First of all... I am building a mini-itx system, not a laptop. But very few people know about MXM and you guys all seem pretty savvy.
I found this thread in my searches:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/gam...l-mxm-connector-external-pci-e-x16-box-7.html
I want to do the opposite. I want to be able to use a MXM video card in a PCI-e slot on a mini-itx board.
This post from that thread has pictures of exactly what I want:
But I can't find anywhere to buy this MSI card. I found this Polish review with pictures of the retail box, so I know this is more than a reference design or technology demonstration:
MSI Geminium GO :: PCLab.pl
So my questions are:
1) Does anyone know where to buy this card? I searched everywhere including MSI's site. I also emailed MSI (haven't heard back yet).
2) Does anyone know of any other products like this? The MSI product is actually designed to SLI two MXM cards. I would probably only need one MXM.
And before some one asks "why?" The reason I want to use a MXM card is because I am trying to minimize power consumption. MXM cards are designed with power in mind, whereas regular PCI-e video cards are not. Plus I am trying to use passive cooling, and lower power helps with that.
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I found out this MSI card is discontinued.
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Why not use a low-profile desktop graphics card? A Radeon 5570 would probably work, is cheap, and can play games (although not on the highest settings) if you're into that.
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Not sure why you need this since there are plenty of powerful low profile pcie cards out there.
PCI-e to MXM
Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Jakeman, Jun 13, 2010.