Change your own backplate
G98 gets user configurable
Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 11:32
THOSE LOOKING to pick up a low-power graphics card might be interested in checking out the first pics of a G98-powered Nvidia card.
Zotac has been spilling the beans on the 8400 GS card that it has, which has 256MB of GDDR3 memory to go with the new core.
It's got an HDMI output on the back, which should make it a good choice for HTPC users. The coolest thing about this Zotac card is that it has a configurable back plate - you can remove the DVI and HDMI ports and replace them with VGA and S-video (or any combination thereof) should you so desire.
The G98 core is running at 600MHz core and 1600MHz memory. Expect to grab it off virtual shelves very soon indeed. µ
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Just to clarify: You can't actually remove the DVI and HDMI, you just have different options for the VGA and S-Video, either leaving them away or packing them into a longer single slot or a second low-profile add-on-bracket.

Still fine ;)
Sorry, looks like you made a mistake. If you look closely at the pics, the HDMI and DVI ports are soldered onto the card, and the card has pin
headers for S-Video and VGA.

So you can swop the low-profile backplate for a full-height PCI backplane with S-Video, HDMI and DVI.

Or, you can add a second low-profile backplane for S-Video and VGA, if you don't mind using 2 low-profile PCI
slots for 1 graphics card.
I am in need of a bump in the graphics department I currently have in my 939 3800 X2 rig a used 6600GT 128mb PCI-E card.

I mainly play on for XBOX 360 for games but a up to date bump would be nice. How much are looking at it and can it be bought now? I just did a google search and Misco.Co.Uk are selling a GDDR2 version for £30 http://misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=281964&Sku=110959.

I am guessing with it being GDDR3 it'll be £40-45 maybe.