Asytra Wrote:DAISHI Wrote:BTW when did video cards start becoming larger than the mother boards in computers? And by a significant amount.
LOL
Yeah my first wake-up call on this was when I bought my 9800 GTX+ OC. I literally had to swap all of my internal components into an old but larger case just to fit all of it. My new 470 GTX is the same size, though, which is "nice". I mean... I'm glad they didn't get bigger...
The reason why? Well... video cards now are nearly as powerful as the main computer. nVidia cards handle not just graphics but also physics processing. Also since the GPUs run faster and therefore hotter, they need much more cooling than older cards, hence the huge fans.
Yes. My GTX 480... bought it, it arrived in the mail and realized it would never fit in my case. Got a new one, and much better. Has four onboard fans, two to take in cool air and two to vent hot air, plus an internal cooling. But even with the larger case we couldn't save the wireless card because of HP's proprietary fixture for it.