RX 550 Low Profile

I have a small form factor PC, the HP S01-pF2013w. It serves me well as a streamer/entertainment computer. Two issues though, it had slow USB (see my review on the FebSmart 2-port USB3 card) and I accidentally yanked the HDMI cord and damaged the built-in HDMI port. Not wanting to write-off the computer, I decided to try the Maxsun Radeon RX550 video card to salvage the situation.As advertised, the card was an easy fit in the PCI 16 slot. HP does not give much room between the slot and the power supply, but the Maxsun said it'd fit with only a 19mm space, and sure enough it did. That leaves a few mm's to spare, which I hoped would be enough for the fan to keep the card cool. The added HDMI and DisplayPort are unobstructed by the case.Just for grins, I decided to see how the stock Intel UHD 630 performance stacked up against the Radeon RX550. Using PassMark's PerformaceTest suite v 11.0 2D and 3D graphics tests, the Radeon came out the clear winner. It was visually obvious as the tests ran, I've included a pic showing the two results side by side.Power consumption was a concern, as was temperature. It's a little computer with a small power supply. Using NZXT I was able to see the power consumption and temperature under idle, movie streaming, and hard-core 3D-rendering tests. At idle, the Radeon only uses 4W. While streaming, 6W at 126 F. 3D rendering pushed the card, it went to 24W at 172F. A little warmer than I like, but sustainable. My concern about limited airflow is gone.The only problem I had was the AMD software. Windows 11 immediately recognized the card and it worked fine, but I later downloaded the AMD Adrenalin software just to make sure the full ability of the card was available. Unfortunately, that made it unstable - sometimes the screen would black-out and require a reboot. After I uninstalled the Adenalin software and only loaded the AMD Radeon driver it settled down and there've been no problems since.Verdict: The card works. There was a very noticeable improvement in performance compared to the Intel UHD 630, and the card uses very little wattage and keeps its cool. The Radeon RX550 will not win any awards and is by no means a graphics monster, but it does elevate an underpowered stock system from abysmal to mid-level graphics performance. I've no regrets.

Came with a low profile adapter that i didnt notice at first, 2 screws on GPU board and a really tiny one next to HDMI socket. Worked perfectly in dell optiplex 3020. Had to remove cable connecting to case front io (sound/usb) but 6 usb on back of case are plenty and im using internal pc speaker or tv speakers when HDMI is connected, runs 2 monitors fine. Need to change bios settings to use newly installed adapter, primary display after installing card is via HDMI so i thought stuff wasnt working for awhile till i turned TV on and changed it to HDMI socket PC was plugged into and bios screen was there. rebooted into windows fine after that, had to download and install drivers as normal but works really great, no overheating, have a newly installed i7-4900 in there as well, no power or overheating issues at all. Had to hard reset it once, not sure why but worked fine after that.

I bought this video card to improve the video performance of our dell precision 3450 small firm factor computer. The video was previously lagging and sticking when streaming UHD video, and when I checked task manager I found that the built in video GPU was running at 100% capacity. Dell recommended an AMD 550 half height card for this machine, so I purchased this one. It was easy to install, and I just downloaded the drivers from AMD's web site, which was easy to do (there were none in the box). When I plugged the monitor into this card, the video quality was excellent, and task manager said that the video GPU was at about 50% capacity when streaming and displaying UHD video. Job done! I should also not that the video card in the box was fitted with a mounting bracket for a full height slot, but the included a half height bracket which was easy to swap out. This was a good purchase - highly recommended.

This card works for the most part. I did need it to be a bit more powerful for the frame rate that I was looking for, but the mistake is on me for not digging into the details. I ended up keeping the card for another project. It's decent and a good value.

This is a great card at his performance range. Very stable, very reliable. Been using it almost a year and no problems. Plays Roblox smoothly, newer fancy grafx games can play on lowest setting. But with the form factor and price this is a great deal. Running in a Dell Optiplex 9010.

I am building a Windows 11 Desktop and decided to try this 4GB Video RAM Graphics card instead of using the old 1GB card that I already had. Unfortunately, on boot up, there was no display, and I could not see anything. I even bought a second ASUS motherboard, and the same thing happened. I even tried it with my old 1 GB Card and had the same result, and I am not sure if it is the processor. However, I decided to try the Maxsun card in my existing Windows 10 Desktop and replaced a 2 GB card with this card. It did boot up into Windows 10 with the generic low-resolution driver that is in Windows 10 and Windows downloaded the AMD drivers for the card. Once they installed, the screen went blank and even with a reboot I no longer had a display. Luckily, when I replaced the Masun with the existing 2 GB card that I have been using since 2019 I again had a display in Windows and the desktop is working fine after several sessions. This card may work just fine in other systems, but it didn't with 3 different ASUS motherboards. My Windows 11 new build is still dead after over $1,000 of components and am awaiting delivery of different RAM and a 6GB ASUS Graphics card. If that doesn't work, I will have to buy a different CPU for $319 to see if that is the problem. This is my 5th and last Desktop build since I now realize that I could have purchased one hell of a great Laptop for $1,500 with a factory guarantee and far fewer headaches and disappointments!!!

I have 4 of these running in sff Dell PCs. They fit great and only use about 6W of power. The PCs I have them in are not gaming PCs though, just office use where they are running multiple screens and graphic intense software.

Works perfectly.