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Gigabyte Mini-ITX GTX 970 Graphics Card
Gigabyte has produced a Mini-ITX GeForce GTX 970 Graphics Card, yeah it's cute alright. You soon will be able to find it under SKU code GV-N970IXOC-4GD. The card is running at 1076 MHz Base with a Boost clock of 1216 MHz, which is actually a notch faster then the reference cards. The card has a single 8-pin PCI-Express power connector.
The cooler on the card hints towards the WindForce 3X design but obviously just has one fan opposed to three. It comes with a "Triangle Cool" design to guide the air for more effective cooling. Heat is transferred to this fin array through two 8 mm heatpipes and one 5 mm heatpipe.
The card runs at roughly 62 degrees C while running the Metro Last Night benchmark, not bad really. Though the card is still a dual-slot solution it is narrower than other high-performance Mini-ITX graphics card solutions that we've seen in the past. Gigabyte's card is only 12 cm in length. Monitor outputs are the same as the larger 900-series card from Gigabyte, consisting of two DVI ports, three DisplayPort interfaces, and an HDMI port.
Gigabyte has priced the card at $329.99, which is Nvidia's reference MSRP pricing. Mighty interesting !
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#4966092 Posted on: 11/24/2014 04:40 PM
I just noticed its available for purchase in my usual shop as well. Any chance for a review?
I just noticed its available for purchase in my usual shop as well. Any chance for a review?
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#4966635 Posted on: 11/25/2014 02:14 PM
yes please a review. Very interested.
yes please a review. Very interested.
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#4985268 Posted on: 12/30/2014 03:43 PM
I have this card. It is very loud at idle and you cannot turn the fan off. I would go as far as to say if you are looking for a quiet system, you should absolutely avoid this card.
I have this card. It is very loud at idle and you cannot turn the fan off. I would go as far as to say if you are looking for a quiet system, you should absolutely avoid this card.
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#4985681 Posted on: 12/31/2014 07:30 AM
Thanks for the info. Review sites aren't giving us any.
Thanks for the info. Review sites aren't giving us any.
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Well it is obviously not going to be exactly identical to a full size card with a larger heatsink and more fans. It's just the laws of physics, not as much heat will be able to be moved. So the card has to sacrifice some aspects. Lower max clocks or faster fan speeds that create more noise or most likely a mixture of both.
The real question is how much is sacrificed compared to a full size card? Is it just a tiny bit of speed and a tiny bit of noise or is it a little more than a tiny bit and somewhat noticeable? We need some hard concrete numbers to see how big the sacrifices are on this card. I can't decide between this card and the asus strix until I get some hard numbers.
You would think tech review sites would be interested in reviewing the worlds fastest mini itx sized gpu.