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freeMB to The RegisterEnglish · 12 days ago

Your graphics card's so fat, it's got its own gravity alert

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: Asus implements droop detector for PCIe slots as GPUs now so heavy they risk toppling out

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    Once upon a time, expansion cards were supported from both ends, and this wasn’t even a problem.

    What the fuck ever happened to common sense?

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      Variable card length means you need a new case if you ever got a different sized card

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        Then eliminate the variable and standardize card length.

        Wait, they used to do that…

        It was part of the original ISA standard (Industry Standard Architecture)

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_Standard_Architecture

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