Single-Slot Graphics?

[CyberJam Sam]

Ok, so I need a single-slot graphics card because of the limitations of my motherboard as displayed below with my amazing punctuation art

 

|=============|          PCIE one                (graphics card)

|====|                            Small PCIE one      (Wi-Fi adapter)

|====|                            Small PCIE two       (Sound Card)

 

 

It needs to stay inside its slot completely.

 

Not bothered if nvidia or AMD, whichever one gives better performance.

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Hyper-Threading

Motherboard: B250M PRO-VD (MSI) 

 

I may be willing to move WiFi down and remove sound card but would rather not.

I may be willing to move WiFi to a USB if a good adapter / dongle can be found. Low latency, fast (300mbps area) (faster ac standard if possible), Bluetooth (4.2 / 5) and 2.4 + 5 GHz ideally.

 

Note: I have hay my eyes on this for a while but I'm aware that it's very poor bang-for-buck:

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0719CR59P/?coliid=I1GXK7JQM41BBS&colid=3QSNBF9POZL0T&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

(I'm very open to AMD alternatives as long as they are compatible and give me more value for money for similar performance. I'm just know nothing about AMD cards  )

(I've noted other GT1030s too and also be aware that there are 2 types GDDR5 and DDR4 (yeah, DDR4 on a graphics card  you can guess how terrible that one is))

 

Note: I'm in UK so Newegg links are useless to me. Try amazon if possible plz

Looking at the £70 - £100 price mark but I'm fully aware that at this price I'm better off investing a tiny bit more for greater performance.

($90 - $125 USD)

($120 - $170 CAD)

 

Thank You!!!

[Jurrunio]

3 minutes ago, CyberJam Sam said:

remove sound card but would rather not.

what kind of audio setup do you have? If it's not one that's more expensive than the rest of the system (excluding the sound card) inside the case, the benefits of replacing the onboard audio is merely a placebo effect.

[Void Stryder]

You'd be better off getting this GT 1030 https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B073VPS15N/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all

[Fasauceome]

https://www.grooves-inc.com/inno3d-inno3d-geforce-gtx-1050-slot-edition-geforce-gtx-1050-4gb-gddr5-inno3d-accessories-pZZa1-2098380092.html?language=en&currency=USD&utm_source=froogle_us&utm_campaign=froogle_us&gclid=Cj0KCQiA37HhBRC8ARIsAPWoO0zBsRS00dKNLeu7N6arz9SiCdmscWu4YgsBEGxUArUNXi6R7lDqz44aAjJvEALw_wcB

Kinda rare but an interesting product

[CyberJam Sam]

I have a computer that I used since 2013. I used to use the sound that the motherboard outputs and yes, it worked fine. But after I installed Planet Coaster I began to notice, especially with more dense and demanding areas of the parks (such as a lot of guests to simulate voices for, a cluster of loud and complex rides to generate sounds and play music for and coasters to generate sound effects for) a lot of stuttery and laggy sound.

 

I bought a 5.1 Asus sound card and installed it and, almost immediately, I began to notice the difference. Stuttery sound was gone in almost all situations (the point where it would struggle would be the point where the frame rate dropped so I'm assuming at that point everything became too demanding for the whole PC). It worked.

 

Then I put one in my older office PC that I used to play some low-demand games on like Minecraft, Robocraft, FNAF and a little bit of GMod. And, while it rarely stuttered with any sound, the improvement was very noticeable through my set of HiFi speakers, especially bass in Robocraft and treble (such as footsteps and water) in Minecraft. It was similar to the difference in audio when a YouTube video plays and the sound sounds muffled and too compressed until you get a stronger 4G connection, just less extreme and more subtle. 

 

For me, sound cards are anything but a placebo.