Las gráficas externas llevan años en el mercado pero nunca han acabado de despegar, entre otras cosas porque cada fabricante de portátiles tiene su propio estándar incompatible con el resto.
La situación ha mejorado algo con Thunderbolt 3 y algunas carcasas casi universales, pero tener un ultraportátil con la GPU en casa es caro y con un soporte muy pobre por parte de los fabricantes.
Parece que todo eso se va a acabar, porque Robert Hallock de AMD ha puesto en su Facebook que las gráficas externas plug and play con conectores estándar son la respuesta y ha dicho que habrá más información "muy pronto".
Alright, let's have some Real Talk™ about gaming on the go. Gaming notebooks are great for gaming, but nobody in their right mind wants to carry one all the time. Ultrathin notebooks are awesome to carry, but nobody in their right mind would confuse one for a gaming notebook.
But there's still a HUGE appetite for thin notebooks that can game. I also bet there's a bunch of gamers out there who, as they get into their 30s and 40s, wouldn't mind condensing their entire computing life down into one device that does it all. I ALSO bet that some people wouldn't mind giving up an mITX LAN rig if their notebook had the potential to serve that role with gusto.
External GPUs are the answer. External GPUs with standardized connectors, cables, drivers, plug'n'play, OS support, etc.
More info very soon.