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what's low profile graphics card

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godofdeath

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Hey I just saw someone say they had a low profiles graphics card, and I checked newegg.
It looks um, shorter, is that what they are?

Thanks
 
low profile are also known as half height cards. But yeah, basically they are just shorter cards for people with thin cases and the like.
 
chklin said:
More precisely, low-profile cards are narrower than regular cards.
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Only if by "narrower" you mean "shorter". Max of ~2.5" tall for a low-profile ("half-height") vs 4.2" tall for standard cards.

A lot of smallish business-class PC include a few "low-profile" PCI and/or PCI-E slots. I believe the format originally appeared in 2U rack-mount servers.

Be careful though. I've seen some "low-profile" video cards include only a standard-height backplate. They sold the low-profile one separately.

Here's the FAQ from the PCI website:
http://www.pcisig.com/news_room/faqs/#low_profile_pci


Awol
 
At any rate, the most power LP card on the market today is....

the gts250 LP from Sparkle Tech.
 
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