Has anyone tried AST2400 based m.2 VGA card
TL;DR
- I can't get Asrock Rack M2_VGA at any reasonable price on where I live
- Aliexpress had some similar alternatives like AST2400 based VGA card
- Could buy m.2 -> pcie then add 1slot gpu but at that cost this is cheaper at 100 bucks
alie link to that m.2 vga in img
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Basically I am trying to maximize pcie utilization of my homelab where cpu doesn't have igpu.
I only need display output for bios or emergency terminal works like once a year, and my server isn't for media so no 3D acceleration nor HW encoder/decoder is necessary.
However since I can't get Asrock rack's M2_VGA at any reasonable shipping methods or price, I'm looking into this one based on AST2400A1-GP instead.
Though I can't find any meaningful review for this specific m.2 version, not pcie version so I'm wondering if anyone have ever bought this before buying it blindly.
Posted Sep 12, 2026, 8:32 AM UTC