External video card needed
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Well. Back in the day in the video production world we use to do this stuff all the time but, it was PCI & PCI-X not PCIE.
Let me tell you - It's not cheap. Nor is it's worth it in todays world. No one in their right mind is still buying these.
Basically what it was a rack mount Chassis (or portable unit for smaller use) that would take PCI Cards, and you would plug it into your laptop via PCMCIA slot or a desktops PCI/PCI-X slot. This would give you much more expansion but, the chassis alone would cost $1k plus without the cards.
Today Thunderbolt and USB3 should provide a better video card option than this. for Desktops just putt them inside the case. But, More likely if the computers don't take the video cards internally. it's likely cheaper and better to repurpose the 2 new computers and buy 2 more than can handle the needed video cards.
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One PC is an Acer All in One, the other I believe is a Dell All in One...both are touch screens.
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@Nic said:
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@scottalanmiller It seems I forgot to mention the client bought AIO PCs.
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@technobabble Yeah My vote is re-purpose those and Just get another pc with PCIE slots.
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Figured as much...but was hopefull that someday there would be a real external video card box, that looks just like a full size external hard drive. Seems not much to ask for.
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@technobabble said:
@scottalanmiller It seems I forgot to mention the client bought AIO PCs.
Ah ha, what bad planning.
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/554/facepalm.jpg
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@technobabble Yeah My vote is re-purpose those and Just get another pc with PCIE slots.
that's what I would say. You'll spend a fortune getting poorly planned machines to work kind of.
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@technobabble said:
Figured as much...but was hopefull that someday there would be a real external video card box, that looks just like a full size external hard drive. Seems not much to ask for.
The interface speed to a drive is like molasses compared to the PCIe bus. You can't easily put PCIe over a cable.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@technobabble said:
Figured as much...but was hopefull that someday there would be a real external video card box, that looks just like a full size external hard drive. Seems not much to ask for.
The interface speed to a drive is like molasses compared to the PCIe bus. You can't easily put PCIe over a cable.
Well you can there are speciality boxes that do exactly what he wants.. It'll just cost as much as the computer though.
Here's the cheapest one I know of but it's Macs only: http://secure1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?products_id=485
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Well I am glad I was not consulted about the purchases. Of course is this one of the issues with small businesses with no IT presence. I am working with them trying to get past a break/fix relationship...maybe this is the turning point!
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@technobabble said:
Well I am glad I was not consulted about the purchases. Of course is this one of the issues with small businesses with no IT presence. I am working with them trying to get past a break/fix relationship...maybe this is the turning point!
Might be best to explain how re-purposing those for someone else and purchasing new, more adequate machines is the best thing for this situation
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@ajstringham There are only 2 workers in the office so repurposing them will be a challange
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@technobabble said:
@ajstringham There are only 2 workers in the office so repurposing them will be a challange
Oh, well that changes things. So EXTREME S in SMB.
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Most companies have a return policy. How long ago were they purchased? Paying a restocking fee and buying the right thing new is probably easier and definitely better than trying to get the wrong thing working the right way.
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I will be looking for new desktops and monitors to replace both AIOs. She's not too happy but I reminded her she never actually consulted with any IT person before the purchases.
She said she did check online reviews of both products before purchasing. I reminded her that both device were probably fine for residential use and other mom and pop businesses but not for software that is basically a lite CAD/CAM program.
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@technobabble said:
I will be looking for new desktops and monitors to replace both AIOs. She's not too happy but I reminded her she never actually consulted with any IT person before the purchases.
She said she did check online reviews of both products before purchasing. I reminded her that both device were probably fine for residential use and other mom and pop businesses but not for software that is basically a lite CAD/CAM program.
Yeah, get some HP Elitedesk computers with a good NVIDIA graphics card.
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If they want to find something cheap, but still good, go here:
http://h71016.www7.hp.com/html/hpremarketing/daily.asp?jumpid=in_r2910_bizoutlet/remarketing/smbclearance&a=a#SMB1 -
@ajstringham said:
Most companies have a return policy. How long ago were they purchased? Paying a restocking fee and buying the right thing new is probably easier and definitely better than trying to get the wrong thing working the right way.
6 Months is not going to be covering anything but defects.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@ajstringham said:
Most companies have a return policy. How long ago were they purchased? Paying a restocking fee and buying the right thing new is probably easier and definitely better than trying to get the wrong thing working the right way.
6 Months is not going to be covering anything but defects.
I meant an after-purchase return policy. It ranges from 14-90 days, depending on the company and the product.
