The AMD Radeon HD 6990 Dual GPU Card is Huge

[pnico]

how much bigger is this than the 5970? I'm going to grab one when its released, just need to make sure it fits in my case

 

[jnjkele]

So, how much longer before we have to start having 'external graphics cards' with a pci-e extension cable out the back of the case to a box half the size of my ATX mid-tower? Wow.

 

[eklipz330]

well it wont fit in my case thats for sure

 

[soundping]

It looks like a double wide trailer.

 

[tamalero]

now Nvidia fans have no excuse to switch to ATI side.. I mean.. theres the "size compensation" type card they kept lovin'

 

[GoldenI]

There goes nVIDIA's GTX 580. SHOT DOWN.

 

[flinxsl]

almost as big as... no not gunna do it

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]xbeater[/nom]A bit late with the news?? Saw this at least 4 days ago somewhere...Ontopic: That card looks appealing, I want one (uATX doesn't fit 2)... Loving the sexy design here.[/citation]Yes it does. Micro ATX is four slots, this is a two-slot card. I've seen MicroATX boards with the required slot spacing.

 

[srgess]

Even if this is big i dont think it will be hot or consume lot of power compared to my gtx 480 single card !

 

[gtvr]

I BET YOU COULD FIT 2 VIDEO CARDS IN THERE!

You should email their product people and suggest that.

 

[christop]

Damn massive!!! I bet the price is too!

 

[Saitzev]

2 slots and what a 2 case design. Gonna have to order a custom case from protocase.com to fit this thing.

Granted I would love to have one, but being an AMD user how about something in the Single GPU class to actually compete with nVidia. What happened to the old days of the Radeon 9700 Pro when it ate every other card for breakfast lunch and dinner. Where is that type of breakthrough.

 

[bpislife]

Will it blend?

 

[fausto]

ATX SPEC SAYS 13" IS THE MAX...that looks like 13"....looks like 90 of gamers will have to get a new pc case to use that bad boy

 

[The_Prophecy]

Interesting.... too bad I already bought a GTX 580 recently.

 

[killbits]

doesn't look all that much bigger than my HD 5970

completely unimpressed with what I've seen of the HD 6000 series so far.

 

[iamtheking123]

This thing is just nuts in every way. I suspect a lot of full tower cases wouldn't even fit it. Lets hope the dude holding it is really 3 feet tall and the card is actually smaller than an end table.

 

[hardcore_gamer]

ay caramba !

 

[eddieroolz]

Holy freaking God. That big and one fan?

 

[tidex]

Screw xbox this takes it to a whole new level, RADEON HUEG!

 

[Seany_A]

I think the Titanic collided with something like that just before it sank.
I wonder how hot that thing gets?

 

[Changnoi]

Perfect for my micro-itx case hahahahahah!!!!!

 

[briovaz]

waoh! look at the size of that devil!!!!! just in time for crisis 2!!!!!! but will it fit my case????? booo hoooo!!!!

 

[TrantaLocked]

lol the same length as other x2 cards from AMD, not as big as you think, might even fit in mATX if your layout is good (my microATX happens to have nothing blocking the space between the PCI-E and the back end of the case, meaning I can fit any card I want up to like 13 inches)

 

[youssef 2010]

I think it might break PCIe slot on some motherboards