K9a2 cf GPU upgrade

Dear all,
Christmas is coming up and I would like to upgrade my GPU on a K9a2 cf mobo. 
I am currently running two HD4850 in crossfire but performance took a big hit when BF 3 was released.
I wanted to try one of my friends HD 6850 to see if it would bring an increase in FPS, but the 4 SATA ports prevented me from plugging it in 
The plastic carter of the card blocked against the SATA cables on the MOBO (all 4 used) and could not clip in the PCI express port correctly.
In your experience, do you know any recent graphic card (GTX 560 and up, ati 6850 and up) which could be mounted on my mobo despite the SATA ports positionning?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Best regards,
Silver_Fox

Hi Bas,
Sorry I forgot to post my config.
Here it is:
MSI K9A2 CF rev 2 (I believe because of the red heatsink) with the latest available bios flashed using the forum's tool.
Phenom 9850 BE (stock, never OCed) cooled down with Asetek closed-circuit watercooling.
2x Radeon 4850 1 Gb crossfire (Sapphire OEM)
4 Gigs of RAM (Nandya Technology)
OCZ Colossus 256 Go, WD black caviar 640 Go, 2x WD 1 To green caviar all drives are SATA-2
1 PCI SiI 3512 sata controller for the sata ODD drives (DVD + DVD burner)
Delta GPS-750 AB A
Ideally I'd like to upgrade the graphics part without building a new rig from scratch.
The problem is that the SATA ports are in the way of long graphic cards...
Any insight on compatible brand and models would help ;-)
Best regards,
Silver_Fox

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