[geeks] Graphics Cards?

[Nick B]

Hmm, good point, and you'll also need to make sure you have *some* room
above the fan, otherwise it'll just cook itself.
Nick

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>wrote:

> On 10/05/12 10:38, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> >> The biggest problem these days will be finding a single-width card.  Is
> >> it a PCIe x16 slot?
> >
> > Yes. I've abused google and found the following that should work, but
> > I have no idea if the prices are right, if they're worth it, etc.
> >
> > [ apologize for long google links ]
> >
> >
> http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=pcie+video+card+displayport&hl=en&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1116&bih=670&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=9002331346144650006&sa=X&ei=lOtuULy3BKPVyQGY8oC4Dw&ved=0COMBEPMCMAU
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=pcie+video+card+displayport&hl=en&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1116&bih=670&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=11672367688030797138&sa=X&ei=lOtuULy3BKPVyQGY8oC4Dw&ved=0CJgCEPMCMAk
>
> I suspect the problem you're going to run into is height of the heatsink
> in a 1U chassis.  The NewEgg listing on that Zotac card has alternate
> views that show it fits entirely within a single slot width:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500226
>
> Can't find a decent photo of the Sapphire card that shows the height of
> the heatsink.
>
> This is another one that might work:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134152
>
>
> --
>   Phil Stracchino, CDK#2     DoD#299792458     ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355
>   alaric at caerllewys.net   alaric at metrocast.net   phil at co.ordinate.org
>   Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, SQL wrangler, Free Stater
>                  It's not the years, it's the mileage.
> _______________________________________________
> GEEKS:  http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/geeks