Graphics cards/adapters for shuttles?

[Guest2]

Is it possible to get a graphics card adapter for shuttle machines? Some of the shuttles look reasonably good for their small size but gaming would be crap. If it was possibe to connect a half decent graphics card by means of an adapter they would be a lot better.

Then just unplug when not needed and go back to default card

 

[psychas]

i think ati made such card 3870 as removable adapter , but i might be wrong

 

[CBJ]

I'm not sure why you think you need an adapter. Some of the Shuttle models, especially the P2 chassis ones, are capable of accepting graphics cards up to a certain size. It's worth checking various SFF forums to see what fits and how easily, but I'm fairly sure I saw someone who'd got a 4890 into one without problems.

 

[chaparral]

Some of the shuttles look reasonably good for their small size but gaming would be crap

i7 cpu and 5870 /SLI & crossfire support /2x PCI-Express x16/ up to 16GB DDR3 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-130-SH&groupid=701&catid=110&subcat=343

(Yewen shuttle picture)

Titan Ninja goodness.








And yes that is a 5870.

 

[Ghengis]

I have had 4850s & 4870s in mine - it will take a the 58XX cards - Yewen that is a mighty shuttle!

 

[Guest2]

Jesus, £470 with nothing in it??? I was thinking more on the lines of buying a second hand shuttle for about £250 then buying an adapter and just attatching a graphics card when you want to do a bit of gaming.

I thought the idea of a shuttle was that its small and reasonably quiet. i.e not having a noisy graphics card inside them

 

[CBJ]

The core idea of a Shuttle is that it's small. Some people might want a quiet system too, but others might put up with a bit of noise in order to have a decent gaming rig that doesn't take up too much space. Then again, some people might think the idea of having a small, neat PC and then trailing wires off to an external box to run a graphics card was a strange idea.