If you want a half-decent card, that is of the RX 460/GTX 1050 level, then you can't have the 2nd option.When it comes to wanting low profile GPUs, there are two types of people:
1. Low profile
2. Low profile and single slot
This is correct.If you want a half-decent card, that is of the RX 460/GTX 1050 level, then you can't have the 2nd option.
...frankly, I'm surprised the Radeon 460 isn't low-profile yet... it doesn't require the 6-pin connector, right? I think that's a critical element - they HAVE to be low-watt / low-temp for SFF cases.
...even a 460 "SE"...?
Looks like MSI skimped on the ports for the RX 460 cards so hopefully they're a little cheaper than the Geforce cards. There are still decent budget HTPC cases like the low profile Silverstone ML series where these cards make sense. Nice upgrade from a 750 Ti anyway.
Would have liked to see DVI-I, if it were possible. Plenty of 1080P or close to it VGA monitors, which could be used for gaming. Then again, the HTPC crowd is all about the HDMI.Yeah sad to not see display port, but they used the two most popular for HTPC's and older PCs -> HDMI and DVI.
AMD and NVIDIA removed all internal analog display capabilities starting with the R9 290 and GTX 10X0, respectively. Intel boards stopped with Broadwell, I think.
It's a damn shame, but that's the truth.
Not officially. Only up to Haswell. Officially, since Skylake, the iGPU has dropped support for VGA.Kabylake iGPU still supports VGA.
So, are the odds, and design rules, against having a single-slot low-profile card? I'd probably be satisfied with a 750ti, even. Do any SS LP cards exist, with higher specs that the GT710 or 730 Kepler-based cards? Anything Maxwell-based, or newer? (Or even GCN.)
The following R7 250 (which is rated at 65W) is near single slot low profile:
Those ones you can replace the slot connector on, and either move the vga output to a second slot or remove it all together.
Maybe I am misunderstanding you
I don't see much point in these low profile GPU's when such cheap CPU's with integrated graphics exist, such as the G4560, or i5's if you need more power etc.
What use case are people running these low profile cards for exactly?
Edit: At least, that PNY is still avail., for slightly under $70 shipped.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pny-Geforce-Gt-730-1gb-Gddr5-Graphics-Cards-Vcggt7301d5lxpb-/222375409094.
I've got a LP GTX750ti, that I had been planning to put into a slimline Acer Haswell i3 box for the longest time, to sell it as a gaming rig.
Well, I took it apart earlier, and it has two expansion slots, and the PCI-E x16 slot is the outermost slot. Which means, it won't fit a double-width LP card, like mine.
I've got some GT710 SS LP PNY cards in storage that I got from BestBuy on ebay, for around $35 ea.
Wonder if I should just throw one of those in, or if I should even bother.