rich_tech Posted July 25, 2016 Posted July 25, 2016 Hello All, Just wondering if someone has a link/price to a non-PCI-E (plain PCI graphics card) ideally with HDMI/DVI/VGA, pulled an old PC apart in work and found the existing slot onboard is unfortunate enough to be on an ADD2 port, it seems that the existing PCI card has failed and it needs to be replaced with a working model, the HDMI is needed also for the TV we extend it too with some software. Thanks, Rich
rich_tech Posted July 25, 2016 Author Posted July 25, 2016 sorry i mean plain PCI card here, not PCI-E which are all vendors have
matt40k Posted July 25, 2016 Posted July 25, 2016 Plain pci is old, old - i doubt it'll be capable of the throughput required for hdmi. Do you mean pci-e x4 or x1? Vs pci-e x16. Pretty sure most pci-e x16 work in a x4 slot, just slower. Can you post the model no of the old one?
rich_tech Posted July 25, 2016 Author Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) this one had an nvidia 8400 gs installed in its PCI slot which had one of each connector, its not running high end graphics program just a stats package Edited July 25, 2016 by rich_tech
matt40k Posted July 25, 2016 Posted July 25, 2016 Its PCI-E 2.0 16x, so anything like this will work - http://m.ebuyer.com/737789
3s-gtech Posted July 25, 2016 Posted July 25, 2016 If you happen to have a free PCI-e x1 slot you have some options too, like GT610. If not, you're looking at something like the 8400GS again - they stopped making anything on PCI a good while back but some retailers may have old stock. Ebay otherwise.
NviGate_Systems Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 If it's not resource intensive work, using the onboard graphics with a simple VGA to HDMI adapter should work. I've used setups like these in the past for old laptops that don't have HDMI, they work pretty good. There is a local supplier here that gets the cheap Chinese version of these adapters for $39 each, a real steal.
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