- Feb 7, 2010
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I've seen three short 970s:
Zotac
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500362
Asus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121912
Gigabyte
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125706
I'm interested in the short ones because it will uncover the SATA ports on my MB. Are those really short ones a risky buy; should I just do the Zotac one? Getting down to the 6.70" ones would be nice, but the Zotac's 8.03" would still cut out 1.27" from my current 7970.
Note: I have read about the 3.5GB/.5GB at low bandwidth, I am just going by benchmarks compared to my 7970 in considering this purchase. I am not dedicated to Nvidia and don't have an immediate need to upgrade - is there any chance any of AMD's products coming in the next 6 months will be short versions like this?
Zotac
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500362
Asus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121912
Gigabyte
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125706
I'm interested in the short ones because it will uncover the SATA ports on my MB. Are those really short ones a risky buy; should I just do the Zotac one? Getting down to the 6.70" ones would be nice, but the Zotac's 8.03" would still cut out 1.27" from my current 7970.
Note: I have read about the 3.5GB/.5GB at low bandwidth, I am just going by benchmarks compared to my 7970 in considering this purchase. I am not dedicated to Nvidia and don't have an immediate need to upgrade - is there any chance any of AMD's products coming in the next 6 months will be short versions like this?