PC? Is this even possible?<br><br>Thanks!
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YA saw these adapters and expansion cards. I have a fanless PC that is unable to take expansion PCI cards directly to the motherboard. Am using a video intensive program and was hoping there was some kind of GPU available (from NVidia or others) external to the PC? Is this even possible?

Thanks!

John Porter

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Hello Experts,<br><br>Does anyone know if A Graphics Processing Unit (video card) can be external to the PC and connected via USB?<br><br>Thanks!
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Hello Experts,
Does anyone know if A Graphics Processing Unit (video card) can be external to the PC and connected via USB?
Thanks!

GPU video card connected to PC via USB port?

A monitor or a display is an electronic visual display for computers, usually comprised of the display device, circuitry, casing, and power supply. The display device in modern monitors is typically a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) thin panel, while older monitors used a cathode ray tube (CRT) about as deep as the screen size. They are connected to the computer via VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, LVDS or other proprietary connectors and signals.

Displays / Monitors

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Components

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