Low-Profile Graphics Cards? 23
thebrix asks: "I've acquired a Dell
OptiPlex GX150. It's a pleasant machine to use - small, quiet and uses only 145 watts at full tilt with my flat panel - but its
Achilles heel is the feeble i815 on-board graphics which steals RAM from main memory and plasters black bars onto my KDE desktop at inconvenient moments. There's a 4xAGP slot, but it's low-profile because of the small chassis and finding a low-profile graphics card is proving difficult because, invariably, manufacturers are more interested in listing whizzo features than how big the card is. So far, the Matrox G550 Dual DVI is the only card I've come across which definitely fits. Does anyone
know of others?"
Can't you get an agp bus extension at an L? (Score:1)
Try the Asus V7100 Pro (Score:2, Informative)
He says that the Asus V7100 Pro (http://www.asus.com.tw/vga/agpv7100pro/overview.
did you try ATI? (Score:1)
Re:did you try ATI? (Score:1)
Nvidia Quadro 4 200NVS (Score:1)
Stick with the G550 (Score:3, Informative)
By the way The VGA/DVI version is low profile too.
Re:Stick with the G550 (Score:1)
Re:Stick with the G550 (Score:2)
NLX vs ATX card styles (Score:2)
You may want to look for cards that advertise 'NLX' compatibility. The NLX I/O shield is half as high and twice a wide as conventional card IO shields. (also known as ATX, perhaps overloading the motherboard acronym) A few years back I installed a G400 in a system at work to replace the planar video, and it came with an NLX shield in the box. A few moments to change shields, and it was in and running.
GeForce 2 MX (Score:1)
Second hand? (Score:1)
Modem (Score:1)
Re:Modem (Score:1)
Had a similar problem with an i810 card (Score:2, Informative)
Have you tried Dell? (Score:1)
Here's a thought (Score:1)