Gigabyte rx 580 gaming box, new external graphics card solution

Gigabyte continues betting on its external graphics solutions, the manufacturer has shown the first photos of its new Gigabyte RX 580 Gaming Box, which seeks to offer great features, to users of very compact equipment such as mini PCs and laptops.

Everything about the new Gigabyte RX 580 Gaming Box

This new Gigabyte RX 580 Gaming Box is based on a dock with a Thunderbolt 3 interface, to communicate with the computer through a 40 Gbps interface. Therefore, one of its biggest limitations will be the need for a Thunderbolt 3 port, on the computer to which it will be connected. Inside it has a 450W power supply with an energy efficiency of 90% to reduce heat emission. The dock also offers a hub with three USB 3.0 ports. As for the video outputs, an HDMI port is offered alongside three DisplayPort ports.

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The Gigabyte RX 580 graphics card hidden inside works at base and turbo speeds of 1257MHz and 1340MHz respectively. Gigabyte has implemented an OC mode that further raises the frequency, down to 1355MHz to improve performance. This card has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory with a speed of 8 GHz and a 256-bit interface.

Finally we highlight the cooling, in charge of a large fan that is responsible for generating the necessary air flow, and several copper heatpipes. Pricing has not been announced.

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