Tuesday, March 17th 2009
Albatron Releases PCI-E x1-supportive 9500 GT Accelerator
Albatron today introduced a new graphics card touting compatibility with single-lane PCI-Express interface. The Albatron GeForce 9500GT PCI-E 1X, as the name suggests, is an entry-level graphics accelerator which is compliant with most of the current generation standards. It is based on the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT, which gives it a fair chance to make it to HTPCs and multi-head display setups. Being based on PCI-E x1 bus, the card will fit into a PCI-Express slot of any length and generation.
The GeForce 9500 GT provides 32 stream processors, and is CUDA-supportive. The card packs 256 MB of DDR2 memory clocked at 1400 MHz. The core and shader domains are clocked at 550 MHz and 1375 MHz respectively. The card uses a half height PCB, and comes with a low-profile bracket. DVI and composite connectors are provided on the card, while a header extends out a D-Sub connector. HDMI is supported by means of a dongle. The card relays audio to the HDMI connector from an SPDIF source. Albatron will price this card well within the US $100 mark.
The GeForce 9500 GT provides 32 stream processors, and is CUDA-supportive. The card packs 256 MB of DDR2 memory clocked at 1400 MHz. The core and shader domains are clocked at 550 MHz and 1375 MHz respectively. The card uses a half height PCB, and comes with a low-profile bracket. DVI and composite connectors are provided on the card, while a header extends out a D-Sub connector. HDMI is supported by means of a dongle. The card relays audio to the HDMI connector from an SPDIF source. Albatron will price this card well within the US $100 mark.
19 Comments on Albatron Releases PCI-E x1-supportive 9500 GT Accelerator
You're telling me that all those extra slot pins -- let's use a pic of my friend Mr. Sparkle here for example -- don't do anything?
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If you seal or disconnect the rest of the pins, the device won't be dysfunctional, it's bandwidth goes down. So Albatron here, connected only one lane to the GPU. Assuming the 9500 GT can make do with more than 250 MB/s of interface bandwidth, they've deliberately bottlenecked it for the sake of PCI-E x1.
Here's a read: www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=395983
Hopefully I'll have more luck than the guy in that tutorial, who ruined his card. :shadedshu
I tell you, I've done lots of weird things to hardware in my years, but I've never taken a saw to something! Can't say I'd recommend it to anyone else, either -- if it's as easy to ruin as the guy did in the tutorial, count me out.
So its NOT PCI, if thats what you're thinking.
It would make a nice physics card though.
If the back on the slot is there then take it off. 16x cards will work in 1x slots without hacking away.