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<blockquote data-quote="jet70" data-source="post: 413316" data-attributes="member: 89373">Hi there,I have an Athlon x2 5600+ CPU, and Antec Fusion case NSK2400 380W and am interested in considering upgrading to a dedicated GPU. A lot of people on&nbsp; this forum seem to have the bigger brother to this case with the inbuilt LED display - the case dimensions however are the same.The PC is working really very well, but I am finding occasionally that I get the odd frame skip on HiDef mkvs and that a dedicated GPU might eradicate this problem given that this is rather infrequent.Having gotten familiar with ATI, I would prefer to stick with it.My concern is not so much the card, but whether it will fit. The passive cards look to have quite a large heatsink.I will not be playing any games and was considering an ATI 4550/4650/4670.My motherboard's 2 PCI slots are filled with a NOVA T 500 TV card and a wireless PCI card. Oh, and I'm running Vista Ultimate if that is a factor.I also have a mini Scythe heatsink (which is not so mini!).I use HDMI to connect to my television.Anyone have similar hardware who can recommend a passive card which they know will fit?Thank you very much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jet70, post: 413316, member: 89373"] Hi there, I have an Athlon x2 5600+ CPU, and Antec Fusion case NSK2400 380W and am interested in considering upgrading to a dedicated GPU. A lot of people on this forum seem to have the bigger brother to this case with the inbuilt LED display - the case dimensions however are the same. The PC is working really very well, but I am finding occasionally that I get the odd frame skip on HiDef mkvs and that a dedicated GPU might eradicate this problem given that this is rather infrequent. Having gotten familiar with ATI, I would prefer to stick with it. My concern is not so much the card, but whether it will fit. The passive cards look to have quite a large heatsink. I will not be playing any games and was considering an ATI 4550/4650/4670. My motherboard's 2 PCI slots are filled with a NOVA T 500 TV card and a wireless PCI card. Oh, and I'm running Vista Ultimate if that is a factor. I also have a mini Scythe heatsink (which is not so mini!). I use HDMI to connect to my television. Anyone have similar hardware who can recommend a passive card which they know will fit? Thank you very much. [/QUOTE]

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