Decent Half-Height PCI-E Card?

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Stump909

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My friend's mom got him a small form factor PC for Christmas, and he was hoping to get a video card for gaming. Unfortunately it only has a half height PCI-e 16x slot and I know most cards won't fit that. Is there a decent gaming card out that fits that slot or is there one coming out in the near future? Also is there any possible external solutions in the future?
 
Do a newegg search for Low Profile and get him an X1600 or 7600GS or something, those are the fastest cards I saw in low profile. Will be fine for CS Source or some medium detail oblivion.
 
Are half-height and low profile the same? I was looking at picks of the lp 7600GS and compared it to a regular 7600GS and the PCIe connection looked the same size. The only difference was the width was smaller on the lp card.
 
Hmm, what do you mean by half height?.. The reason I ask, is that it is a matter of the length of the slot vs the height of the case.

Is it a PCI-E 16x slot?
 
length of the slot is different types of PCIe ports (x1, x4, x16)

Width (of the slot cover) is what is referred to as half height. AKA it is half the height of a normal slot cover.
 
With the 8600 and 8300 Nvidia cards coming out in march would it be a good idea to hold off and see if those come in half-height sizes?

Edit: Section removed due to answer above.
 
You still have not said, do you need a half height card (AKA, the slot cover is half the size of a normal slot cover) or a slower PCIe bus card (AKA the slot on the mainboard is smaller than a standard (x16) slot)?
 
Yes I did. In my original post I said it had a half height PCIe 16x slot. And you explained that the length of the slot was based on the 1x,4x, and 16x standard. So the half height must be the actual size of the card.
 
I've decided to hold out on till the 8600/8300 series are released. From the specs you've seen what does it look like the 8300 would be comparable to?
 
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