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Nomgle wrote:ozyrys120 wrote:Popular DELL SFF have only 1 single slot pcie. Only single slot gpu could be
Look more closely at the black PCIe x4 slot on the right - DELL use an open-ended slot. Only the blue PCIe x16 slot is width-limited - you can run your low profile double-width card in the x4 slot just fine, and the performance-drop is minimal compared to the x16 slot. Here's a clearer picture of mine :
rich0dify wrote:Nomgle wrote:ozyrys120 wrote:Popular DELL SFF have only 1 single slot pcie. Only single slot gpu could be
Look more closely at the black PCIe x4 slot on the right - DELL use an open-ended slot. Only the blue PCIe x16 slot is width-limited - you can run your low profile double-width card in the x4 slot just fine, and the performance-drop is minimal compared to the x16 slot. Here's a clearer picture of mine :
What card do you use with your Dell SFF? (Guessing by the shot it's a T1700, same as mine) I'm planning on getting a 1050Ti - just wondering if the 4x will be enough power for it, as from what I recall 4x doesn't provide as much power to the card as 16x does...
Topinio wrote:As AMD in its wisdom has decided to not release the new WHQL driver for Windows 8.1 systems, and will not support that OS for the last 5.5 years of its 10.2 year lifecycle, my HTPC needs a new GPU. This will be a NVIDIA card.
I'm looking at the EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Passive Low Profile (02G-P4-6332-KR) and the EVGA GeForce GT 1030 SC Low Profile (02G-P4-6333-KR), thought they looked worth sharing here.
Vhalidictes wrote:That's not great, but to be fair to the AMD developers there can't be that many systems running 8.1 at this point. There's even fewer that can't run Windows 10, even though it would be limited to the last major release for some Atom CPUs.
Aranarth wrote:you can still use the win 7 driver amd says.
I wonder if it is SPECIFIC support for win 8.1 features but in general it still works?
deruberhanyok wrote:@Topinio
The EVGA cards are sort of the odd ducks of the available GT 1030s, at least the ones I've seen. The passively cooled one looks nice and if you've got a system where it would fit it would make for an excellent HTPC kind of card - as long as there's some airflow to keep it cool, of course. But the heatsink is tall and EVGA has it listed as a "1.5" slot card. The "SC" version is also listed as "1.5" slots but they don't provide height measurements for either one.
EVGA also has a full height, single slot, dual DVI GT 1030 which, I'm going to be completely honest you guys, is SO SO EPIC because it looks just like an old GeForce 8600GT or something, but it doesn't really apply to this thread and I just wanted to point it out because it seems EVGA is the one making oddball GPU configurations of the 1030, instead of say, Zotac or one of the other usual offenders.
At any rate, I was thinking of picking up one of the EVGA cards, my local Micro Center has them on sale right now. If I do I will measure the actual height, but I think if you've got a single-slot case that has a little extra space available for heatsink height, but not enough for a full second slot, they might end up being really good, quiet versions of the 1030.
deruberhanyok wrote:@topinio
do post back with your impressions on the EVGA card!
Shinare wrote:I have several computers here at work that have two dell 30" monitors each running at 2560x1600. Now that I've gone through three R5 340x replacements I'm finally getting it through my thick skull that these vid cards may not be able to sustain such high res on two monitors.
Does anyone have a suggestion on a half-height (low profile) vid card that could push 2x monitors running at 2560x1600 res? Only needed for business applications, no gaming or 3d what-so-ever.
Edit: Needs to be single slot.
Edit Edit: Found this topic so I deleted my post and moved it here.
deruberhanyok wrote:If, on the other hand, you are unfortunate enough to have inherited a bunch of 3007fps, which require a dual-link DVI connection, you won't find a single-slot low profile card for what you need. There are some Quadros in that form factor that have 1 dual-link DVI output and 1 displayport output, but none with two dual-link DVI; the connectors are too big to put two of them on a single slot, low profile card and I don't think an old school DMS59 or VHDCI connector was ever made to carry two dual-link DVI outputs. In this case I would suggest you decide whether it is more cost effective to replace the PCs, the monitors, or the users.
deruberhanyok wrote:...has three mini-displayport outputs and a little more oomph to drive those displays...
ozyrys120 wrote:I have a solution for all my problems with GPU...
except aesthetic
Remove PSU and waiting for msi 1050 lp 2gb
Topinio wrote:So, I finally got this done on Monday night and today have time to post...deruberhanyok wrote:@topinio
do post back with your impressions on the EVGA card!
Will do. Ordered it Saturday and it arrived Monday, but first installation opportunity is Saturday...
deruberhanyok wrote:I missed the sale at the local shop (sold out fast!) so I'll probably hold off on picking one up for a little while yet, but I'm curious how well it works. Some user reviews at Newegg seem to indicate it has excellent overclocking potential, I imagine due to the cooling on it, so that could be interesting for gaming. Also curious about the actual heatsink height, if it's "1.5 slots" but only, say, 25mm, it might fit in a lot of single slot setups.
deruberhanyok wrote:Shinare, what model Dells are they? Do they have displayport inputs or are they old school dual-link DVI required?
deruberhanyok wrote:Either way I have to agree with rootbear, what you want is a low-end Quadro card, specifically from the Quadro NVS line:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvs-product-overview.html
The Quadro NVS 310 (Newegg link, $83) has a pair of DisplayPort 1.2 outputs, so if your monitors are Dell U3011s or newer it would be able to drive those just fine. Another option is the new Quadro P400 (Newegg link) ($125, currently $40 off list price) which has three mini-displayport outputs and a little more oomph to drive those displays (256 Pascal cores and 2GB GDDR5 memory, vs. 48 Fermi cores and 1GB GDDR3 on the NVS 315). There's some other options that fall in the middle in terms of performance, but they were higher-end SKUs from earlier lineups, so they're still really expensive. I'd go with the P400 personally, just to have something based on the latest architecture, instead of sticking with the NVS 315's Fermi (over 7 years old now).
ozyrys120 wrote:I have a solution for all my problems with GPU...
except aesthetic
Remove PSU and waiting for msi 1050 lp 2gb
Topinio wrote:Shinare wrote:I have several computers here at work that have two dell 30" monitors each running at 2560x1600. Now that I've gone through three R5 340x replacements I'm finally getting it through my thick skull that these vid cards may not be able to sustain such high res on two monitors.
Does anyone have a suggestion on a half-height (low profile) vid card that could push 2x monitors running at 2560x1600 res? Only needed for business applications, no gaming or 3d what-so-ever.
Edit: Needs to be single slot.
Edit Edit: Found this topic so I deleted my post and moved it here.
The Dell option for the Radeon R5 340X is an OEM card, Oland IIRC, and per the machine specs only goes to 1920x1200@30 Hz on its single-link DVI output (though up to 4096x2160@60 on its DP output). If you need dual 2560x1600 monitors, I think you need to be buying the MT chassis with the GeForce GTX 745 card option.
/dayjob
I suspect you could hook this up on the Intel integrated graphics in the boxes, without buying new cards: have you tried using the DP and HDMI outputs and setting -- if you are prepared to tolerate -- a refresh rate a little lower e.g. 50 Hz ?