Asus to target mitx market with DirectCU 670 Mini

[Wreckem]

http://rog.asus.com/214602013/graphics-cards-2/asus-gtx-670-directcu-mini-small-size-full-power/

Its about time they started making smaller full powered graphics cards.

Will be interesting to see what they price it at. I hope its not at a premium.

And supposedly, it won't be there only mini card. It would be nice if they release them every generation.

 

[heymrdj]

I can say without a doubt that if that's the design chassis cooling is going to be a huge issue in a mini ITX form factor. I would estimate it's dumping at least 70% of its exhaust right into the chassis and if non quiet high CFM air circulation isn't used it's going to choke itself and every other component in the PC.

 

[Wreckem]

Its going to heavily depend on the case. Alot of people are already using full sized dual slot DirectCU or Windforce 670/80s in mitx cases, and those dump alot of exhaust in the cases as well.

 

[Eureka]

It really shouldn't be surprising to see these.. the stock 670 PCB is around 8" long or less. I'm more surprised with the number of fake "long" cards.

 

[2timer]

It looks really really awesome, except the pictures don't even show the front of the card?

What gives.

 

[max347]

Man, wish I could find an AMD equivalent to this with miniDP....that form factor is really nice.

 

[Zap]

Man, wish I could find an AMD equivalent to this

Speaking as someone who has two Silverstone SG05 and two Lian Li PC-Q11 in the household, AMD's offerings are very limited for me because my cases can't accommodate the physical size.

 

[max347]

Speaking as someone who has two Silverstone SG05 and two Lian Li PC-Q11 in the household, AMD's offerings are very limited for me because my cases can't accommodate the physical size.

Yeah I came from an SG05. Now I have the 07 and my 6950 (and newly replaced with 7870) fit fine, but I would not mind freeing up those few inches for air/cables/space in general.

Unfortunately I would rather stick with another AMD card than go through a reinstall or thorough driver cleaning right now to swap to green(yes I know, the epitome of laziness right here haha).

 

[piasabird]

This is some really horrible photography. Cant even tell what you are looking at.

 

[piasabird]

ASROCK has its own wierd design for Mini-ITX.

http://www.techpowerup.com/181255/ASRock-Shows-Off-New-Mini-ITX-Gaming-System.html

I could see some other dsigns like a case design with the motherboard on one side of an upside down T and put the video card around on the other side using a ribbon PCIE Extension. No reason they have to be perpendicular. They need to kick the ATX fom factor out the window and start from scratch.

 

[Chime]

They need to kick the ATX fom factor out the window and start from scratch.

Agreed. Most people don't need anything more than an mITX motherboard and a hard drive/ssd. I don't know that I'll ever even buy anything so big as an mATX motherboard again.

 

[Machupo]

too bad they only seem to have made a 2GB model