Galaxy GTX 780 HOF Owner: Width Measurement.

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Guys,

I'm looking for someone who owns a Galaxy GTX 780 HOF and can give me an exact measurement of the WIDTH of the card; not the length or height, but the amount of slot space it takes.

Someone mentioned that the card takes up considerably more then 2 slots; which is a potentially deal killer for me as I plan to put in 2 * HOF's in SLI, but I don't have enough Motherboard room to put in 2 cards that take more then 2 slots. Most EVGA GTX 780's I've looked at take up 2 slots only, don't exceed out into the 3rd slot; I might have to go with those if this is case.

Newegg & Amazon have 2 different width's and I don't believe either; Galaxy itself has a completely incorrect width on it's page. So I'm looking for first-hand owner who can measure & help.

Thanks!
 
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The Galaxy GTX 780 HOF is a 2.8x slot-width card. When you see it installed onto a motherboard it looks like it takes up almost the full space of three slots.

There's nothing wrong with Galaxy branded cards.

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I actually want to start with just one GPU; sometime later down the road (6 mos? 1 yr?) I'll plant a 2nd one to SLI. I just don't want to face a bottleneck due to the Width of the card at the time! That's one situation that's unresolvable.

This is a Gaming/CGI Development Dual Xeon Workstation. I know the games I'm playing now will be maxed out & play comfortably with a single GTX 780 - no doubts! But in the future the requirements might increase and I'd rather SLI and make the setup work longer then replace. The SLI'd cards will also fare well for the Viewport Display support in CGI applications which can utilize Multi-GPU setup.

There is always the possibility that I may never need or decide to SLI; it's not a 100% absolution. But "if" I do - as I said - I'd rather not be bottlenecked by slot space.

The Galaxy GTX 780 HOF came very, very HIGHLY recommended by some veteran users here & some other forums. Most opinions about that particular card have been extremely positive in terms of Quality & Performance. EVGA obviously is a premium brand & reeks quality; so is ASUS; but that model does have some premium attributes.

That said, I'm not averse to an EVGA; I'm looking at this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130951) EVGA 03G-P4-3784-KR as an alternate due to the slot space issues. I know out of box the Galaxy HOF will outperform this one; but if on Air, this EVGA can be OC'd to a stable same as the HOF, I'm Ok with it.

PSU shouldn't be an issue; I have the Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1275 which supports dual CPU's & multi GPU's.

Thanks.

 

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Damn!

If that is the case; I don't think that's the card I will be going with. This opens a brand new can of worms - I had just crossed over the GTX 780 vs HD 7990 debate & settled on a 780.

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That's my motherboard's slots; I need the top two slots for expansion cards. The two marked slots are for Multi-GPU (SLI or Crossfire) configuration. If the HOF takes up 2.8x slot width - there is no way I can fit two side by side using those slots. I could use the bottom slot for one; but not the upper slot - it would overlap the bottom one.

This being the case, the EVGA 03G-P4-3784-KR (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130951) was my alternate and I would have strongly consider that one instead. I'm assuming (hoping) that this EVGA is a 2 Slot card & no more!

I'm also reconsidering the 7990 at this point.

Thank you sir! I do appreciate the direct response.
 


The EVGA 03G-P4-3784-KR doesn't exceed two slots. It's a true dual-slot width card.
 

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Thanks! I was also able to confirm this via specs, pictures etc. Doesn't look like any of the EVGA GTX 780's are going to be a problem; and I'm assuming that this card can be OC'd to HOF's performance without too much trouble on air.