half height video card

[Swanny-CG]

Hardware folks - I need some help.

I have a slimline tower and I need a video card. I'd prefer an hdmi port but at a minimum I need a DVI port. It has to fit in a small slot on the back of the pc.

I have a 16x PCIE slot available.

I don't need a lot of memory, I'm going to be hooking it up to a tv to watch videos. Trying to get one on the cheap. I have amazon prime but most cards there are newer and more expensive.

Thanks guys.

[OddJob2021]

Usually the fans are what cause a video card to appear 'thick'. If you choose one that does not come with fans it should fit your application. Just make sure the case has proper air flow.

[Trench]

You might also want to confirm what exactly you intend to use the PC for. Since you had mentioned "hook up to television" I was half way through an HTPC-specific response back when you originally posted, until I realized you were probably assuming to also use the same card for playing Battlefield 3 or other games.

So is this "Battlefield 3 / DirectX 11 inexpensively", or "Battlefield 1942 / DirectX 9 inexpensively", or "only playing computer videos on the television inexpensively." Which might help focus which kind of half-height video card experience could be most useful for this scenario.

-Trench

[Swanny-CG]

I only need to hook it up to the TV to watch movies and play music.

I don't need half thickness, I need it to be half the length at the end where the actual ports are, since it's a slim tower. I found a 256 MB ATI card with a dual-port splitter for $20 on Amazon and went with that. I haven't installed and reloaded the OS with it in yet so for all I know it might be a bust. It was the cheapest thing I found that looked like it might work though.