Asus mobo and video designers are being idiots :'(

[yggdrasil]

Ok I am looking to build a new system, A small Mini ATX system with dual 6970's in it, Seems simple, I like Asus, Have for a long time now. the New ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z is coming out I haven't had a ROG product yet so Seemed a good choice then Asus has the 6970 but has the cooler on it that takes up 3x PCI slots, I don't mind that, But god I want a board to fit 2x on it,

How is this.

Meant to fit on this.

All they would have to do is swap that mini pci 16x slot for a full length one, I would still make it fit in a case.

Or if you had a Full ATX board, there is no boards out there now that will support 3 of them in xfire, only Asus board I can find is a Maximus III Extreme

And since they aren't sold any more, So why the heck is Asus not building products to suit their products, I have the option to go for a different brand of video card, Not Gigabyte as their card also take ups 2 slots, or I could chose a different board, witch gigabyte and MSI both have mini atx boards to support 2x 3 PCI slot cards or full ATX that will support 3x 3 PCI slot cards.

Its a bit of a rant but still, I wish Asus would make products the suit their products.

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

Why not just get an Nvidia card? The ASUS cooler on them is dual slot

 

[yggdrasil]

Why not just get an Nvidia card? The ASUS cooler on them is dual slot

Wrong now, This is a image of a 570, Most the places now in Aus are only stocking these 3x PCI slot cards, I may have to try special order the dual slot cards.

 

[jonowee]

The big problem with the DirectCU 2 is the fins ASUS chose to use, compared to the MSI Twin Frozr, ASUS didn't shape the fins in order to recess the fans lower like they did on the first DirectCU design, and they also didn't cram as much surface area under the shroud so they almost needed the three slots. All the high end DirectCu 2 cards are triple slot, both AMD and Nvidia.

Oddly enough the 1GB version of the DirectCU 2 6950 is a two slot card, not dissimilar to the 560 Ti in my box.

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

Wrong now, This is a image of a 570, Most the places now in Aus are only stocking these 3x PCI slot cards, I may have to try special order the dual slot cards.

Oh wow, true that. I'm guessing it's only the 560 and 6950 1gb that have it as 2 slot. That's a shame, I love the look of the cooler. You could always get... a Hawk

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