Discussion SFF, but need 2 GPUs for a CRT

[maxence]

So, basically I'm a CRT nerd and with amd and nvidia dropping analog out support, my only way of using a CRT fully with any recent GPU is with also using an older card with analog out as a PhysX card. (I'm not really using PhysX it's just a dumb work around.)

I'm currently using a Titan X maxwell, which has analog out. But once I'm able to get a nvidia GPU for a non-scapled price, I'll get a low power single slot GPU for analog out (like a 750 ti).

Now that we're on the same page. I would like to go with a 3-slot m-itx case, but I'm not sure if I should try to use pcie bifurcation or m.2 to pcie adapter for the old GPU. I do play CS:GO competitively so I'm leaning towards the m.2 route, because I'm guessing the bifurcation might impact the main GPUs performance or output.

Then there's also the m-atx route, which basically solves all these problems by just having atleast one extra PCIe slot. But, it's quite a bit bigger.

Anyone have any ideas for what I should do, or small case recommendations that have 3 or more pcie slots?

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

Honestly, you won't lose much FPS, if any, with bifurcation ... but your motherboard has to support it. Sliger SM560 (11L) / SM580 (16L) are available with bifurcation as an option.



With m.2, you might need a powered riser as it can't provided 75W to the GPU on the PCIe slot.

I really miss my old Trinitron CRT (an IIyama with the 5x BNC connectors). When it died in early 2000's, moving to an LCD felt like a huge downgrade ... and that LCD was an EIZO one !

 

[maxence]

Honestly, you won't lose much FPS, if any, with bifurcation ... but your motherboard has to support it. Sliger SM560 (11L) / SM580 (16L) are available with bifurcation as an option.



With m.2, you might need a powered riser as it can't provided 75W to the GPU on the PCIe slot.

I really miss my old Trinitron CRT (an IIyama with the 5x BNC connectors). When it died in early 2000's, moving to an LCD felt like a huge downgrade ... and that LCD was an EIZO one !

Thanks for the response, it's interesting to see those x4, x8, x16 results. I was concerned about the frametimes being inconsistent, which is kind of illustrated 1%low in that video. But, oddly enough the 1%low for x16 is the lowest. That really doesn't seem right. I'll look at more benchmarks.

And yeah image quality is amazing on CRTs. I actually have the same monitor in that video you linked (GDM FW900), and it also uses BNC connectors . I think it's overrated though because it has a lot of issues keeping a sharp image on the sides.