What's the best GPU you can get without using external power?

[ReCat]

Hey guys.

What's the best GPU I can find that fits in a single slot? It also has to be able to pull all it's power from the PCI-E slot, and ideally only take up only one slot in the case.

Recommendations are much appreciated.

[crazyates]

The best GPU that you can get that doesn't require a 6-pin power connector is the AMD 7750. There are at least 4-5 brands that all have a single slot model available, as well.

[ReCat]

Cool! That's perfect. Any Nvidia recommendations? Blender has no support for OpenCL unfortunately. Only CUDA.

[tom_o]

If you want to put it in that low profile server keep in mind that low profile cards (what 1u servers are normally expecting) should only draw 25w from the motherboard so you may well burn it out.

[ReCat]

I have a powered riser.

[crazyates]

Cool! That's perfect. Any Nvidia recommendations? Blender has no support for OpenCL unfortunately. Only CUDA.

Until Nvidia starts releasing their low end 7xx cards, the best you can do is a 640. It's the same as the 7750: Some cards are dual slot, some are single. Newegg doesn't have any 640s, but Amazon and some other places do.

[ReCat]

Thanks.

[polarhei]

Hey guys.

What's the best GPU I can find that fits in a single slot? It also has to be able to pull all it's power from the PCI-E slot, and ideally only take up only one slot in the case.

Recommendations are much appreciated.

AMD 7750