Card sag

[Munken-]

I have a Gigabyte 980, which has card sag. It is known that it always does this due to the size so I would just like gather some of the communities opinions on how to fix this. I am just worried because it's already starting the show that it's beginning to sag.

[thekeemo]

there are braces you can buy and you can make an acrylic brace that comes from an adjacent pci case slot

[Lord_Karango17]

It is really an aesthetic, and it is not like it will snap in half randomly. TBH there are not any un-ugly ways of fixing card sag as im assuming the card already has the gigabyte backplate, in which case im surprised it is sagging.

[Munken-]

It is really an aesthetic, and it is not like it will snap in half randomly. TBH there are not any un-ugly ways of fixing card sag as im assuming the card already has the gigabyte backplate, in which case im surprised it is sagging.

Yeah it's not terrible but if you look at the top it definitely sags. It also at a slight angle, like a ramp.

[iamdarkyoshi]

My pcie power cables going into my cards are anchored and hold the card in place. Try it.

[TheMcSame]

 TBH there are not any un-ugly ways of fixing card sag

Acrylic braces can look very good when done properly.

 

[ExcitezR]

Acrylic braces can look very good when done properly.

 

 is that jerrys rig?

[Guest]

I took the PCI cover from my case, snapped the end of that off and use that to support it... A little bit of plastic should work fine: 

 

 

EDIT: Guess that wouldn't work in an ATX case... Or any the doesn't have a shroud over the PSU... 

[Lord_Karango17]

Acrylic braces can look very good when done properly.

 

That actually looks quite good, but does it only attach to one pcie screw, or does it overlap the rear io panel of the gpu?

[TheMcSame]

is that jerrys rig?

Yeah

 

That actually looks quite good, but does it only attach to one pcie screw, or does it overlap the rear io panel of the gpu?

One screw, it's just a PCI bracket with a bit of acrylic poking out

[Midnitewarrior4]

My strix 970 also has quite a bit of sag and it's bugging me

[iamdarkyoshi]

My old directcu ii card had plenty of sag because of its friggin 11 inch 3 slot cooler

[-rascal-]

Hire a "Steve" to hold your graphics card up

http://imgur.com/gallery/g9O0jNx

[iamdarkyoshi]

Hire a "Steve" to hold your graphics card up

http://imgur.com/gallery/g9O0jNx

Reminds me of this I made a while back:

I call him 4096MB

[Gix7Fifty]

Found Puget's brace, they use 2 pci screws. Won't be able to use them due to 1 pci space between my sli configuration.

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/store/item.php?cat=Case+Mods&id=10588&com=d41d8cd9&que=

[abbasmo2]

my 970 is also getting sag =(

[MourningSouls]

Hire a "Steve" to hold your graphics card up

http://imgur.com/gallery/g9O0jNx

I just spent 10 minutes looking for this to post, I really should read the entire thread before posting things.

 

Personally I'm gonna go with Puget's option, they have some things I need anyways.

[-rascal-]

Reminds me of this I made a while back: [snip]

I call him 4096MB

 

Oh, ey see wat chu ya thar!!

[Fluffinator]

Must suck if you got a evga 980 that didnt come with a backplate, that would sag so fast.

[Midnitewarrior4]

Must suck if you got a evga 980 that didnt come with a backplate, that would sag so fast.

my strix has a backplate and still sags like a mofo. It's bending from where the PCB meets the io plate so backplates don't always helps Card sag

[Ahokas99]

Cant you guys just get something invisible string to hold it up from the top?

some fishing line or smth