I was confused about that myself, since it would seem a box that can handle a full bracket would likely be able to handle a full height video card; I would have guessed the default would be the short bracket or both brackets. When I bought mine (
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814145067&Tpk=14-145-067">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814145067&Tpk=14-145-067</a>) I made sure to check to see if it included both brackets with the card. It cost $3 more than the one that didn't include the short bracket, but now I have it, and I don't have to face the situation where I have the machine, the card, but no bracket.
<br><br>Also, to do a little advertising for Newegg, I placed my order yesterday around 11:30am, and I had my card today at 9:00am, when I only paid $3 for 3 day select UPS shipping. Granted, it has something to do with my geographic relationship to where it shipped from, but I was impressed nonetheless. It still means that Newegg got the card into the system quite quickly. Now, if I can just get the machine I bought on eBay to put the card in to arrive...I still haven't received notice that my payment has been received.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Tom Dexter</b> <<a href="mailto:digitalaudiorock@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">digitalaudiorock@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/17/07, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick@rout.co.nz" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">nick@rout.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> I have ine like that and need it to be low profile. What did you do about
<br>> the lack of a low profile bracket? Or does it just hang loose in the slot?
<br>><br>> --<br>> Nick Rout<br>><br><br>Someone correct me if I'm wrong, as this one confused the hell out of<br>me when I was buying my video card..."Low profile" cards don't seem to<br>always imply that they have the smaller bracket (the small form factor
<br>bracket), but rather seem to refer to the narrower board on the card.<br>Like I said, that one confused the hell out of me.<br><br>I bought one of these bracket kits on ebay (as newegg always seems to<br>be out of them):
<br><br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814998301" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814998301</a>
<br><br>...and used that with the low profile card I bought. That lets you
<br>move the VGA to a different empty slot. Note that the VGA ribbon that<br>comes with that is only for a 15 pin connector on the board. Mine was<br>not 15 pin, but the existing ribbon was long enough to reach the other
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