PCI-E X1 card

[Whitman]

Can anyone recommend a decent PCI-E X1 graphics card with DVI out?

I want to run three monitors and I've only got 1 PCI-E X16 slot but a couple of spare X1 slots. Preferably nVidia based as I've already got a GTX 285. The only one I've found is a PNY Quadro NVS 290 256MB for £59.98 (competitor site, ocuk doesn't seem to stock any PCI-E X1 cards)

 

[CinderzFTW]

Any card will run on a PCI-E 1.0.. they are all backwards compatible.

You mean 1.0 not X1. The X1 means times 1 not 2.0 standard.

If you are using the system for some gaming and browsing etc. go for something around the HD 5770 or GTX5500Ti. Decent cards!

 

[Surveyor]

Any card will run on a PCI-E 1.0.. they are all backwards compatible.

You mean 1.0 not X1. The X1 means times 1 not 2.0 standard.

If you are using the system for some gaming and browsing etc. go for something around the HD 5770 or GTX5500Ti. Decent cards!

He means a x1 size PCI-E slot.

 

[Orcvader]

8400GS, £25.99: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-GW&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1833

Any PCI-E x16 card will run fine in an x1 slot. It will be fine for normal stuff but things like gaming would be bottlenecked. Seeing as it's not the main card, you won't have to worry about this.

 

[Surveyor]

There are a few I can see on an American site .

The cheapest are around $60.

By the time you convert to £ and add on VAT, delivery etc. they aren't going to be any cheaper than the one you've found.

Does your motherboard not have onboard graphics you can use or a PCI slot?

I'm sure there must be some dirt cheap PCI cards with DVI output.

Or does a x16 card work in a x1 slot?

 

[Orcvader]

Or does a x16 card work in a x1 slot?

Well since they work in x8 slots (x16 physically, x8 electrically) I can't see why not.

And googling gives this wierd mod... http://www.invisiblerobot.com/pcie_x1/

 

[Surveyor]

Well since they work in x8 slots (x16 physically, x8 electrically) I can't see why not.

And googling gives this wierd mod... http://www.invisiblerobot.com/pcie_x1/

They also work in x16 slots which are x4 electrically but I wasn't sure if a x1 slot provides the necessary power to run the cards.

Looking at that mod you either need to butcher the card to fit or cut open the back of the PCI-E x1 slot.

If they have any you invalidate the warranty on the graphics card or the motherboard.

 

[MeatLoaf]

Galaxy did a PCI-E x1 7300GT

 

[ishoeyi]

may be he means the mini pci-e slot ...

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Yeah 8400gs is an awesome card. You won't be able to game on it but if you get the g98 chipset you'll have a card that can offload 1080p without breaking a sweat

 

[NeoRed]

I removed the back of a 4X slot in a Dell Sc440 so i could fit a 8800GT in, works a treat.

 

[Meaker]

Other option is to get a single card that is capable of driving 3 displays.

 

[TheMorningStar]

Well since they work in x8 slots (x16 physically, x8 electrically) I can't see why not.

And googling gives this wierd mod... http://www.invisiblerobot.com/pcie_x1/

This is awesome, never considered this, I would probably mod the back of the PCI x1 slot however, if the mobo was clear of components obviously.