Ben Conner
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Half height basic PCIe graphic card recommendation
Hi,
I have a small case I'm trying to find a basic hdmi graphic video card for. The issue is it needs a half height card--and bracket.
About the most it will be asked to do is play YouTube videos and Solitaire. :)
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
--Ben
I have a small case I'm trying to find a basic hdmi graphic video card for. The issue is it needs a half height card--and bracket.
About the most it will be asked to do is play YouTube videos and Solitaire. :)
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
--Ben
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This m/b has a VGA connection on the back, but no HDMI. I now need the latter for a particular monitor.
The PSU isn't a problem as it only drives the m/b and a single SSD drive. I could measure it but I doubt the power consumption is even half consumed. Had a RAID card in it with 4 spinning drives before I took them out.
This is a Supermicro SYS-5028D m/b if that helps.
The PSU isn't a problem as it only drives the m/b and a single SSD drive. I could measure it but I doubt the power consumption is even half consumed. Had a RAID card in it with 4 spinning drives before I took them out.
This is a Supermicro SYS-5028D m/b if that helps.
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Agreed, more graphic power than you really need but it's a reliable card. Nice server BTW, Pop into your Slot 7, should automatically set up and disable the onboard but there is a jumper on the board to manually do this.
nVidia GeForce GT 710
You can actually get some pretty powerful cards to fit as the slot supports up to PCI-E 3.0
Conversely you can pick up a used GT, nVidia Quadro or other low profile card on eBay for minimal $$ as there's not a big market for them .
nVidia GeForce GT 710
You can actually get some pretty powerful cards to fit as the slot supports up to PCI-E 3.0
Conversely you can pick up a used GT, nVidia Quadro or other low profile card on eBay for minimal $$ as there's not a big market for them .
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The MSI card might work but the bracket needs to be low-profile as well. I think half-height. I'll have to go measure the slot height to be certain.
It is both heights.
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They include a half-height bracket in with it? Unless I'm mis-judging the image, it has 3 ports on the bracket. I just returned one that had a similar layout as it was too high.
Just measured a bracket from the raid card that used to be in that slot. 3 3/16" tall.
Just measured a bracket from the raid card that used to be in that slot. 3 3/16" tall.
It includes half-height. When using the half-height it becomes a 2 brackets.
I see what you mean by two brackets, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233716505948?var=0
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Well isn't that clever. Will grab one. Thanks much!
--Ben
--Ben
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Picked one up and installed it with the half-height bracket. Dang, was that a tight fit in this case! Got it in though.
One little oddity--I'm not sure the card is actually driving the monitor. I have to plug in the RGB video cable into the original motherboard to see the machine boot up and even after Windows 10 finishes booting, the RGB card is needed. I plugged the RGB cable in to the m/b and the HDMI cable into the NVidia card. Driver and management app is loaded. But if I unplug the RGB cable, the video drops.
Why not use the RGB connection that comes with the card? This m/b is a micro-atx board with only one PCI-e slot. No place to put it.
Any ideas what might be happening? I saw nothing in the BIOS that related to the video.
I can pose this as a new question if desired.
--Ben
One little oddity--I'm not sure the card is actually driving the monitor. I have to plug in the RGB video cable into the original motherboard to see the machine boot up and even after Windows 10 finishes booting, the RGB card is needed. I plugged the RGB cable in to the m/b and the HDMI cable into the NVidia card. Driver and management app is loaded. But if I unplug the RGB cable, the video drops.
Why not use the RGB connection that comes with the card? This m/b is a micro-atx board with only one PCI-e slot. No place to put it.
Any ideas what might be happening? I saw nothing in the BIOS that related to the video.
I can pose this as a new question if desired.
--Ben
In BIOS locate
VGA Priority
change from [Onboard] to [Offboard]
VGA Priority
change from [Onboard] to [Offboard]
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Man, was that option ever buried. :) Thanks much!
--Ben
--Ben
Commercially built SFF boxes usually have PSUs that are already close to their limit for voltage
My usual check is to see if the machine was originally provided with a discreet graphics card option and look at the specs of the card the manufacturer was offering.