When will gfx cards stop growing? xD

Praeceps · 21 Sep 2010 at 03:54

Ya know just me thinking how long do you think gfx card will stop growing? they get longer every year, how will it get later on, more bigger cases?

something daft already!! · 21 Sep 2010 at 03:59

I pop mine in soft peat overnight. It helps them bud and grow. I recommend a mineral based nutrient.

Raves · 21 Sep 2010 at 04:12

hydroponic recirculating nutrient solution here...

seriously though, i know what you mean. Its hard to get a single slot vid card these days that isn't total low end.

Blunderpuss · 21 Sep 2010 at 05:54

Bear in mind that 'total low end' these days was high end not so long ago.

Raves · 21 Sep 2010 at 06:07

Blunderpuss said:
Bear in mind that 'total low end' these days was high end not so long ago.

Yeah its true, but its all relative to the current software.

Its is really only an issue in my HTPC where a 2 slot gpu blocks the PCI slot on my mATX mobo. I'd like to use that slot for a wireless NIC.... but I think I'll have to get one for the PCI-E slot instead.

Doughnut007 · 21 Sep 2010 at 07:14

They will keep growing i think untill there is a major leap in construction. Smaller chips means smaller cards

Nickson · 21 Sep 2010 at 07:41

howiepoohs said:
I pop mine in soft peat overnight. It helps them bud and grow. I recommend a mineral based nutrient.

Same as above..

arc@css · 21 Sep 2010 at 07:46

Doubt it will carry on and on and on. Maybe for quite a while longer but I can't see it many years down the line.

'Wes · 21 Sep 2010 at 08:01

Luckily we already had cases big enough for cards like the 5970, but PC cases can't keep getting larger because it would just be ridiculous, same goes for GPU's.

no_1_dave · 21 Sep 2010 at 08:08

The 470 is shorter then the 275

discobiscuits · 22 Sep 2010 at 13:17

The 460 is shorter than the 8800gts

Rroff · 22 Sep 2010 at 14:06

Yup I was pleasantly suprised to find the GTX470 was a good inch and a bit shorter than my old 200 series cards

uv · 22 Sep 2010 at 14:15

Indeed, my gtx460 is probably the shortest card I've owned since a ati 9600xt.
Swapping my 4870x2 for it just made me chuckle at the difference!

DAnDan · 22 Sep 2010 at 14:23

uv said:
Indeed, my gtx460 is probably the shortest card I've owned since a ati 9600xt.
Swapping my 4870x2 for it just made me chuckle at the difference!

Comparing a 460 to a 4870X2 isn't really the right comparison to make though. 460 is a mid-high range part, whereas the 4870X2 is a top of the line part.

Comparing the 4870X2 to a 5970 would be a more fair comparison. Although I have no idea how the lengths of these 2 compare.

Phoenixdancer · 22 Sep 2010 at 15:47

about the same dAn Dan

Orcvader · 22 Sep 2010 at 15:50

Maybe if they jump onto a dual-PCB design. But that's plain crazy

Hagar · 22 Sep 2010 at 15:56

When CPU's become GPU's

andy

TruffleShuffle · 22 Sep 2010 at 15:57

I think that they have remained a similar size for a while now. Obviosuly when a new card comes out they are large, then as they get superseeded, they remake the older cards at smaller nms, so the get smaller but the top of the range ones are still large.

And todays cards are much smaller than the days of 3DFX

Hagar · 22 Sep 2010 at 16:01

TruffleShuffle said:
And todays cards are much smaller than the days of 3DFX

and a heck of a lot lighter, all that silicon.

WingZero30 · 22 Sep 2010 at 16:59

lol Op. I made a similar thread a while back

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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18178345