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General Category => Off-Topic => Topic started by: cat herders of linux on 01 June 2022, 15:19:54

Title: Looking at the 6400 low profile graphics cards
Post by: cat herders of linux on 01 June 2022, 15:19:54
these are interesing as they are a single width gpu and low profile bracket is included and they are about 10$ more than i paid for my rx 570 that i used to own when it was new.  Yes i understand it's pcie4 not pcie3 but even so given the shortages that are still ongoing and that an i7 7700 g3 sff from hp is 200$ (what i paid for mine on ebay) and i have just a smidge enough room to put in this rdna 2 card, i find it a compelling option.  it vastly outperforms the rx 550  and is about 10% slower in some things compared to a rx 570 i used to own (though that came with two free games - never played those games much btw).  The rx 570 took up two slots though. 

One card claims to use 4 pcie lanes while the other are 16 lanes?  can that be right?
Title: Re: Looking at the 6400 low profile graphics cards
Post by: SGOrava on 01 June 2022, 20:20:05
Regarding the PCIe lines I think all have just 4 lines; the 16x claim is probably for the size of the slot. (I think this because 6500 version had it in such a way)
Title: Re: Looking at the 6400 low profile graphics cards
Post by: cat herders of linux on 01 June 2022, 21:33:14
That makes sense.

I wonder how well this will perform on pcie 3 mb.  I know it's meant for pcie 4 mb.  I'll need to scour the web a bit more i think unless anyone has personal experience.