LP GPU

JLPhotos83 · 27 May 2023 at 07:36

Good Morning all,

Looking at getting a single slot low profile GPU for my mini tower.

Any suggestions?

StarShock · 27 May 2023 at 08:33

Rx 6400 is probably the best option. It has a few downsides. But there's not a whole lot out there. I think the a2000 is more powerful, but also costs a bunch more and I think it might be 2 slot.

Theres also the gt 1630, but they are a bit like hens teeth. Don't think I've ever actually seen one for sale

StarShock · 27 May 2023 at 08:50

Just had a look and saw that yeston have made a rx 6400, if you want one thats low profile, single slot and super bright glittery pink

lsg1r · 27 May 2023 at 10:08

Nvidia quadro/a series or AMD radeon pro might be worth a look, they'll be more expensive and lack a bit of performance but they often end up being smaller than the gaming versions.

Tetras · 27 May 2023 at 12:40

JLPhotos83 said:
Good Morning all,

Looking at getting a single slot low profile GPU for my mini tower.

Any suggestions?

What do you do with the PC?

jigger · 30 May 2023 at 00:05

XFX and Sapphire both make half height, single slot RX 6400’s. The XFX card is called a 105 speedster.

Its mental non of the big vendors are offering an RX 6500xt in half height single slot. It’s would literally be a case of take my money. An 8gb RX 6500xt HH LP at £300-350 Ish would make killing.

JLPhotos83 · 30 May 2023 at 07:19

I will have a look at the 6400. Are they as fast as my GTX 970 in my other pc?

StarShock · 30 May 2023 at 09:30

JLPhotos83 said:
I will have a look at the 6400. Are they as fast as my GTX 970 in my other pc?

There or thereabout, faster in some games slower in others. I'd say the 970 is probably more consistent as one of the 6400s weaknesses is memory bandwidth, so anything that hits the vram hard is going to struggle a little bit.

jigger · 30 May 2023 at 11:25

StarShock said:
There or thereabout, faster in some games slower in others. I'd say the 970 is probably more consistent as one of the 6400s weaknesses is memory bandwidth, so anything that hits the vram hard is going to struggle a little bit.

So is the GTX970’s

Tetras · 30 May 2023 at 15:27

jigger said:
So is the GTX970’s

Tests with cards like RX 570 show that their performance is much more consistent when they exceed the VRAM (especially on PCI-E 3.0, or earlier), cos they have 16 lanes and a 256-bit bus, versus 4 lanes and a 64-bit bus on the 6400. If AMD had given it 8 lanes, it might have been different, annoying.

Armageus · 30 May 2023 at 16:07

Quadro T1000 is another option with similar performance to a GTX1650, and has the option of an 8GB card (although probably hasn't got enough horsepower to need 8GB)

Edit:
There are low profile 1650's and even Intel ARC A380's around, but all seem to be dual slot

jigger · 31 May 2023 at 16:27

Tetras said:
Tests with cards like RX 570 show that their performance is much more consistent when they exceed the VRAM (especially on PCI-E 3.0, or earlier), cos they have 16 lanes and a 256-bit bus, versus 4 lanes and a 64-bit bus on the 6400. If AMD had given it 8 lanes, it might have been different, annoying.

Or 8gb of VRAM. But it’s a £140 card with 7-8tflops.