Extremely noob question about measuring for a video card

Well that sucks...lol. It won't fit. Thanks

Its a Hewlet Packard case and I really don't need a 260 for what I do just wanted one. What about a GTS 250 could I play games decently at 1440x900 res. I don't think my cpu would be a bottleneck would it?

No. It wouldn't be a bottleneck for a GTS 250.

agreed.

But would the GTS 250 do a good job at playing newer games at decent framerates. I don't have to max them out or anything. Just a good quality gaming experience. I would keep the card I have now for a while longer if it supported shader 3.0...lol.

Which HP case do you have? I managed to fit a 3870 X2, 4870 x2, or a GTX 295 in my HP m8200n. Not all at once of cousre.

grab a 9800GT/9800GTX and save a few bucks, essentially the save card as the GTS250 just a bit cheaper

and a clan mate of mine got a GTX260 216 shoved in his HP case, it was tight no doubt, but it did work.

I gutted this case and replaced stock crap with the stuff in my sig. Probably not the best move but I work with what I got...lol http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...roduct=3377272

I think the pocket media drive bay is gonna get in my way.

The problem with the GTS 250 is is it the same length as ALL of the GTX series. So a GTS 250 most likely will not fit. Measure the opening in your case and find the GPU that fits the case and your budget.

I take that back. The GTS 250 is 9 inches long. It is a rebadged 9800GTX and the 9800 is 10.5 inches long. So I just assumed. Sorry guys.

Thats a nice set up but my case is weird and backwards. My motherboard tray is on the other side of the case opposite from yours and the expansion slots are up by the power supply and I can't fit a ATX board in this case.

Yours is just like mine, just reversed & upside down. You need to put in a Micro-Atx mobo. There's plenty of good Matx boards out there. DFI even makes an X58 Matx board, which I plan to get in the near future.

I have since chsed the butterflies out of my case an put in a Coolmaster V8, damn that thing is big.

You may have to remove the cage for the expansion drive to fit the bigger video cards.

CM 570 Mid-tower case (refurbished by CM) - $37.99

That'll fit a larger GPU no problem!