Where to find a good low profile video card?

[khan6]

I've got an XPS 210 small form factor computer. The pre-installed video card isn't great (128MB Radeon X600 SE), so I'm looking to upgrade to another one in the $80-$120 range. Problem is, a new video card has to be low profile.

Any suggestions on where to get a good one? OR (even better!) any suggestions for a good replacement??

Thanks!

 

[mruffin75]

Good luck with trying to find a better one...

Here's a few at Newegg (but make sure they have low profile brackets, otherwise they won't fit.. even if they say they're low profile cards)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161079
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814145138


That's about as good as you'll get for low profile...

 

[AmberClad]

Here's one I think:

MSI GeForce 7300GS 256MB ($89.99)

Really, that's the only PCIe low-profile video card in the price range you specified that I could find.

If you're willing to pay a little more, there's this:

VisionTek X1300 256MB ($124.99)

Now, mind you, I'm completely unfamiliar with the performance numbers for the mid and low range cards. Couldn't really tell you which is the better deal.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I bought one of these MSI 7600GS's for a friend in Norway after researching for a few weeks as he had an E510 low profile system. By far it's the best low profile card available atm and it's HDCP compliant with HDMI out : ) Plus it OC's like a champ for being what it is. I was able to flash the one I sent overseas to 540/900 with the stock cooler and run 3 rounds of 3DMark05 and a round of 3DMark06 with no excessive temps.

Downside : You'll need a dremmel and an uneeded mini Pci slot cover : / Sadly the worst and most annoying part of this card is no low profile PCi slot cover comes with it. I had to spend about 20 mins making one for the card before I shipped it off ( took me a while cause I wanted it to look perfect : )