How long are these new cards? I'm interested in replacing my 7800GT with either a nvidia 200 series or ati 4000 series. I'm concerned about 2 things mostly. Power and size. I'm confident that my Corsair 520hx will handle it fine, but I'm unsure of my Silverstone SG01. Will it fit these new cards?
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Length of New Cards
- Thread starter fuzzy34
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It is at the bottom of this page, with pictures comparing cards:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...deon-hd4870-512mb-graphics-card-review-7.html
"When doing a size comparison to some of the cards that were and are presently in its price range we can see that the HD4870 is about 1 shorter than the 9800GTX but slightly longer than the HD4850 and older HD3870. Overall, the card is 9.5 long."
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...deon-hd4870-512mb-graphics-card-review-7.html
"When doing a size comparison to some of the cards that were and are presently in its price range we can see that the HD4870 is about 1 shorter than the 9800GTX but slightly longer than the HD4850 and older HD3870. Overall, the card is 9.5 long."
It is at the bottom of this page, with pictures comparing cards:
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...deon-hd4870-512mb-graphics-card-review-7.html
"When doing a size comparison to some of the cards that were and are presently in its price range we can see that the HD4870 is about 1 shorter than the 9800GTX but slightly longer than the HD4850 and older HD3870. Overall, the card is 9.5 long."
Thanks! This is helpful
I had to move a harddrive and the card also blocked two of my four SATA ports. Had I gotten a dual-slot card, it would have blocked all four SATA ports. I've read that you can use 90 degree bended SATA cables and squeeze them in under the card, though. I've got a m-ATX mobo, but even some users of poorly laid out ATX boards have had these problems.
Maybe my friend would benefit changing over to 4870s, he has 2x 9800GTXs and a p182 case, they do not fit, had to take out one hard drive bay so they could fit, he also bought a p35 board to change out his old sli board(it was only doing 8x on one PCI-x) and why he bought a p35 with 2 9800GTXs is beyond me, maybe doing some trading soon.
My main problem with the new cards has been my HDs in the way ... easy fix moving them around.
TheMonk
I agree. Even though it was a tight fit, I didn't need to do this with my Centurion 5 and 4850, but after moving my HDDs to 5.25" bays with adapters, the HDDs run cooler and I have a lot more room for my video card. I also had enough space to pop an 80mm in front of the video card for better air flow.
Has anyone tried fitting a 4870 in to an Antec Sonata 3 case? The Sonata III has an odd drive bay which points outwards. The 8800GTS 320mb that I currently have fits ok, but the power plug extends into where a fan should be, so I had to move my fan under the hard drives. If the 4870 doesn't fit then there isn't anything I can easily move.
So has anyone tried fitting a 4870 into this case? Does it fit ok?
So has anyone tried fitting a 4870 into this case? Does it fit ok?