Palit releases the Silent 0dB GeForce GTX1050 Ti . (passive)

[happy medium]

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Palit Microsystems Ltd, the leading graphics card manufacturer, releases a new line called KalmX and is consist of GeForce® GTX 1050Ti series. With passive cooler and the advanced powerful Pascal architecture, Palit GeForce® GTX 1050Ti KalmX – pursue the silent 0dB gaming environment.

Palit GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti KalmX Features

• Palit GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti KalmX– 0dB solution
• The first passive cooler for GTX1050 Ti in the market
• Two nickel plated heat pipes
• Vast volume of nickel plated fins
• Copper base with heat pipes for best heat dissipation from GPU to fins
• No external power required, good for small case PC
• Affordable GTX series product, great C/P value
• Great Hardware Components
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• https://videocardz.com/65697/palit-releases-the-silent-0db-geforce-gtx1050-ti-kalmx

 

[nathanddrews]

It's quite a beast!

 

[thilanliyan]

Nice. Glad to see companies are still doing these type of cards.

 

[happy medium]

Nice. Glad to see companies are still doing these type of cards.

Needs to be a bit thinner mabe? Closer to single slot.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Needs to be a bit thinner mabe? Closer to single slot.

I'm sure there's a market for these things, but like you noted, these passive cards end up having to be really bulky. Even just a little active airflow would make a world of difference to temps. I'd be happier myself with an "almost passive" card that had a slow turning thin fan.

 

[Bacon1]

Computerbase tested it:

https://www.computerbase.de/2017-02/palit-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-kalmx-test/2/

 

[poofyhairguy]

Computerbase tested it:

https://www.computerbase.de/2017-02/palit-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-kalmx-test/2/

Wow, that does crazy good for a passive card.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Ultimate silent HTPC card?

 

[Blue_Max]

It's quite a beast!

Too tall! This will require a large case with BIG, quiet 120mm case fans just to even fit in there!
(Probably their plan all along to ensure it'll stay cool enough.) Feels like a gimmick.

 

[bystander36]

I saw another test of a passive GPU recently (not sure where), but one great point was brought up; if you go passive on the GPU, you either have to downclock a lot for a full passive system, or have case fans. If you use case fans, then that kind of defeats the purpose of a passive GPU.

I've seen a few people building music studio systems that will appreciate this, but for most people, it's not really as good as it sounds.

 

[thilanliyan]

Case fans though are generally larger and hence likely quieter than GPU fans, so if looking for a quiet system while running cool, it may actually be beneficial to have a couple of case fans rather than GPU fans.

 

[Murloc]

I saw another test of a passive GPU recently (not sure where), but one great point was brought up; if you go passive on the GPU, you either have to downclock a lot for a full passive system, or have case fans. If you use case fans, then that kind of defeats the purpose of a passive GPU.

I've seen a few people building music studio systems that will appreciate this, but for most people, it's not really as good as it sounds.

maybe times changed since I'm still on a gtx 275, but video card fans are still smaller, faster = more whiny than case fans and rev up when you game.

Also the tests show that this card is useable with 2 140mm case fans at 700 rpm, I don't think any GPU can be less noisy than that.

If you have a fan controller you can always turn them up when gaming in the summer but it could be almost silent in the winter, and totally silent when not gaming.

 

[bystander36]

Things have changed, at least with aftermarket fans, and even Nvidia's reference fans are better than before, but still noisyish (I think the new AMD reference fans too). A lot of the new video cards have much larger fans with ball bearings. They are very quiet. My MSI GTX 1070 GTX Armor OC isn't not audible over the case fans at full load.