What is length, width and heigth on a GPU?

[Touwei]

I am looking for graphics cards, but always get confused when I get to dimensions in the specs. Can someone properly clear this up for me? Is length the distance from bracket to edge (towards front panel)? Is width the distance from PCI to side panel? Is heigth the distance from the "top" of the card to the fans?

It might seem obvious to most and I do know that this question is really... silly and basic.
Anyway, answers are greatly appreciated.

 

[maxalge]

I am looking for graphics cards, but always get confused when I get to dimensions in the specs. Can someone properly clear this up for me? Is length the distance from bracket to edge (towards front panel)? Is width the distance from PCI to side panel? Is heigth the distance from the "top" of the card to the fans?

It might seem obvious to most and I do know that this question is really... silly and basic.
Anyway, answers are greatly appreciated.

L = Length


H = Height


D1 + D2 = width, usually also measured in slots



2 slot card:

 

[Touwei]

I am looking for graphics cards, but always get confused when I get to dimensions in the specs. Can someone properly clear this up for me? Is length the distance from bracket to edge (towards front panel)? Is width the distance from PCI to side panel? Is heigth the distance from the "top" of the card to the fans?

It might seem obvious to most and I do know that this question is really... silly and basic.
Anyway, answers are greatly appreciated.

L = Length


H = Height


D1 + D2 = width, usually also measured in slots



2 slot card:

Thank you very much! Finally, I got this cleared up! I got "heigth" and "width" mixed up! No wonder that no cards seemed to fit when I looked at the specs, haha.

 

[maxalge]

Thank you very much! Finally, I got this cleared up! I got "heigth" and "width" mixed up! No wonder that no cards seemed to fit when I looked at the specs, haha.

yes Length and width are the killers



height is never really a concern, or at least never seems to be for most people.



good luck