PowerEdge 600SC Video

[bmwcoupe]

Hi All,

Wanting to upgrade video on my new 600SC. I want one that will work in the 64-bit / 33Mhz (3.3v) slot. Any ideas?:brokenheart

 

[BurnItDwn]

I think pretty much any PCI card "should" work in there since the 64bit PCI is backwards compatible ...
I am not aware of any 64bit PCI vid cards though ... so you would only wind up with a regular pci card ...

newegg has a pretty good selection of PCI cards though they are a bit pricy
gf2mx 200 PCI for $37,
Radeon 7000 OEM PCI for $41,
GF2MX 400 PCI $49
XFX Geforce4 MX440 SE 64MB SDR PCI $57
Prolink MX 440 SE Video Card 64MB DDR $67
POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON 7500LE 64MB DDR $69
VGA PNY Verto GEFORCE FX 128MB DDR PCI 8X 5200 $107

Newegg Just go there and go to shop by category, video cards, and then put PCI as a keyword

IMO the best buy of the bunch is prolly the the GF4 MX 440 DDR ... though its like the speed of a GF2 GTS if i remember correctly ...
It should be playable with most modern games

the 600SC is a pretty solid little server ... and the integrated vid (though its pure crap for games) is quite good for 2D. I run mine as a linux NAT, SQL, Apache, Eggdrop, Samba, Bitchx server and chatstation .. It has never let me down.


edit .. fixed link

 

[BurnItDwn]

PS .. i'm not telling you to buy from them or anything ... (though they are my favorite place to buy hardware ... but they are a pretty good place to check out all your options)

 

[bmwcoupe]

Many thanks....I'll check them out. Good to hear you're getting good service from your 600SC. Cheers...

 

[LikeLinus]

If i remember correctly, it's a certain voltage and the card has to have both of the cutouts on the connector part. So not every PCI card will work.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
If i remember correctly, it's a certain voltage and the card has to have both of the cutouts on the connector part. So not every PCI card will work.

You remembered correctly 🙂 I think its either 3.3 or 1.5 for the voltage... not sure though

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
If i remember correctly, it's a certain voltage and the card has to have both of the cutouts on the connector part. So not every PCI card will work.

You remembered correctly 🙂 I think its either 3.3 or 1.5 for the voltage... not sure though

I'm pretty sure its 3.3, but I didn't want to speculate too much. It's sad I have a 600SC sitting next to me but never changed the video cause it's a SERVER 😀