Optiplex 745 (Desktop) - Low profile graphics card that will fit?

[fihayward]

I need to upgrade my work pc to support dual screening, and am unsure if the following will fit and run off the current (standard) power supply?

My pc specs; http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/opti_745techspecs.pdf - (Desktop version)

This is the graphics card i'm thinking of buying; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-311-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914

Any help would be very much appreciated!

UPDATE: Ok how about just a dvi add in card? what are they and which will fit?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yup, that'll work fine.

I can't find anything on DVI add-in cards - are you thinking of AGP Digital Display cards, which were the predecessor to PCIe?

 

[fihayward]

Much appreciated confirmation on the graphics card

I hadn't heard of DVI Add in cards until I looked at this; http://www.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&~id=gfxoptix&~line=desktops&~lt=popup&~series=optix&~tab=details&ref=CFG&ref=CFG

If you scroll down to Dual Monitor support, (which is all this fuss was about), it reads 'With optional DVI Add card'

 

[Someone Somewhere]

OK, they're just telling you to put in a GPU. Like the one you linked above.

 

[fihayward]

Ah that makes sense!

I am still a little skeptical that it will fit as there isn't much room inside, can I upload photos here?

 

[fihayward]

http://i1319.photobucket.com/albums/t679/fercoseating/IMG_2124_zpsbb30b83e.jpg

http://i1319.photobucket.com/albums/t679/fercoseating/IMG_2125_zpsd7ecee1a.jpg

 

[Someone Somewhere]

It goes into that black slot on the left. You've removed the bit it screws in to though.

You might need to pull out or move that IDE ribbon though.

 

[fihayward]

Ok the graphics card arrived, fit's in the slot, is fine inside the pc....

BUT it's not half height and so there's no way the ports will fit/the case will close 🙁

Is there a half height bracket converter I can buy?

Something like this:http://www.hisdigital.com/un/product2-420.shtml

for Asus G210 Silent 1GB DDR3 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Phone up the people you bought it from. If they advertised it as low profile, they need to provide the low profile brackets.