pci-e x1 video card

[IlllI]

yay?

http://www.vr-zone.com/article..._8400GS_Card/6100.html

 

[myocardia]

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[Arkaign]

I would like to see PCI-e x1 WiMax cards come soon. Loads of people have extra slots for those, and they would also work in *any* PCI-e slot.

 

[IlllI]

Originally posted by: myocardia
These have been out for a very long time.

really? this is the first i've ever seen of such a thing

 

[Qbah]

Is there an ATi one? I really could use one as I am trying to plug in a 3rd monitor (my HDTV) and the only option so far was to get a new mobo with two large PCIe slots. This would save me a lot of hassle !

 

[waffleironhead]

Originally posted by: Qbah
Is there an ATi one? I really could use one as I am trying to plug in a 3rd monitor (my HDTV) and the only option so far was to get a new mobo with two large PCIe slots. This would save me a lot of hassle !

the only ati one I have seen is the x1550 available on newegg.

BTW the Nvidia one is NEW

 

[PingSpike]

These cards are always so marked up you may as well buy a 16x to 1x adapter, or breakout the back of your 1x slot and stick a 16x card in there.

 

[myocardia]

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[Qbah]

The only one available in Denmark that I have found so far is an ATi FireMV 2250... It's PCIe x1, 256MB DDR RAM and I have no idea which GPU it is (the ATi website is very vague about it). Not to mention it costs as much as a new X38 mobo. And I got a HD3450 lying around unused.

And just to be sure, I can't use the nVidia one, right? Since I already have a HD4870 and Vista doesn't support two different ones? Or will I be able to run the 8400GS together with my HD4870?