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"low profile" graphic card
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I'm searching for a good PCI Express Low profile graphic card (for gaming) for my Compaq DC7100 Small Form factor PC. I was only able to find the Radeon X300 but this one is not strong enough for modern games.... Perhaps someone knows a good card that will fit in my desktop Thank You for helping me Neptune |
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Neptune, 6/5/2005, 8:27:43 PM, wrote:
Hello I'm searching for a good PCI Express Low profile graphic card (for gaming) for my Compaq DC7100 Small Form factor PC. I was only able to find the Radeon X300 but this one is not strong enough for modern games.... Perhaps someone knows a good card that will fit in my desktop Thank You for helping me Neptune We built 100 1U (1.75") high server chassis computers with the Nvidia GeForce 5600 video card. You don't need a low profile video card, get a right-angle riser that essentially lays the card flat across the remaining PCI slots. You will have to give up some slots, but it can be done. Just test the clearance of the video card's fan and buy the proper height riser to accomodate the video card of your choice. Since PCI Express is relatively new it may be a bit more difficult to find but it will certainly be cheaper. -- No matter what happens someone will find a way to take it too seriously. |
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On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 02:27:43 +0200, "Neptune"
wrote: Hello I'm searching for a good PCI Express Low profile graphic card (for gaming) for my Compaq DC7100 Small Form factor PC. How will you cool it? It's not just a matter of airflow, but with the case side right up against the card's PCB the airflow will be very poor regardless of whether there's a fan on it. ALso there's overall chassis airflow and the limited power supply- People don't buy much bigger systems just for the heck of it, they do so for this vary reason (among others). I was only able to find the Radeon X300 but this one is not strong enough for modern games.... "Strong enough" typically means it's clocked higher, uses more power, needs more cooling. A Geforce 6200 is about 20% faster (on average) than X300, that's probably the best bet. |
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