31-40k Single slot GPU?

KAKAN

KAKAN

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Looking to buy a single slot GPU for media center workloads, and maybe to fit into a MiniPC or SFF 10" rack build.

Current options:

XFX RX 6400

XFX SPEEDSTER SWFT105 RADEON RX 6400 Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2

RX-64XL4SFG2
www.xfxforce.com www.xfxforce.com
  • Worst performing for Media
  • Best looking
ASRock A380
www.asrock.com

ASRock Intel Arc A380 Low Profile 6GB

<b>Clock: GPU / Memory</b>, GPU Clock: 2000 MHz, Memory Clock: 15.5 Gbps<br /><b>Key Specification</b>, Intel® Arc™ A380 Graphics, 6GB 96-bit GDDR6, DirectX® 12 Ultimate, PCI® Express4.0 Support, 1 x DisplayPort™ 2.0 with DSC / 1 x HDMI™ 2.0b<br /><b>Key Features</b>, Low Profile Design, Dual...
www.asrock.com www.asrock.com
  • Seems like the best overall option, considering it's hard to actually get/buy the Yeston model
Yeston RTX 3050

盈通 RTX3050 - 6G D6 LP

www.yeston.net www.yeston.net
  • Seems like the best performing option, not sure why you'd want this though. Just go with bigger GPU if you want to play higher performing games, or stick to the Intel one for media playback/transcoding.

There was supposedly a Flex line up of Intel cards, but I can't find those anywhere. And there's also this particular GPU (which I also can't find?):

Press Release: Matrox Announces Three Single Slot Intel Based GPUs – SFF.Network

smallformfactor.net smallformfactor.net
 
ibose said:
What kind of workloads are you specifically looking at that requires a dGPU ? Asking as if it's just transcoding, even the iGPU will suffice.
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Transcoding would be an almost continuous workload, and some light game streaming as well.
Immich would probably use it for its ML Model as well.
The reason I don't want to focus on the iGPU is simply because:
* The chipset might not have one, or might have a very weak one.
* Since the CPU might be under load due to other stuff, also running its iGPU might heat it up even more (as is the case for AMD APUs ime)
 
KAKAN said:
Transcoding would be an almost continuous workload, and some light game streaming as well.
Immich would probably use it for its ML Model as well.
The reason I don't want to focus on the iGPU is simply because:
* The chipset might not have one, or might have a very weak one.
* Since the CPU might be under load due to other stuff, also running its iGPU might heat it up even more (as is the case for AMD APUs ime)
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Nvidia Quadro T1000 4GB Graphics Card @ 24k
 
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If you are feeling adventurous.
n3rdware.com

Nvidia RTX A2000 single slot cooler | n3rdware

You can now use your RTX A2000 in extremely small cases like the Lenovo ThinkStation Tiny, Minisforum MS-01 or other cases that only allow low-profile, single slot PCIe cards! Replace the original cooler with this full copper, single slot version and you're good to go.
n3rdware.com n3rdware.com
 
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Mann said:
If you are feeling adventurous.
n3rdware.com

Nvidia RTX A2000 single slot cooler | n3rdware

You can now use your RTX A2000 in extremely small cases like the Lenovo ThinkStation Tiny, Minisforum MS-01 or other cases that only allow low-profile, single slot PCIe cards! Replace the original cooler with this full copper, single slot version and you're good to go.
n3rdware.com n3rdware.com
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Oh, their other components look very promising as well! Thank you for this link <3
 
KAKAN said:
Looking to buy a single slot GPU for media center workloads, and maybe to fit into a MiniPC or SFF 10" rack build.

Current options:

XFX RX 6400

XFX SPEEDSTER SWFT105 RADEON RX 6400 Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 2

RX-64XL4SFG2
www.xfxforce.com www.xfxforce.com
  • Worst performing for Media
  • Best looking
ASRock A380
www.asrock.com

ASRock Intel Arc A380 Low Profile 6GB

<b>Clock: GPU / Memory</b>, GPU Clock: 2000 MHz, Memory Clock: 15.5 Gbps<br /><b>Key Specification</b>, Intel® Arc™ A380 Graphics, 6GB 96-bit GDDR6, DirectX® 12 Ultimate, PCI® Express4.0 Support, 1 x DisplayPort™ 2.0 with DSC / 1 x HDMI™ 2.0b<br /><b>Key Features</b>, Low Profile Design, Dual...
www.asrock.com www.asrock.com
  • Seems like the best overall option, considering it's hard to actually get/buy the Yeston model
Yeston RTX 3050

盈通 RTX3050 - 6G D6 LP

www.yeston.net www.yeston.net
  • Seems like the best performing option, not sure why you'd want this though. Just go with bigger GPU if you want to play higher performing games, or stick to the Intel one for media playback/transcoding.

There was supposedly a Flex line up of Intel cards, but I can't find those anywhere. And there's also this particular GPU (which I also can't find?):

Press Release: Matrox Announces Three Single Slot Intel Based GPUs – SFF.Network

smallformfactor.net smallformfactor.net
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There's also RTX 2000E ADA which is the most powerful single slot card you can get (factory fitted). But if you decide to go with nerdware coolers, it opens up pathways to RTX A2000 12GB, RTX 2000 ADA 16GB and ultimately RTX 4000 SFF ADA 20GB (not to be confused with RTX 4000 ADA 20GB, both of which have 4070ti class die).

Here's a comparison.

I was able to haggle the cost of 2000E to 57k, and 4000 SFF ADA to 118k. But ultimately settled for 2000 ADA for 58k from easyshoppi:
  1. Best Price to performance
  2. Supports Frame Gen and DLSS 4 for gaming
  3. AV1 encoders (higher quality streaming over slower speeds)
  4. 16GB VRAM with FP8 support (accelerates AI inferencing)
  5. Small enough die to be cooled by single slot coolers (which the 4000 SFF ADA struggles with as outlined by @jayanttyagi)
I was able to order a nerdware cooler using US Shipping group. Costed about $111 + shipping (~12k INR).
 
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