WEBVTT 00:00:07.279 --> 00:00:14.519 well I never really did one of these videos for the Radeon hd7970 and 7950 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:19.720 launches so I guess it's fitting that I get around to it now basically what I'm 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:21.640 doing is my usual length and general 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:26.359 physical comparisons between these various video cards so here the reasons 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:33.280 I've chosen these particular cards for comparison are one the Galaxy GTX 680 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:35.640 and the uh radon hd7970 are sort of the 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:41.640 the New Kids on the Block as far as high performance goes with the GTX 680 being 00:00:38.800 --> 00:00:48.559 the newest of all of the cards here the GTX 590 and the Radeon HD 6990 are the 00:00:45.760 --> 00:00:53.000 last generation King of the Hill cards both of them are dual GPU solutions that 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:58.359 perform similarly especially once you overclock these uh these newer cards to 00:00:55.440 --> 00:01:02.559 these newer single GPU cards so we're going to see what kind of uh in addition 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:07.759 to the much better power characteristics of the 680 and the 7970 how much smaller 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:12.720 physically they are than their previous generation Brethren and the reason I'm 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:17.520 including the GTX 580 is due to the fact that it was a similarly positioned card 00:01:15.119 --> 00:01:21.520 to the 680 from the last generation so we want to see what improvements NVIDIA 00:01:19.119 --> 00:01:27.360 has made on comparing the last generation single GPU to the current 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:30.520 generation single GPU card so the 680 00:01:27.360 --> 00:01:32.399 is exactly 10 in Long one of the things 00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:36.000 I like about NVIDIA's reference cards is that they don't unnecessarily lengthen 00:01:34.119 --> 00:01:40.799 the card so you see how the PCB ends here and the cooler ends here this is 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:47.320 something AMD just keeps doing and I can't fathom why they do this but check 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:48.880 this out so the radon hd7970 remember 00:01:47.320 --> 00:01:58.159 guys this information is important if you need to fit one of these cards in your case the 7970 is about 11 in Long 00:01:55.040 --> 00:02:00.520 now what kills me about that is you guys 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:05.439 can see quite clearly here actually I hope you can see quite 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:09.080 clearly here the PCB ends here so they've just got extra random plastic 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:13.080 shroud about yeah it looks like about a quart 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:17.000 of an inch of it right off the back of the card why are you doing that I had 00:02:14.519 --> 00:02:21.000 trouble fitting it inside a shuttle X PC Bare Bones uh due to that extra just 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:27.760 little tiny bit of space I mean I did get it in so it wasn't the end of the world but it's just a little bit 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:29.120 frustrating um now in terms of the other 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:34.360 aspects of the layouts of these cards these are both PCI Express 3.0 cards and 00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:38.920 they both have two power connectors however the GTX 680 due to its lower 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:43.120 power consumption has two six pin power connectors in a unique stacked 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:47.720 configuration so NVIDIA's theory about this is it'll provide slightly better 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:50.720 Cable Management as well as it buys as 00:02:47.720 --> 00:02:52.800 buy them more room on the PCB you can 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:56.599 see here that in theory it uses up less space although you can yeah I don't know 00:02:55.080 --> 00:03:00.159 how much I believe that because you can also clearly see next to the Stacked 00:02:58.480 --> 00:03:06.879 configuration there are six contact points for where we could have put a six 00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:09.480 pin connector right here anyway so yeah 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:13.400 um you know whatever but so okay so in theory it gives them that and uh I mean 00:03:11.640 --> 00:03:17.720 maybe hey maybe it's working because they do have a significantly shorter 00:03:14.959 --> 00:03:21.519 card than the Radeon hd7970 you can't really tell this is sort of poorly 00:03:19.519 --> 00:03:26.959 aligned in terms of the camera but these are sitting at the same spot so this is 00:03:24.239 --> 00:03:32.360 how much longer the 7970 is versus the GTX 680 so it has an eight pin and a six 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:37.400 pin now let's compare these to some last generation cards so here we go you know 00:03:35.519 --> 00:03:42.159 what let's focus on the 680 since it is the newest card 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:45.200 here how long is it compared to a GTX 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:49.120 580 the 580 is slightly 00:03:45.200 --> 00:03:50.159 longer not by much oops oh sorry I'm 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:56.879 having a little bit of trouble with my chest tripod today here guys there we go 00:03:53.640 --> 00:03:59.439 now I got it so at 10 1/2 in versus 10 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:03.400 in um there aren't too many cases where that half an inch is going to be the be 00:04:01.799 --> 00:04:07.159 all and end all the the actual difference in fact many cases are 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:11.799 accepting graphics cards up to 12 in no problem these days so it's something to 00:04:09.799 --> 00:04:15.000 be aware of but if you have a gaming case like any kind of decent case it's 00:04:13.519 --> 00:04:21.840 probably not the end of the world now the GTX 590 at 11 in is one of the 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:23.360 longest graphics cards ever produced um 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:27.600 you know for I guess you could call it mainstream but it isn't really but for 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:31.479 for the general consumer Market it's got two8 pin power connectors compared 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:37.280 compared to and this is a similarly performing card especially in scenarios 00:04:33.400 --> 00:04:38.639 like 3D Vision uh we are definitely 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:44.280 taking a step in the right direction not to mention the substantially improved 00:04:42.039 --> 00:04:51.880 power consumption that we get with the GTX 680 and finally the longest pure 00:04:48.320 --> 00:04:53.240 consumer card at 1T long the Radeon 6990 00:04:51.880 --> 00:04:58.199 so once again these are similarly performing cards but if you want to talk 00:04:55.600 --> 00:05:01.520 performance per inch the uh the 680 is looking pretty good and for that matter 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:06.000 the 7970 looks pretty good too especially once you start overclocking 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:10.360 it so to give you guys some context here I've just brought along a 00:05:07.520 --> 00:05:14.080 motherboard because yeah I can sort of measure these in terms of inches but 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:20.000 that really doesn't help you eyeball whether they're going to fit in your case so let's take the 7970 and the GTX 00:05:17.960 --> 00:05:25.280 680 and my chest tripod's broken again here guys sorry about the shaky camera 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:26.880 all right so you guys can visualize 00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:31.759 based on looking at your motherboard where it sits in your case and where the 00:05:28.919 --> 00:05:36.919 edge of your motherboard is see that so the 680 hangs just a little bit let's 00:05:35.520 --> 00:05:41.560 see how much it is looks like about a qu of an inch 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:44.639 little over a qu of an inch over the edge of your motherboard so as long as 00:05:42.960 --> 00:05:50.479 you have that much clearance on the side of the board then you should be fine 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:53.680 next we've got the 7970 which hangs 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:55.479 about an inch and a qu over the edge of 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:58.080 a motherboard so there you go hopefully that helps guys and 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