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ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
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Chimaera
12/05/09

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Naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm, and a Radeon 5970 under the other.
The bartender says, "I guess you won't be needing a drink."
Naked lady says...
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Avastmateys
12/05/09

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Luckily most hobbyists who buy this will have at least a mid tower case with room for it. It's strange though, with all those chips in a card that big that they seal it up so any extra fans you have blowing aren't going to help that much.
I have an 8800GT running in 1920x1200 and even World of Warcraft runs at 60 fps with all detail set high. I don't know where they're heading with more power, bells, and whistles to need a card that gigantic.
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BubbleF**kingBuddy
12/05/09

@Avastmateys: World of Warcraft is a pretty low-end game.
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
12/05/09

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Those ain't got shit on the Bitchin' Fast 3D2000
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
12/05/09

Ok the image ate itself somehow.
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Michai
12/05/09

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I can remember when Voodoo1 was hot shit. Nothing like Age of Empires and Quake 2 at 50MHZ.
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nerdwa
12/05/09

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I have no idea how long my GTX260 is but I was barely able to fit it in my full size case... (I think its an Antec SX-1030B) I had to move around some pci card and a hard drive just to jam it in. I have no idea how someone is going to use this :(
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bucho54
12/05/09

@nerdwa: One of my computers is in a Thermaltake SwordM case. It can house a card over 13" long in needed

[www.thermaltakeusa.com]

My GTX280 had issues fitting into my Antec mid-tower, but that's to be expected.
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nerdwa
12/05/09

@bucho54: That is a nice looking case you've got there! My case is a bit on old side though. In fact, it doesn't even have usb ports in the front. I'll keep that case in mind if I have to upgrade my case some day.
Thanks
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bucho54
12/05/09

@nerdwa: If you buy one wait for a sale or go to eBay. $500 list price for the case is insane. I paid $150 on sale from Thermatake. ($175ish shipped)
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Edward's Sisters' Hands
12/05/09

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I wonder why they didn't wipe off the fingerprints for such a cool picture. Am I the only person who thinks of these things?
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The5thElephant
12/05/09

@Edward's Sisters' Hands: It gives them character.
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kevinadatchuk
12/05/09

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That's What She Said!!!!!
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sharkync
12/05/09

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What's twelve inches and white...?

Nothing.
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njdevil
12/05/09

@sharkync:
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Yerzriknot
12/05/09

@sharkync: =(
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njdevil
12/05/09

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Once you go 5970 HD, you never go back.
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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
12/05/09

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It's a 2 GPU card... it's going to be big.
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The Dude
12/05/09

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Since when is 13 inches staggering? :P
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arsemaster001
12/05/09

@back_at_it: Try walking afterwards :D
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Noobs-R-Us
12/05/09

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Actually, all of you have it all wrong.

The correct quote is, "How I'm I ever going to fit something that big into my small box?" Followed by "I've never had so much fun with 13.3 inches in my life!"
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MacPro66
12/05/09

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ok, here goes:"That's What She Said"

Any why don't they put most pcie on the bottom of the mobo (at least on mine anyway) my GTX-260 covers 2 sata ports!! Totally renders them useless even with elbow adapters, had to get a pci-sata card and for 64-bit, was like 100.00
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zjgz
12/05/09

@MacPro66: I hate huge video cards. My video card covers a pci slot, its close enough to another pci slot to make it unusable. And it covers my SATA ports. To plug in my hard drive I had to bend my video card.
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Aertea
12/05/09

@zjgz: This was a design flaw with SATA ports, not with video cards. On most new motherboards the SATA ports are angled out the back of the board, rather than straight up.
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
12/05/09

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I remember when sound cards where this big... had this Sound Blaster AWE32 which even had memory slots... for MIDI soundbanks if I'm not mistaken.
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maven2k
12/05/09

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Yeah, remember when they had slots that the back end slid into on the motherboard?
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Myspcr Shadow
12/05/09

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13.3 inches of awesomeness!
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Yerzriknot
12/05/09

@Myspcr Shadow: How'd you know my street name!?
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