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[stinos]

Anyone knows how far this 'basically external PCIe' actually goes? If it's really PCIe, does this mean I can get any of my current PCIe cards, solder a TB cable onto them and use them as such provided I have proper drivers?

[cnvogel → stinos]

Here's a guy connecting a graphics card to his mac via Thunderbolt.

http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/58429-macbook-air-uses-g...

    "Normal" GPU + external Powersupply
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   Adapter: PCIx1-Slot to Express-Card
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   Adapter: External Expresscard-Slot to Thunderbolt
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     | <-- TBolt cable
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   MacBook

[stinos → cnvogel]

nice.

[mschuster91 → stinos]

Yeah. There exist dead expensive adapter boxes and AFAIR they only get either 4x or 8x speed, but not all 16 PCIe lanes.