- catloaf ( @catloaf@lemm.ee ) 22•4 months ago
optimized for SFF rigs and HTPCs
That’s why. Not really gaming, just a basic card for a specific niche.
Industrial PCs too, fanless stuff is great when you don’t want dust continuously pumped through the case, like in a woodshop (sawdust) or a mechanic (oily dirt and dust).
Although personally, in those cases, I think you’d see comparable performance just by using modern onboard CPU graphics. I would rather save the space and money and skip a discrete card entirely.
- Soleil (she/her ♀) ( @ethd@beehaw.org ) 11•4 months ago
You’ll have substantially better results from modern integrated graphics (even on the low-end Intel UHD side). This is genuinely the card you get if you just need the extra outputs and don’t care about performance, or you have a CPU lacking integrated graphics and don’t care about performance.
In other words, there are use cases for it, but I absolutely agree that a gaming card this is not and it has a very specific niche.
- Appoxo ( @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•4 months ago
Remember that some CPUs come without the iGPU like older Ryzen or some intel chips.
- Soleil (she/her ♀) ( @ethd@beehaw.org ) 1•4 months ago
Yup, addressed in my original reply.
- GameEnder ( @GameEnder@reddthat.com ) 6•4 months ago
They work great for office PCs when we need to add extra outputs. Maybe not this specific version that heatsink looks a bit tall to fit in most half height cases.
- Ace! _SL/S ( @AceSLS@ani.social ) 2•4 months ago
Fuck Asus. All my homies hate Asus