6870 no chance of crossfire?

[Walkerie]

Hi all, just got my new setup sorted, I can only install my 6870 hawk in the bottom slot due to the way the SATA entry points are on my board, are all the 6870s this big or will I be okay with a diff brand?

 

[harmony]

What's the model of your motherboard? Some motherboards don't have considerate designs for dual-slot graphics cards.

 

[Surveyor]

Didn't you get an MSI P67A-GD53?

The SATA connectors on the motherboard are angled at 90 degrees so that you can fit a graphics card over them while the SATA cables are connected.

 

[Walkerie]

yes mate I got that, however it's just to long to fit properly, not sure if I have an extra long card or something but it wont go in

 

[Surveyor]

yes mate I got that, however it's just to long to fit properly, not sure if I have an extra long card or something but it wont go in

There's nothing on the motherboard, as far as I can see, to stop you using a long video card.

Are you sure it isn't something inside the case obstructing the card?

Perhaps if you could upload or link to a picture of your system we'd have a better idea of what's going on.

 

[Martini1991]

Hi all, just got my new setup sorted, I can only install my 6870 hawk in the bottom slot due to the way the SATA entry points are on my board, are all the 6870s this big or will I be okay with a diff brand?

You're doing it wrong.
I've used the same board with a 470 SLI set up and a 6870 Crossfire set up.

 

[Walkerie]

Ill get some pictures later, the housing for the SATA cables is a good half cm to high on mine to fit it in.

 

[Surveyor]

Unless you have an oddly designed card it should work.

 

[Walkerie]

yeah thats the sata things I mean, I will give it ago nearer the time to deciding if i can afford it anyway.

 

[Surveyor]

You're not using SATA cables with right angled connectors in those ports are you?

If you are the right angled end should be connected to the drive, and the flat end to the port, so that the graphics card can go over the top.

 

[Walkerie]

I tried both ways mate.

 

[Surveyor]

Very odd.

If you're OK for now you'll just have to look at it again should you go Crossfire.

 

[gwobbles]

Ive had 6870 cf for the past few months and it fits perfectly on that board