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General => Users => Topic started by: gumis on July 01, 2009, 08:34:32 pm

Title: PCI card for UI2 ... possible?
Post by: gumis on July 01, 2009, 08:34:32 pm

Yesterday when I was clearing my cupboard (I keep tons of IT junk in it) I found almost brand new and unused Dell Optiplex gx520 and I though that I could use it as my Media Directory, but... it doesn't have any sensible slots to connect good graphic card. It has only one PCI slot!!

Hence my question... do you know if any PCI cards (I would like to stick with nvidia) would run UI2 smoothly? I was thinking on getting GF 5200fx but it has to be low profile as well!

Nice PC but crap slots inside! What a bummer!

Title: Re: PCI card for UI2 ... possible?
Post by: krys on July 01, 2009, 09:14:40 pm

Yes, I run 3 MD's on UI2 with a PCI card.

Title: Re: PCI card for UI2 ... possible?
Post by: gumis on July 01, 2009, 09:28:36 pm

Krys, any of them in Alpha Blending?

I just found this: http://www.sparkle.com.tw (http://www.sparkle.com.tw). It looks promising...

Low profile in gx520 is a limitation for me.

What cards do you use? fx5200/5500/6200 ?

Title: Re: PCI card for UI2 ... possible?
Post by: krys on July 01, 2009, 09:54:09 pm

I use a nvidia 6200, it does alpha blending but with the known issue of tearing. I would look for a card with no fan because they can be quite noisy

Title: Re: PCI card for UI2 ... possible?
Post by: simon_b on July 01, 2009, 11:11:56 pm

...and you can find many fanless PCI 6200's on the internet...