With the ever shrinking size and power requirements of modern tech, it would be awesome to see the release of low profile/half height graphics cards utilizing current generation architectures so we could cram all of that power in to a tiny place. A gtx 750 ti is currently about the best card you can get in that form factor, and while it really is quite a beast of a card, it is starting to show its age.
I think there is something to be said about the size of cases as well. I am biased towards small cases and do not care for huge ATX builds. Anything larger than a Corsair Air 240 is overkill in my opinion, unless you are building a workstation or giant NAS. No SLI or Crossfire for this guy... I recently saw an offering from Silverstone. A tiny 7 liter case that allows for the use of dual slot, low profile graphics card: http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=568&area=en Sharp looking case and also easily portable. I am seriously considering building a HTPC/Gaming PC into one with an i5 6500 or i3 6100 paired with a Gigabyte or MSI GTX 750 ti low profile card. It would make a fairly competent gaming PC as well as an extremely overachieving HTPC that would easily fit in a backpack but also look good sitting on my desk or by my television.
I guess all I am getting at is if a manufacturer decided to offer a tiny card with modern architecture, they could easily take my money. I am not sure if I am the only person who feels this way or not. Maybe I have some strange form of OCD. Either way I am curious to hear what others think.
I think there is something to be said about the size of cases as well. I am biased towards small cases and do not care for huge ATX builds. Anything larger than a Corsair Air 240 is overkill in my opinion, unless you are building a workstation or giant NAS. No SLI or Crossfire for this guy... I recently saw an offering from Silverstone. A tiny 7 liter case that allows for the use of dual slot, low profile graphics card: http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=568&area=en Sharp looking case and also easily portable. I am seriously considering building a HTPC/Gaming PC into one with an i5 6500 or i3 6100 paired with a Gigabyte or MSI GTX 750 ti low profile card. It would make a fairly competent gaming PC as well as an extremely overachieving HTPC that would easily fit in a backpack but also look good sitting on my desk or by my television.
I guess all I am getting at is if a manufacturer decided to offer a tiny card with modern architecture, they could easily take my money. I am not sure if I am the only person who feels this way or not. Maybe I have some strange form of OCD. Either way I am curious to hear what others think.
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