How to Fix GPU Sag (Semi Ghetto)

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Hi. I'm was doing a build and found a way to easily fix GPU sag on most graphics cards. I think that Linus showed this method, but here it is in a tutorial. 

 

Tutorial:

 

It's really easily. If your GPU is sagging like this:

 

 

Then all you need to do is get something at the back of the card to give it leverage and lift the front up. Why something like this is not done by the case manufacturers beats me. Anyway, use something like: paper, watercooling tubing (I used this), plastic, metal though I don't know what, strong foam, sponge or most other things that are preferably squishy, easily cut, and will stay where you want it. You want something squishy because you can squish it down to fit into the space, then it will expand and put pressure on both both objects.

 

What you do is cut it, lift up the card in the front, and shove it into the space between the expansion slot on the case and DVI port on the card like this:

 

 

 

 

Now you got this:

 

 

I hope this helps someone. I googled and searched here and could not find another guide on this, but I know there has to be one.

[_ASSASSIN_]

give it a GPU bra lel

or you can make a makeshift stick and use it to prop it up inside the case like @ tried to do.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

give it a GPU bra lel

or you can make a makeshift stick and use it to prop it up inside the case like @ tried to do.

lol

This might look better though.

[Flight1sim]

Put a fishing line from the GPU to the top of the case?

EDIT: what camera is that!!!! ITS AMAZING

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Put a fishing line from the GPU to the top of the case?

EDIT: what camera is that!!!! ITS AMAZING

It's a Nikon D3200 with a 18-55mm lens

[SAV1OUR]

ninja you think you have sag i have a bloody fat ass three slot asus direct cu ii quit crying 

 

 

<3

[TheNinjaNextDor]

ninja you think you have sag i have a bloody fat ass three slot asus direct cu ii quit crying 

 

 

<3

I can't even imagine...

[SAV1OUR]

I can't even imagine...

this is what it looks like 

[DIV1D3]

I just have my power connectors go up and then cable tied them to the rear part of the 5.25" slots . 

Btw, that sleeving  :wub: .

[TheNinjaNextDor]

this is what it looks like 

 

You fixed it tho lol

[SAV1OUR]

You fixed it tho lol

thats because the photo was taken while that case was on its side so gravity wasnt effecting the gpu

[TheNinjaNextDor]

thats because the photo was taken while that case was on its side so gravity wasnt effecting the gpu

oh lol

 

You got that zip there tho

[SAV1OUR]

oh lol

 

You got that zip there tho

thats just for cables i have nothing supporting the card right now 

[TheNinjaNextDor]

thats just for cables i have nothing supporting the card right now

Oh. It must sag a lot then.

[SAV1OUR]

Oh. It must sag a lot then.

yea gets slightly annoying but i have it sitting under my desk. now thinking about it i might steal some of my dad wine corks and make a stack of them to support it 

[NInety]

You could just use tubing and a 90 degree angle fitting and make the fitting rest on top of the PSU.

[Hoppa]

Pfft sag? peasants! I never have sag. My motherboard is horizontal.

mwahahahaha  :lol:

[Fuzzy112]

thats because the photo was taken while that case was on its side so gravity wasnt effecting the gpu

yo dawg, take a pic while its sagging.

 

my 2 slot gtx770 directcu2 is sagging alot too thankfully now I have a phenom M so it....doesnt sag that much...and if it does it goes in the other direction LOL

[orangecat]

My GTX 460 does not have a backplate and it sags like a motherf*****...

 

[TheNinjaNextDor]

My GTX 460 does not have a backplate and it sags like a motherf*****...

That dust

[orangecat]

That dust

Its really not that bad in real life but the camera flash make it look way worse. Also i have carpeting in my house and a cat so dust just kinda gets sucked in there.

[Polyvalent]

Hey, you can always go the ghetto route.  My case doen't have a glass side panel, so its not like anyone would know

 

[DirkaFat]

I use chopsticks, heh

[imthewalrus]

Back when I had an hd 5950 I used stacked up small legos to prevent sag, 

[hal9001]

When I put an Arctic Twin turbo II on my old reference EVGA GTX 670, it began to sag a lot under the weight of the much larger (also cooler and quieter) cooler. I found some Legos and placed them in between my psu and gpu where there was a gap between the two fans. It worked much better than I had thought it would and is still running without sagging in my secondary pc today!