Larscis @larscis.com · Apr 30

Remember when GPUs were reasonably-sized?

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Veedub · Apr 30

They should just snap on to the outside.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Apr 30

*Thinks back to his Matrox Mystique* Wistful sigh.....

@logicalmynd.bsky.social · Apr 30

Ha ha. Right! Now people build a PC around the video processor, leaving little room for advancement for the other senses.

Random · Apr 30

makes it difficult to populate all the other slots

Hydro · Apr 30

Gpu manufacturers cranking the performance but making it a heat dispenser... Golly i rly need a new heater in my pc :)

Gwynn VA · Apr 30

remember when they didn't have a cover and had to share room with a soundblaster?

Javi 🦋 🇪🇺 · Apr 30

that was around the same time they were reasonably priced I seem to recall... 🤣

chiefpad · Apr 30

Had to buy a new case yesterday - 330mm is too large.

David Halliday · Apr 30

Nowadays you have to think of it as putting a second, more powerful, computer inside your computer.

Mummified Tony · Apr 30

Now they're all nearly 3 slot giants that need a Full ATX case at minimum to fit them

Saki -> Pawsome · Apr 30

It looks so weirdly thin... Meanwhile, for comparison... my 3070 is comically huge for this other sff case

Rowan || Aurora || ECLIPSA · Apr 30

This thing is bigger than whole ass computers I've seen what

Xantra · Apr 30

Paradise 8bit vga 256kb of vram