Shortened 9800GT "Green Edition"

http://vr-zone.com/articles/geforce-...eded/6643.html

Card is really short and has no external power connector. Wonder if we'll
see a passively cooled version by one of the board vendors?

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http://vr-zone.com/articles/geforce-...eded/6643.html

Card is really short and has no external power connector. Wonder if we'll
see a passively cooled version by one of the board vendors?

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."




doesn't that word GOTTEN rub you up the wrong way...........

In article , First of
One wrote:
Card is really short

How do you figure that?

Thinner, yes....shorter(length)?????

Jim L.

"a1pcfixer" wrote in message
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In article , First of
One wrote:
Card is really short

How do you figure that?

Thinner, yes....shorter(length)?????

Jim L.


Take a close look at a 8800, 9600 or 9800 series card. Then look at the
diagram. The distance from the end of the of PCIe connector to the end of
the PCB is a LOT less than on a reference 88xxx, 96xx or 98xx card.

???

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"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."


"Ten Pin Bowling" wrote in message
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doesn't that word GOTTEN rub you up the wrong way...........

In article HLzql.15604$PH1.6507@edtnps82, Augustus wrote:
The distance from the end of the of PCIe connector to the end of
the PCB is a LOT less than on a reference 88xxx, 96xx or 98xx card.

I sure hope so, because I'll rush out & fetch one these if true, when
available.

Jim L.

"a1pcfixer" wrote in message
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In article HLzql.15604$PH1.6507@edtnps82, Augustus wrote:
The distance from the end of the of PCIe connector to the end of
the PCB is a LOT less than on a reference 88xxx, 96xx or 98xx card.

I sure hope so, because I'll rush out & fetch one these if true, when
available.

If you think the 98xx series is long, try fitting one of the GTX 260/280/295
series. I wound up using the Dremel tool to make room in my Antec 180 case
which had an 8800GT in it. They are stupidly large. I don't know what case
fits these brutes if you're using all the SATA drive bays.

In article QJDql.15641$PH1.142@edtnps82, says...

"a1pcfixer" wrote in message
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In article HLzql.15604$PH1.6507@edtnps82, Augustus wrote:
The distance from the end of the of PCIe connector to the end of
the PCB is a LOT less than on a reference 88xxx, 96xx or 98xx card.

I sure hope so, because I'll rush out & fetch one these if true, when
available.

If you think the 98xx series is long, try fitting one of the GTX 260/280/295
series. I wound up using the Dremel tool to make room in my Antec 180 case
which had an 8800GT in it. They are stupidly large. I don't know what case
fits these brutes if you're using all the SATA drive bays.


A case that would handle an Extended ATX motherboard would probably
work.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811160016

or if I was rich:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811163109


Bill

The 3.5" internal drive cage is removable for a good reason. :-) Had to do
the same with my Lian Li mid-tower to fit the GTX 285. Now the 2x 80mm
intake fans that used to cool the hard disks are cooling the video card.

You should have seen the old Quantum3D cases, which were properly designed
around the video cards, not around the CPU.

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"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

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news:QJDql.15641$PH1.142@edtnps82...


"a1pcfixer" wrote in message
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In article HLzql.15604$PH1.6507@edtnps82, Augustus wrote:
The distance from the end of the of PCIe connector to the end of
the PCB is a LOT less than on a reference 88xxx, 96xx or 98xx card.

I sure hope so, because I'll rush out & fetch one these if true, when
available.

If you think the 98xx series is long, try fitting one of the GTX
260/280/295 series. I wound up using the Dremel tool to make room in my
Antec 180 case which had an 8800GT in it. They are stupidly large. I
don't know what case fits these brutes if you're using all the SATA drive
bays.

"First of One" wrote in message
...
The 3.5" internal drive cage is removable for a good reason. :-) Had to do
the same with my Lian Li mid-tower to fit the GTX 285. Now the 2x 80mm
intake fans that used to cool the hard disks are cooling the video card.

You should have seen the old Quantum3D cases, which were properly designed
around the video cards, not around the CPU.

Luckily, the 3.5" drive cage on the Antec had a 1" removable plastic spacer
in between the drive cage and the front of the case where the air screens
are. This got removed and I cut some slots and drilled new screw holes to
mount the bay back about 1", so it's now flush with the front of the case.
It gave me just enough to fit my eVGA GTX 260 SSC card. I'm running twin
150Gig Velociraptors in RAID0 in that cage. In the lower cage are a 640Gig
WD 32Mb cache data drive, and a 1 Gig Hitachi drive for daily Acronis
imaging.