External video card needed
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A company bought 2 new PC's 6 months ago with integrated video cards, Intel 4000 I believe.
The purchased a new program to replace old program and MINIMUM specs recommend: Graphic card: NVidia GeForce or ATI/AMD Radeon with 512 MB or more dedicated memory and 3D accelerator .
Resolution: 1280x1024Note at the bottom of PDF: Please avoid systems that have integrated graphics such as Intel HD 4000 and AMD APUs.
So has anyone ever used a real graphics PCIe card in a case that connects to a PC?
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Oh, interesting problem. I'm curious as to how well this type of card would work, and it just seems vulnerable outside the case, although the cooling is probably improved.
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I'm confused. Is this a laptop?
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I don't understand. You want an external graphics card (extending the PCIe bus outside of the chassis?) Why do you need someone outside?
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Well. Back in the day in the video production world we use to do this stuff all the time but, it was PCI & PCI-X not PCIE.
Let me tell you - It's not cheap. Nor is it's worth it in todays world. No one in their right mind is still buying these.
Basically what it was a rack mount Chassis (or portable unit for smaller use) that would take PCI Cards, and you would plug it into your laptop via PCMCIA slot or a desktops PCI/PCI-X slot. This would give you much more expansion but, the chassis alone would cost $1k plus without the cards.
Today Thunderbolt and USB3 should provide a better video card option than this. for Desktops just putt them inside the case. But, More likely if the computers don't take the video cards internally. it's likely cheaper and better to repurpose the 2 new computers and buy 2 more than can handle the needed video cards.
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One PC is an Acer All in One, the other I believe is a Dell All in One...both are touch screens.
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@Nic said:
yes like those without the hack look! -
@scottalanmiller It seems I forgot to mention the client bought AIO PCs.
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@technobabble Yeah My vote is re-purpose those and Just get another pc with PCIE slots.
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Figured as much...but was hopefull that someday there would be a real external video card box, that looks just like a full size external hard drive. Seems not much to ask for.
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@technobabble said:
@scottalanmiller It seems I forgot to mention the client bought AIO PCs.
Ah ha, what bad planning.
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/554/facepalm.jpg
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@technobabble Yeah My vote is re-purpose those and Just get another pc with PCIE slots.
that's what I would say. You'll spend a fortune getting poorly planned machines to work kind of.
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@technobabble said:
Figured as much...but was hopefull that someday there would be a real external video card box, that looks just like a full size external hard drive. Seems not much to ask for.
The interface speed to a drive is like molasses compared to the PCIe bus. You can't easily put PCIe over a cable.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@technobabble said:
Figured as much...but was hopefull that someday there would be a real external video card box, that looks just like a full size external hard drive. Seems not much to ask for.
The interface speed to a drive is like molasses compared to the PCIe bus. You can't easily put PCIe over a cable.
Well you can there are speciality boxes that do exactly what he wants.. It'll just cost as much as the computer though.
Here's the cheapest one I know of but it's Macs only: http://secure1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?products_id=485
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Well I am glad I was not consulted about the purchases. Of course is this one of the issues with small businesses with no IT presence. I am working with them trying to get past a break/fix relationship...maybe this is the turning point!
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@technobabble said:
Well I am glad I was not consulted about the purchases. Of course is this one of the issues with small businesses with no IT presence. I am working with them trying to get past a break/fix relationship...maybe this is the turning point!
Might be best to explain how re-purposing those for someone else and purchasing new, more adequate machines is the best thing for this situation
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@ajstringham There are only 2 workers in the office so repurposing them will be a challange
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@technobabble said:
@ajstringham There are only 2 workers in the office so repurposing them will be a challange
Oh, well that changes things. So EXTREME S in SMB.
