Adanced Dock for Z60m

[smek]

Hi, Im about to purchase a the new z60m and probably will need a dock. For the advance dock on the Lenovo site it says that it has a half-size PCI-e slot, does that mean I can get a PCI-e video card and put that in? thanks

[own6volvos]

Hi, Im about to purchase a the new z60m and probably will need a dock. For the advance dock on the Lenovo site it says that it has a half-size PCI-e slot, does that mean I can get a PCI-e video card and put that in? thanks

"One half-size PCI Express card slot - Supports a range of graphics adapter cards that allow for multi-monitoring"

I guess so. The ExpressCard slot is no more than a PCI-e interface with a few more leads. Not sure what popular cards would work in it though.

EDIT: out of the manual:

Note: The ThinkPad Advanced Dock accepts a standard height (111.15 mm (4.376 in.)) and half length PCI Express Cards (167.65 mm (6.6 in.)) only. Before you install the PCI Express Card, check the dimensions of the card.

[luko]

If I have a z40t with integrated graphic card and would install additional graphic card into Advanced Dock can I expect a good gaming performance?

I want to play very rarely (mostly at home, sometimes in the office ) but definitely not on the road...

Can external graphic card drive the notebook's own display or it works only with external displays attached to the Dock?

[smek]

I have not seen one yet for less that 379 plus shipping, add a grfx card for about 200 and your putting more than a half a grand to play some games. Not the most economical solution, but im still not sure about what "half-sized" really means.