Comment Old PCI vga cards (Score 1) 347
Search your local cleanups for motherboards with integrated gfx.
Or find some really old PCI vga videos cards on cleanups.
The key here isn't so much power usage. It's reliability.
And you DON'T want a card that needs a fan or large heatsinks.
A cool running old pci card (s3 trio, ati mach64 etc) is going
to still last longer than a hot running card with or without a
heatsink (eg nvidia 5200 etc)
Use a cheap vga switcher to switch between multiple boxes.
This method is best for quick local logins & maintinance.
When your machine has a problem, you don't want to be
rooting round with serial links etc.
Or find some really old PCI vga videos cards on cleanups.
The key here isn't so much power usage. It's reliability.
And you DON'T want a card that needs a fan or large heatsinks.
A cool running old pci card (s3 trio, ati mach64 etc) is going
to still last longer than a hot running card with or without a
heatsink (eg nvidia 5200 etc)
Use a cheap vga switcher to switch between multiple boxes.
This method is best for quick local logins & maintinance.
When your machine has a problem, you don't want to be
rooting round with serial links etc.