will GPU's fit in my mobo?

[jondfudge2011]

I am thinking of getting a 6950 dcii 2gb to put next to my current 6950 2gb together on this motherboard


Gigabyte P67-D3-B3
http://www.excaliberpc.com/images/re...2147b4a762.jpg

the dcii looks as though it takes up three back plates and my current 6950 takes up two.

will the dcii even fit ?

[tony_j15]

It appears it will fit on the mobo if you put the new card in the second PCI-e slot (if you put it in the first it could be very tight with your current card). The bigger problem is it appears the dcii would run off the end of the mobo. So depending on how you have it installed in your case (and how big your case is) there may not be enough room at the bottom for it to fit in properly.

[jondfudge2011]

It appears it will fit on the mobo if you put the new card in the second PCI-e slot (if you put it in the first it could be very tight with your current card). The bigger problem is it appears the dcii would run off the end of the mobo. So depending on how you have it installed in your case (and how big your case is) there may not be enough room at the bottom for it to fit in properly.

thanks I think it should fit in the second one. Tking out the tv card and putting the WLAN in between them hopefully won't jam the fan on the 6950. what dya think?



I could put them the other way around actually like you suggested, but it wouldn't make a difference. It shouldn't hang of the end

I suppose putting them the other way around would actually be good because I wont have tow fans against each other from the PSU, what do you think should I do that?

actually no id prefer to have the WLAN in the middle because then the 6950 dcii wouldn't get double blockage onboth its fans from the 6950 .... '', or...

[ShyguyXPC]

if your PSU mounts on the bottom of the case, there should be a vent UNDER the PSU, and your supposed to turn your PSU the other way, so it takes air in from under the case.



as to the wireless card, just buy a PCIe x1 slot card, and plug that into the very first slot behind the main card, then leave that PCI slot open between the original card, and the new one, for air to get at it.