HDMI Video card
by OldManJ
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I have a HP G1 800 computer that has Dual Display port but I need to add an additional connection for HDMI so I can connect to our screen in a computer lab. This HDMI connection will be assigned the same display as one of the monitors. What would be a good card to add to this machine to give the HDMI connection?
dvdsmith Jan 5, 2017 at 21:47 UTC
It just occurred to me we may be overthinking this. Looking at the 800 G1 it has 2 DisplayPorts and 1 VGA, which from what I read should all work. Couldn't you put one of the two monitors on VGA and get a DP-to-HDMI cable?
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dancrane
Nvidia GT610: cheap, easy.
Tim-H
Since it's a low profile I think the best card would be the EVGA GT 730. It has 2 GB of memory and can be had for less than $80. There are probably cheaper ones but I put this card in a user's computer for a third monitor and it works great.
Spartan117458
How about a USB DisplayLink adapter? As long as you're not doing anything massively graphic intensive, it might be a better option than another video card.
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-SuperSpeed-currently-compatible/dp/B004MS0DIK
Paragraph Jan 5, 2017 at 20:40 UTC
Spartan117458 wrote:
That's going to be your best bet. They're priced about the same as "cheap" graphics cards and provide similar performance with the added benefit of being portable and trivial to move between computer upgrades. They also will not interfere with existing graphics hardware.
If you do go with an add-in card just note that the motherboard may not support Integrated and Add-In graphics to run at the same time, sometimes this is a BIOS setting but older or lower end machines may not support this.
ranhalt
I don't think there's any confirmation that it's low profile, the 800 G1 comes in SFF and CMT forms. But the GT610 comes with both brackets. That's what we buy for our PCs, specifically the Asus 2GB models. 1 DVI, 1 VGA, 1 HDMI. No DP though.
OldManJ
Little clarification - these HP's are the G1 towers so they have X16PCI and X4PCI slots in it. Graphics push really is powerpoint and low graphics stuff.
I don't know about the 800 G1 models, but for the Optiplex 3020 (same gen hardware), there is a BIOS option called "Multi-display" which allows both integrated and addon graphics to work simultaneously. However, it didn't work out-of-the-box and required a BIOS update.
That said, if you get an addon card you'd be better off running all the displays off the addon. This GT 710 supports 3 displays (HDMI,DVI,VGA) and only costs $40. If you have a SFF case, just make sure you have room for the heatsink. My Optiplex 3020 SFF cases couldn't hold it.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AZ8EO8K/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
AceOfSpades
I use this Asus LP fanless card in those units. It comes with the LP brackets. https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Graphics-Cards/GT610SL1GD3L/specifications/ or the 2GB version https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/GT610SL2GD3L/specifications/
Aaron Mason (Bell River Homes) Jan 6, 2017 at 05:02 UTC
USB graphics are fun. My laptop blue-screened on a USB3 HP dock (for some reason iPerf 3 64-bit triggers blue screens at the end of the bandwidth test) and the screen froze on the external display until the laptop rebooted.
That aside, I second this recommendation - unless the VGA port that dvdsmith mentioned can support a third screen, in which case follow his recommendation.
Alban (DisplayLink) Jan 6, 2017 at 08:43 UTC
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Hey Aaron, I'd recommend having a look at newer graphics drivers. If you give me machine details, I can tell you what and where to get them from.
Laptop manufacturers tend to block the installer from the graphics vendor until they have validated it T and they don't tend to validate drivers on non new platforms... But there's a way to do this.
I'd need the graphics card details from Device Manager and the date +version number installed.
dvdsmith wrote:
Wow, YES I am over thinking this and totally forgot that their was that VGA port. Love SW community to remind you the old parts of a system.
I also ordered one of these to test out.