What is the best low profile video card on the market?

[k.ong]

I discovered this site while searching for one. i did some searching on the forum, but found all related topics to be almost a year old.  Right now i have an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro for my vista computer.
I found this:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103047  but am not sure if that card outperforms mine by a worthy margin.

if that card isnt the best there is, what is?

[tartin]

Don't know about the difference in performance between your X1300 Pro and the 2400's or even the low profile NVIDIA 8400GS's, but Powercolor have a few out now here in Oz.

They have a low profile Radeon HD 2400 XT PCI-E, 256MB DDR3, 700Mhz clock, Memory Clock 700 MHz x 2, still a 64bit Memory Interface, but that's a step up from the one you have linked to.

Link to low profile PowerColor HD 2400 Series

[tartin]

Seems there is a Galaxy 8600GT Low Profile, but with limited availability.

Have a look at this thread.

Low profile video card thread in Home Theatre PC

[k.ong]

i found it on newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131061
but what is this i read about needing an hdmi adapter? and i dont understand how it can be low profile but not come with the lp braket.  someone explain this to me please.  btw my computer is a dell dimension c521 (not cube)

[Phunc]

Have tried to find that but it's really hard. The Galaxy 8600GT is the best performing Low Profile card around though. Try eBay and Galaxy's dealer list.

[k.ong]

the galaxy's core clock speed looked pretty low(540) compared to the 2400xt(700). and i might be going crossfire with the 2400xt.  and if i do so, ill need a new LP bracket and probably a new power supply.  HDMI connector is unecessary as far as i can see. this upgrade wont cost more than 200usd hopefully.

[Phunc]

Clock speed doesn't define real world speed. It matters a lot what it can process. That's why a lot of 2GHz processors beat the crap out of a Pentium 4 3GHz.

[HeavyDLB]

k. Ong,

The Powercolor HD 2400 XT is the best I have found as I have the exact same problem. I had a Dell E521 that I bought on eBay but it had more bugs than a roach farm. Since it's no longer made Dell replaced my tower with an Inspiron desktop. So I had to 86 my brand new 512MB Gefore 8500 GT for something decent in lo-pro. I actually ordered the Powercolor card yesterday from Newegg without reading the reviews.

Indeed the card itself is lo-profile but the bracket isn't (as are a few others I've now seen so you have to be carerful). It would have been nice if that fact was mentioned in the sales lit but it isn't. I did find out by going to Powercolor's web site that a lo-pro bracket is available for purchase for $12.00 shipped. Now how you fit all that hardware on a lo-pro bracket I can't say but at least it seems to be a solution. Here's the web site URL:  http://www.powercolor.com/eng/support_store.asp. Hope that helps.

D. Bland

[pretite]

Hi,i'd prefer Ebay for your searches you could also try Amazon. Thanks!



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