Which is the shortest nVidia 9600/9800 card?

[Gibbo]

I am looking for an nVidia 9600 or 9800 card that will fit in my case without my having to relocate the fan cooled HDDs that sit opposite the PCI-e slot.

No dimensions are ever given on e-tailer's sites regarding the length of cards.

How long are standard 9600/9800 from the following manufacturers:

Asus
Gainward
Palit
Xotac
PNY


and which 9600/9800 nVidia card is the shortest of all?

[TAKTAK]

You could always go for the dinky Aopen 4670:

http://en.expreview.com/2009/05/30/a...tened-pcb.html

or were you after the 9 series for a specific reason?

a 9800gt is:

Length 9 inches

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product...9800gt_us.html

a 9600gt is:

96w 59w
Height 4.376 inches 4.376 inches
Length 9 inches 7.8 inches
Width Single-slot Single-slot

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product...9600gt_us.html

some manufacturers may have custom PCBs though...

[Gibbo]

I prefer nVidia myself and if I was to go ATI it'd be a 4850 and above, I reckon....

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I prefer nVidia myself and if I was to go ATI it'd be a 4850 and above, I reckon....

There are also some extremely short HD4830 cards too. I have seen HD4830 cards which are only slightly longer than a standard HD4670.

It maybe worth looking at an HD4770 which is faster than the 9600gt and 9800gt in almost all games.

[sammorris]

The HD4670 is nearly as fast as the 9600GT (within 10&#37 uses a third of the power, and takes up half the space. End fanboyism. Just buy it.