innit01 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Hey I have a Dell GX620 sff with 10.4.8, it takes only low profile graphics cards. I was wondering if anyone knew of any good ones that are compatible? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36225-what-is-the-best-low-profile-graphics-card-for-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thico Alves Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Try FX5500 256MB, it's perfectly supported on OSX and it's cheap Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36225-what-is-the-best-low-profile-graphics-card-for-osx86/#findComment-257716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart86 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I have the same system you do. I bought a full size case and power supply from a dell 620 tower and just swapped over the motherboard. I thought about putting in a low profile card but it's already pretty cramped and I felt that anything over the onboard GMA950 would heat things up too much. Another factor was that I upgraded the 40gb 5400 rpm drive to an 80gb 7200 rpm driver which also generated more heat. The board is BTX so unless you get a dell 620 case you will need a case and powersupply that supports a BTX formfactor. Also you will need a BTX specific fan and heatsync. One downside of this approach is that you will have to use a USB DVD drive or find a SATA internal DVD drive as the SFF motherboard does not have any IDE headers and it is near impossible to get an adapter for the micro ide header on the board which is designed for laptops. Also, I'm not sure how much better the FX5500 would be over the GMA950. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36225-what-is-the-best-low-profile-graphics-card-for-osx86/#findComment-257834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
innit01 Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Cool thanks for the replies, not user what i'm going to do, but maybe get the ATI x600 256mb. Not sure how it will work under osx86 though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36225-what-is-the-best-low-profile-graphics-card-for-osx86/#findComment-258223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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