Do short PCI-e video cards exist?

[Elie]

One of my buddies got a Lenovo desktop that is very thin, one of those small sized desktops for work.
it only came with one video out and wants to add another video card, we tried an old ATI PCI card but the card and the bracket are too high.

Do cards exist that are half the height of a regular card?

Thanks,
Elie

[Nowhere]

Matrox of course!

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/crepro/products/gseries/g550lppcie.php

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/cadgis/products/pseries/p650lppcie.php

[Chucky Cheese]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=low+profile+video+cards

http://www.directron.com/lowprofile.html

cc

[Elie]

Thanks... I didn't know they were called "Low Profile"

[Technoid]

and here I thought you were talking about one lane pci-E cards

[knirfie]

and here I thought you were talking about one lane pci-E cards

I though he meant something like this with "short":



(though ofcourse this isn't a videocard)

[Taz]

Not all low profile cards come with a low profile bracket though

[Marshmallowman]

I know that some lenovo/ibm desktop boxs you have the option of adding a second digital output.
Its done by adding a special pci card from ibm/lenovo that simply has a dvi transmitter chip, but actually uses the built in onboard video card.

I have one sitting my desk draw, as I use a nvidia quadro for my other displays

[az]

These are, IIRC, known as ADD cards, and they of course don't work in all boards.

[Elie]

Not all low profile cards come with a low profile bracket though

I know we had to buy a seperate bracket for the Nvidia low profile card that cost $12 sheesh!

[Taz]

It seems really stupid to go to the trouble of producing a low profile card and not to include the bracket, it's not like it's going to add lots to the price