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Problem fitting a gfx card
I've just bought a used 9800GTX+ card for my son through a forum,
but it's so long and, being of double-width, so thick that it wouldn't fit in either of my two computers. The first problem is that it protrudes into the space occupied by the hard disk rack, but I can deal with that. The second, more serious one, is that the card sits over the SATA and front USB headers on my motherboards. I've looked at pictures of several other motherboards and it seems that many (most?) of them wouldn't accept the card without blocking something vital. This problem must have been faced by many others wanting to use similarly-built cards, but I've never come across any mention of the problem. Is there a solution other than looking for a suitable new motherboard? Thanks in advance for any help. |
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Problem fitting a gfx card
pawihte wrote:
I've just bought a used 9800GTX+ card for my son through a forum, but it's so long and, being of double-width, so thick that it wouldn't fit in either of my two computers. Is there a solution other than looking for a suitable new motherboard? T How about looking for/ finding/ a suitably sized/configured gfx card? -- Mike Easter |
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Problem fitting a gfx card
On 8/16/2010 9:09 AM, pawihte wrote:
I've just bought a used 9800GTX+ card for my son through a forum, but it's so long and, being of double-width, so thick that it wouldn't fit in either of my two computers. The first problem is that it protrudes into the space occupied by the hard disk rack, but I can deal with that. The second, more serious one, is that the card sits over the SATA and front USB headers on my motherboards. I've looked at pictures of several other motherboards and it seems that many (most?) of them wouldn't accept the card without blocking something vital. This problem must have been faced by many others wanting to use similarly-built cards, but I've never come across any mention of the problem. Is there a solution other than looking for a suitable new motherboard? Thanks in advance for any help. When deciding to use a large video card it becomes necessary to consider using a larger gaming case and an SLI/Crossfire compatible motherboard. The larger cases will accommodate the larger cards without hitting the drive bays. The newer motherboards position the headers out of the way of the space that two or more cards will occupy. |
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