Micro Btx

July 19, 2010 / dj / No comments

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Graphics card with BTX motherboard?

i need a graphics card, to play spore and the sims 3, that is £60 maximum but my fujitsu siemens esprimo p2511 has a micro BTX motherboard which through experience can have problems fitting regular soundcards/PCI card so if anybody can find me 1 plz give a link
sorry z i f f i u but with a search on the internet it says that i cant play spore with it . any other ideas??

Your best bet is one of these http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169291

It's a low profile card, designed to be compatible with small HTPC's. The silver backplate comes off and you can replace it with a smaller one included in the box. It also has low power requirements, so should work with your power supply.

edit: I've checked and the Graphics card I linked to the Asus HD 4550, and it walks all over the Spore requirements which are:

"# FOR WINDOWS VISTA
# * 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
# * 768 MB RAM
# * A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
# * At least 4 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for creations. "

http://www.spore.com/what/specs_spore

The HD 4550 is Pixel Shader 4.1 and has 512MB Ram. It even has a HDMI port so you can plug it into your TV and play spore large-screen. It's also a very small both in height, width and length so it can fit into your case. It requires a 300W power supply which you have according to your PC's sheet http://uk.ts.fujitsu.com/rl/servicesupport/techsupport/ProfessionalPC/ESPRIMO/Datasheets/ds_esprimo_edition_p2411_2511.pdf

According to that it has a 300W power supply, and 1 full height PCI-Express slot for a graphics card.

It really is the best option for you, anthing more will require you to replace your power supply which isn't so easy on a BTX.

In a HD4550 review, it achived 24FPS @ 1440×900 which they claimed was very playable, or 30FPS+ @ 1280×1024.

http://www.planetx64.com/index.php/2008/10/sapphire-radeon-hd4550-evaluation

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