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Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5

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Good evening,

I currently have a BFG 8800GT OC 512MB which I want to upgrade to a new GPU which has atleast 2x DVI (for my monitors) and 1x HDMI so I can hook it up to my TV.

I have my eye on this "Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [11163-00-20R]" see link: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-222-SP

My only concern is the length. Is any one able to tell me what the length is of this card?. I have an Antec P182 with 6 hard drives and its a little tight with my 8800GT:

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I am not really clued up with whats the "best" GPU to get in my price range but this one ticks the boxes with the connectors I want and it would appear it is a "silent" graphics card (silence is important to me).

Any help appreciated.
 
Much appreciated! I did have a google for the ATi card length but I didn't have much luck. Apparently the 8800GT is 230mm long so that'll give me a bit of room (I will measure it tomorrow to make sure).

Thanks again for the help!
 
I have another question. Will each monitor that is plugged in to the card work independantly, for example can I have a movie playing on the TV via HDMI, outlook on one monitor and internet explorer on the other monitor?

I have never had an ATi card and I am not sure if it will just spread my entire desktop across all 3 screens (I think its called panning). The way my current dual monitors work is in "dualview" in the nvidia options and I use ultramon to give me a second taskbar which I like and want to use but with 3 monitors using the 5770.
 
Yeah I had thought about relocating the hard drives to the 5.25" bays but if I can avoid it I will. Any thoughts on my second question above?
 
Right, finally going to get one of these but I am still unclear if it can do what I want:

Never having an ATi card before, am I able to run dual monitors independantly so, for example, if I maximise an application it only fills one monitor and doesn't try to fill across both.

Secondly if I connect my HDMI TV to the graphics card as well, will this work independently so I can watch a movie on the TV and still email/surf on my monitors?
 
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