Low Profile Graphics card for HTPC

#1 · 10-01-2014 03:56PM #1

Hi all,
Currently in my HTPC I have this APU: AMD A-Series A4 3400 which has a Radeon HD6410D built in.
I'm looking to add a little more graphical power to this machine as it sometime struggles with tearing on high bit-rate 1080p.

I was looking at the following few as an option, but I'd like to know what you guys think of what's below, or if you have any other suggestions I'd love to hear them.

Sapphire 11192-18-20G HD6670 1GB GDDR5 Low Profile Graphics Card.
ZOTAC GeForce GT 640 Low Profile 2GB Graphics Card.
Asus Nvidia GeForce 1GB GT 610 Silent Graphics Card

TerrorFirmer · 10-01-2014 04:02PM

The 6670 is better, I think the best low profile card you can get is the HD7750, but that's closer to almost 100 pounds - 98 euro on Dabs.ie actually, though make sure you check it actually comes with a low profile bracket.

Decent performance for a LP card. This is assuming you're playing games and not talking about playback?

Grim_Wreeper · 10-01-2014 04:08PM

Thanks for the feedback. To be honest I don't think I'm going to get the use out of a 7750 and can't justify paying that much for one in my secondary PC, it's really to reduce tearing and take some stress off the ALU that I'm thinking of upgrading.

I use it for both playback and playing games. 90% playback though, I have a fancy gaming rig the other side of the room. On a side, brothers & the walking dead play pretty dern well on that current ALU.

TerrorFirmer · 13-01-2014 09:47PM

In that case, shouldn't be much need for upgrade then if its only playback, nothing the 6670 will do that the HD6410 doesn't. Gaming would be the only difference.

moc moc a moc · 14-01-2014 12:20AM

Are you certain your GPU is even being utilised for video decoding? I think decoding would usually be done on the CPU unless the software is specifically instructed to use the GPU

(I know it's an APU, but to the best of my knowledge, the components are still treated as a separate CPU and GPU)

yawhat! · 14-01-2014 11:27PM

cant go wrong with a 7750

Dravokivich · 15-01-2014 01:48AM

I use a 5450 no bother.

Low Profile Graphics card for HTPC

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