Low end graphics card

[james844]

Hi 

I have was wondering is there was a way of estermting the power consumption of the yet to be anounced budget range of nvidia cards?

 

I have a old pre built that had a 25w limet on the pcie so my understanding is the best card i can fit in at present is the ddr4 1030. 

 

So I'm trying to work out if i shoud get one of them or wait and see.

 

I mostly play bulding and rts games that are older 

 

Or if any one can recommend a low profile card with a tdp of less than 25w i would be grateful. 

 

 

[NelizMastr]

Don't expect any GT2030 for at least another year, I'd say. 

 

Also, the GT1030 DDR4 is pretty much unusable, so I'd get the 1030 GDDR5 variant. Should honestly be okay in a 25W slot. Might have to downclock it a little, but I doubt it.

[Radium_Angel]

15 minutes ago, james844 said:

Hi 

I have was wondering is there was a way of estermting the power consumption of the yet to be anounced budget range of nvidia cards?

 

I have a old pre built that had a 25w limet on the pcie so my understanding is the best card i can fit in at present is the ddr4 1030. 

 

So I'm trying to work out if i shoud get one of them or wait and see.

 

I mostly play bulding and rts games that are older 

 

Or if any one can recommend a low profile card with a tdp of less than 25w i would be grateful. 

 

 

If you, like I am, are running a server with a PCIe slot limitation of 25watts or less, you have a challenge on your hands, but one that can be overcome, as I have.

Or are you running one of those sff dells with no power supply over 200 watts? Let me/us know what you are running, it might help with a vid card decision

[Guest]

I'd get a GT 1030, but...

 

...not the DDR4 version. It's basically useless. Make sure you get the GDDR5 version. 

[IronMidHeaven]

 

[Radium_Angel]

31 minutes ago, BadMonkey said:

More watts

 

https://quarch.com/products/pcie-power-injection-fixture

That presents more issues that it solves...it changes the height of the video card for starters....

[james844]

11 hours ago, Konrad_K said:

I'd get a GT 1030, but...

 

...not the DDR4 version. It's basically useless. Make sure you get the GDDR5 version. 

The ddr5 uses 28w 

 

[james844]

11 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

Don't expect any GT2030 for at least another year, I'd say. 

 

Also, the GT1030 DDR4 is pretty much unusable, so I'd get the 1030 GDDR5 variant. Should honestly be okay in a 25W slot. Might have to downclock it a little, but I doubt it.

Oh i though it would stop working in demearnding situations. Are you able to download clock with software stays at 25 or under?  Btw I got the sff pc off eBay to play around with before i pay out to build a new pc so as long as i don't burn the house down its not the end of the world  (the last time i built a pc AGP was the standard) 

[james844]

11 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

If you, like I am, are running a server with a PCIe slot limitation of 25watts or less, you have a challenge on your hands, but one that can be overcome, as I have.

Or are you running one of those sff dells with no power supply over 200 watts? Let me/us know what you are running, it might help with a vid card decision

My psu is 240 but its a sff 

[james844]

10 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

That presents more issues that it solves...it changes the height of the video card for 

That might work with a pcie extention and a cuple of cable ties 

[Radium_Angel]

31 minutes ago, james844 said:

My psu is 240 but its a sff 

sff systems aren't really meant to be expandable. You have a challenge on your hands here