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Hi,
I have an Asus P2 M2A690G (Barebone) and have been wanting to update my Video Card for some time so that 1080p can be offloaded to the gpu. when i opened up the case i was surprised to notice i dont have a normal pcie slot but a pcie x1 slot.
Is there a video card out there that supports HDMI output, vdpau and fits in a pcie x1 slot?
any help would be apreciated...
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thx for the answer but tbh i didnt quite understand you...
what do you mean with cut open? what would i have to open up??
i have a pci slot and next to it (not behind it) a pcie x1 slot.
as for the cards on newegg, thx for the info but does the HD4350 handle video encoding? i thought only nvidia did that?
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just finished reading.
so you think that even on x1 it would still manage a 1080p video hdmi output?
my main problem for getting at a card is that im in germany, so i can't use newegg. i'll have to have a look around.
another question:
the x1 slot seems to be near the case wouldn't i maybe have a problem with a x16 card being to far away or to close to the case to fit in?
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yeah i was also concerned about the size. not just the lengths (i think that should be ok) but mostly the depths because (as you can see on the bottom of my pic) there is some cooling array, wich could interfere with the card if it has a big cooler...
i will see if i can get my hands on a x1 g210 somewhere. if not i'll just get the standard g210 and open up the slot. im not really into games (at least not on that special htpc) so the g210 should have enough power for vdpau.
thx again for your patience!
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Hi pseudoheld,
did you manage to integrate a NVIDIA card to the PCIe x1 Slot?
I have the same problem. I own a P2-M2A690G and want to plug in a NVIDIA card for Linux hardware-acceleration.
I am also from germany. So same problem with purchasing and finding GF210 or any other PCIe x1 cards here.
Andy