External video card needed
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@Nic said:
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@scottalanmiller It seems I forgot to mention the client bought AIO PCs.
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@technobabble Yeah My vote is re-purpose those and Just get another pc with PCIE slots.
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Figured as much...but was hopefull that someday there would be a real external video card box, that looks just like a full size external hard drive. Seems not much to ask for.
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@technobabble said:
@scottalanmiller It seems I forgot to mention the client bought AIO PCs.
Ah ha, what bad planning.
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/554/facepalm.jpg
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@technobabble Yeah My vote is re-purpose those and Just get another pc with PCIE slots.
that's what I would say. You'll spend a fortune getting poorly planned machines to work kind of.
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@technobabble said:
Figured as much...but was hopefull that someday there would be a real external video card box, that looks just like a full size external hard drive. Seems not much to ask for.
The interface speed to a drive is like molasses compared to the PCIe bus. You can't easily put PCIe over a cable.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@technobabble said:
Figured as much...but was hopefull that someday there would be a real external video card box, that looks just like a full size external hard drive. Seems not much to ask for.
The interface speed to a drive is like molasses compared to the PCIe bus. You can't easily put PCIe over a cable.
Well you can there are speciality boxes that do exactly what he wants.. It'll just cost as much as the computer though.
Here's the cheapest one I know of but it's Macs only: http://secure1.sonnettech.com/product_info.php?products_id=485
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Well I am glad I was not consulted about the purchases. Of course is this one of the issues with small businesses with no IT presence. I am working with them trying to get past a break/fix relationship...maybe this is the turning point!
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@technobabble said:
Well I am glad I was not consulted about the purchases. Of course is this one of the issues with small businesses with no IT presence. I am working with them trying to get past a break/fix relationship...maybe this is the turning point!
Might be best to explain how re-purposing those for someone else and purchasing new, more adequate machines is the best thing for this situation
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@ajstringham There are only 2 workers in the office so repurposing them will be a challange
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@technobabble said:
@ajstringham There are only 2 workers in the office so repurposing them will be a challange
Oh, well that changes things. So EXTREME S in SMB.
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Most companies have a return policy. How long ago were they purchased? Paying a restocking fee and buying the right thing new is probably easier and definitely better than trying to get the wrong thing working the right way.
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I will be looking for new desktops and monitors to replace both AIOs. She's not too happy but I reminded her she never actually consulted with any IT person before the purchases.
She said she did check online reviews of both products before purchasing. I reminded her that both device were probably fine for residential use and other mom and pop businesses but not for software that is basically a lite CAD/CAM program.
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@technobabble said:
I will be looking for new desktops and monitors to replace both AIOs. She's not too happy but I reminded her she never actually consulted with any IT person before the purchases.
She said she did check online reviews of both products before purchasing. I reminded her that both device were probably fine for residential use and other mom and pop businesses but not for software that is basically a lite CAD/CAM program.
Yeah, get some HP Elitedesk computers with a good NVIDIA graphics card.
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If they want to find something cheap, but still good, go here:
http://h71016.www7.hp.com/html/hpremarketing/daily.asp?jumpid=in_r2910_bizoutlet/remarketing/smbclearance&a=a#SMB1 -
@ajstringham said:
Most companies have a return policy. How long ago were they purchased? Paying a restocking fee and buying the right thing new is probably easier and definitely better than trying to get the wrong thing working the right way.
6 Months is not going to be covering anything but defects.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@ajstringham said:
Most companies have a return policy. How long ago were they purchased? Paying a restocking fee and buying the right thing new is probably easier and definitely better than trying to get the wrong thing working the right way.
6 Months is not going to be covering anything but defects.
I meant an after-purchase return policy. It ranges from 14-90 days, depending on the company and the product.
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@ajstringham Yes, but he has had them for 6 months.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@ajstringham Yes, but he has had them for 6 months.
Ah, missed that fact somehow.
