so today's video is going to be about length the length of these graphics
cards so I have three graphics cards here today the first one is the brand
new gtx480 this is a PNY card so the
first thing we're going to do is compare it against no no the first thing we're
going to do is we're going to take the actual length of this particular graphics card so this tape measure is in
inches this graphics card is exactly 10.5 in long it reaches that very Mark
right there and it doesn't go much past that and one ADV Vantage it has over
some even smaller cards is that the PCI Express power connectors are up on the
top of the card so that means as long as you have 10.5 in of clearance in your
case you should be able to install a gtx480 in it now the next one we have is
the 5870 and this is just for comparison purposes here can I actually get like an
overhead shot of all three cards can you
uh can you are you able to do that without the strap getting in the way
okay so you can see that it is a little bit longer if we take the measurements
of this card you can see it's just exactly 11 in long and now that seems a
little bit unnecessary to me because you can see that quite a bit of this is
actually just a random plastic so they probably could have made this card 10.5
in but it does also use the power connectors up on the top of the board so
as long as you have room for 11 in then you will be okay last one is the 5970
this is one of the longest cards on the market with the plastic shroud that it
goes that goes out past it it actually is about 12 and A4 in long so that is a
full if I could remember how long this was so that's
another 10.5 12 and A4 11.5 1.75 in longer than
the gtx480 so thank you for checking out my video about the length of the GeForce
GTX 480