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During the summer I built a PC for my sister. I bought a Gainward GTX260 GS, however when I came to installing the card it was block by the HD cage of the case. The case is a Antec Sonata Designer 500.
Now all I need to know is, dose the 4890 stick out past the motherboard?
If anyone has any suggestions of an alternative card for around the £150 mark that will fit the case that would be great.
The 4890 is around 0.5 inches shorter than the 260.
An HD5770 is a reasonably short card and has around the same performance as an HD4870 AFAIK while having lower power consumption and DX11.
I would go with the 5770 its only 8.5 inches and its quite a powerfull card. :)
The price of the 4890 are about the same as the 5770 give or take £30.
Are there any real advantages to the 5770 as DX11 isnt really something my sister needs, unless a lot of rpg's come out using it.
All the reviews ive seen still have the 4890 faster than the 5770.
Also true of my 4890 Vapor XQuote:
Originally Posted by RIX
The HD5770 is around the same speed as an HD4870:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/...eo_card_review
The main advantage of an HD5770 is its lower power consumption as it needs only one PCI-E power connector.