Will a Sapphire Radeon x1900 xt fit into my Dell Optiplex GX620?

Thanks for the reply! Yes, I have a PCI Express 16x slot on my motherboard. And that Radeon you showed me is the card I wanna buy. I wanna know if it will fit inside my Dell because this Radeon is pretty big. Here is a photo of my motherboard:



Will the Radeon fit well on that motherboard? Will it be positioned with the cooler up or down? And if it will be with the cooler facing downwards (toward the PCI slots), will it affect my sound card - which I placed on the lower PCI precisely for this reason? Moreover, could there be any transistors (or whatever they are called) or anything else on the motherboard that might block the video card's position inside? Are you sure that there is enough room inside my PC for this Radeon to comfortably stay there?
Sorry for being too insistent, but I really need to know and to be 100% sure before buying this video card, because I won't have the possibility of returning it, since I buy it second-hand from a guy outside my town, not from a company or from a web store, and thus I don't have the possibility of testing it in my PC before the purchase.

I opened my PC and had a close look at what is to be found in the vicinity of the PCI Express slot. As far as I could see, it's identical to the motherboard I posted the photo about and I can indeed see those two tall resistors there, but still, the Radeon will stay with the cooler facing upwards, right? In which case the cooler of the video card will not interfere with those two resistors, will it? Here is the link to the actual card that I intend to buy:



It looks indeed to be a big and long card, but are you really that certain those two resistors will obstruct the card's placement? It looks to me that there is, nevertheless, enough space there near the card's cooler for those two resistors not to interfere with the card... Or, if I'm wrong, can't there something be done about them, anything at all? I assumed from your previous post that you intended to present as a solution the option to buy another card - option which is pretty much out of the question, since I have longed for years for a card like this and I simply adore Radeon cards, especially the x1800 and x1900 models in general. Not to mention it's made by Sapphire, which is another plus in my eyes.

Yes, the card is second-hand, it has been used already, but I really wouldn't call it obsolete, by any means, at least not for what I want to use it. I want the card for gaming, obviously, otherwise I wouldn't buy such a graphic monster, but only games made until 2006, 2007 at best, because after that 1) the system requirements got bigger and bigger and the last thing I'd want is to force/overclock the card (or my PC in general, for that matter) and 2) I don't even like games made after 2007, I have plenty of other options to choose from up until that year. Brothers in Arms (Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood), Call of Duty 2, Chronicles of Riddick (Escape from Butcher Bay), Doom 3, F.E.A.R. (plus Extraction Point), Half-Life 2 (including Episode 1 and 2), Pariah, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3, Unreal Tournament 2004, S.W.A.T. 3 and 4, etc. Stuff like that, FPS mostly. I don't even think about playing Crysis 1, for instance

But let's get back to those two resistors, if they'd really obstruct the card, can't they be removed, or at least one of them? Isn't there any way around this? I heard about motherboards which function quite OK even after a resistor got malfunctional or removed and I'd prefer doing that instead of looking for another card. Although I refuse to believe that they'd interfere with the card to the point that I'd need a card with a smaller cooler or something...

Like I said, if I'm wrong, prove me otherwise...

It's not that I don't like your answer, I'm just looking for a solution to the resistors problem. What I wanna know as close as possible to the 100% certainty is:

1) Will those resistors obstruct the card's placement? I presented both photos, but I can't know for sure, not better than someone who already tried that card (or a card as similar as that, for that matter) in the Optiplex GX620, so... I'm asking those of you here who have.

2) If "yes" is the definitive answer, what can be done about them? Can they be, let's say... removed? Without impairing the motherboard's functionality?

Thank you very much, Kisianik! Things are 100% clear for me now. I know that I will have to buy a better power supply, one of at least 500 W. I will do that too, after I find a card which will fit into my motherboard. Speaking of which, I'd like to ask you if this card is a good choice for my Optiplex, both in terms of length/dimensions and of those transistors above the PCI Express slot:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102075

It seems to me that it is a single-slot card, and I have found a site which says: ''Unlike HIS and MSI, Sapphire has opted to equip its Radeon X1950 Pro with a single-slot cooler.'' Here it is:

http://www.dailytech.com/ATI+Announces+Radeon+X1950+Pro/article4575.htm

This Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro 512 MB PCI-Express is the card I have already chosen as a replacement for that x1900 XT, so if you could please tell me: will this card physically fit into my motherboard? Is it too long or too wide, or is it OK? And will those transistors block it or interfere with its cooler or not?

Thanks again for your pertinent and eloquent answer, man, I appreciate it! Now, if you could please certify 100% percent for me the compatibility of the x1950 Pro, cause I'm one inch away from ordering it.

Here are some photos of the actual card I intend to buy:

http://mercador.ro/oferta/oferta-doar-saptamana-asta-sapphire-radeon-x1950-pro-full-hd-51-IDU8XD.html#5f727d4053

Wow, once again you answered with more than extensive and very well-documented information, thanks a lot Kisianik! I will try to make time to read everything from all the links you posted. Right now I just wanna say that since I do live indeed in Romania, I won't order any PSU from Amazon or from abroad, neither by internet nor by any other means. I thought that the best thing to do is to visit the (sadly very few) IT shops in my town, tell them everything about my PC and and its specifications and ask them if it would be possible to carry my PC to their shop in case they have a PSU I find to be good for my needs, and have them replace it themselves immediately after I purchase it, I mean right in the store, so that I can be 100% certain that it would fit properly and avoid any technical difficulties myself. It wouldn't be the first time when people do such things. Basically I will carry my PC to the shop and tell them: "Hello, here is my PC, I wanna buy a 500 W PSU (or better) for it and I also want you guys to unscrew the current PSU and put/place inside the new PSU so that I'm sure it will fit properly, and if it does, then I buy it." Most shops have service which should do that, it's not an unusual request.

As for the video card, judging after the photos, it seems to me that it is 100% a single-slot card, so normally it should fit inside without problems. Nevertheless, if you find any new info about this specific Radeon model, please tell me. The thing is that such cards are not to be found brand new, only second-hand, whereas PSUs are enough, I think, that's why I cannot test the GPU before purchasing it, but when it comes to the PSU, I will proceed as wisely as possible and let the experts at the shop find the best one for my computer and also install it themselves and test the PC right there in front of me with the new PSU already in. This way I think I won't have to worry about all the technical difficulties myself. Did I think things through well?

Once again, many thanks for your effort and awesome help, my friend!

PS: here are more photos of the Radeon I wanna buy: