Card Length!?

[darkeen]

Ok so after seeing the 7800gtx I was about ready to jump onto the ati bandwagon when the r520 got out, now I see it is the same length. What makes them need to increase the PCB size!? I have to place hard drives around my 6800gt or the power cables cannot fit in. I mean really how does it help? Ati has had all high end cards in recent memory on nice short cards, why the sudden size jump?

 

[^eMpTy^]

I think power is the big thing...chip sizes continually decrease...but the amount of power they draw keeps going up...so the circuitry to manage power on the cards keeps getting more complex...

 

[autobot]

The X1800XT is about the same length as the 7800GTX, but the X1800XL and lower cards are the standard smaller size that ATi has been using for years.

 

[AltTabbins]

I remember opening my first 6800nu...
It was like opening a box to a boardgame. I was thinking to myself that they should have folded it to make it more compact like a boardgame... I was wondering where the dice where and how I would plot against my friends as Col. Mustard. hahahahahaha..

 

[gerbiaNem]

I remember opening my first 6800nu...
It was like opening a box to a boardgame. I was thinking to myself that they should have folded it to make it more compact like a boardgame... I was wondering where the dice where and how I would plot against my friends as Col. Mustard. hahahahahaha..

Interesting.. have the card in a U shape =D