Big laptops are great, but lugging around a desktop-level GPU on a plane? Not so much. Enter the ASUS ROG XG Station 3, the external graphics dock that turns any Thunderbolt 5 laptop into a mini gaming or rendering beast. ASUS showed it off at Gamescom 2025, where folks were probably flexing how fast it crams 80 Gbps of Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth into something that’s still more portable than a full Tower PC.
This thing doesn’t just add GPU muscle (hello, RTX 50 Series or Radeon RX 9000)—it’s also a Thunderbolt dock with three extra 10 Gbps USB-C ports, Aura Sync lighting for desktop bling, and a hidden-connector BTF design that keeps your cables tamed instead of tangling like old arcade joystick wiring.
Need to edit 4K footage on the sofa or crank out AI models at a café? This station is the kind of wild accessory that turns your humble laptop into a power tool without turning your backpack into a brick. If you are intrigued, you can learn more about the XG Station 3 HERE.
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