Monster 4GB 5970 Video card

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bunnyfubbles

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You don't, duh. Remember, NVidia oh so brilliantly decided that running PhysX along aside any card that's NOT a NVidia card as the primary graphics adapter would be a big no-no and disabled that ability.

Well it was a joke, and IIRC there are was to hack it into working...there was a thread not too long ago about a guy who had two 5970s and a 295 for physx :p

I would be more concerned about this card breaking with that much copper sitting 10" away from any form of support.

The heatsink could be attached to the brackets for greater support instead of just hanging on the card. And if it is a triple slot design, it might have a 3 slot bracket and thus have an extra anchor point.
 

aigomorla

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I'd be more interested in the case mod that is required to fit one of these in the bottom of a mobo.. Stilts anyone?

The cards are only a little bit longer then the ones i have on right now..

2 x HD4870X2's on a classy E759

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SHAQ

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I was wondering when we would see a tri-slot card. If the 300 watt PCIe spec/barrier gets raised they may become standard.

Oh and nice chair. lol