Dell SFF Desktop - I Need Low Profile GFX Card

[sare^baw's]

i bought a dell gx270 for my kids, it is mainly for pc use& the xbox 360 is for gaming, however i tried to install spore and it wont load due to too low performance gfx on the motherboard. Also i can get a widescreen resolution for the desktop on the monitor.

what half height low profile cards are available that are cheap and will run games at a low resolution. Not looking for high performance just something that 'will do the job' .

here is a pic of the pc we have, the brackets on the rear need to be half height too.

 

[sare^baw's]

you'll need a half height AGP card

I think the nvidia 5200 fits the bill, may have to remove/cut the bay plate yourself though (easy task)

or 6200

is this the card you mean ?

ok thanks, i just dont what you suggested with an old ati 9200 card and it worked, i now have a widescreen resolution desktop but spore still dont wrk it says it requires pixel shader 2.0 gfx card. Ill have a look at the nvidia card you suggested and see if it supports pixel shader 2.0.

cheers

 

[sare^baw's]

If the backplate is to long there are kits that you can get from XFX that have smaller backplates.

thanks mate, it quite easy to cut the backplate shorter so i may do that, im not fussy about not being able to reuse them again.

the 5200 will support pixel shader 2, the 6200 will support pixel shader 3.0..

excellent, i am now watching a few 6200 and 5200 on ebay so it looks as though they will be really cheap so i dont mind modifying them