Asus Working On Smaller GTX 670 With DirectCU Cooler
Asus is working on a smaller version of a GTX 670 that will still have a DirectCU cooler.
Asus is working on a smaller version of the GTX 670, which is for mini-ITX systems that need more graphics power than what's otherwise available.
Nvidia's reference design for the GTX 670 was already quite short, but many manufacturers chose to put bigger coolers on it anyways, where a lot of the rear of the card is just plastic. Regardless, Asus has designed its own custom PCB, which is just 17 cm long. Not only this, but Asus also designed a custom DirectCU Mini cooler, which is not only shorter in length, but is also only a two slot cooler rather than a massive three slot cooler. Lastly, the card only has a single 8-pin PCIe power connector, allowing users to use just a single PCIe power cable. It's hard to imagine such a beastly amount of graphics power in such a cute little card.
Asus is still figuring out if there is a market for this card, so there is no word yet on pricing or availability.

That's actually a 8 pin, not 6 pin.
I mean, that has to have an impact on performance, right??
That's actually a 8 pin, not 6 pin.
It's an 8 Pin connector not a 6 pin and no it won't effect it because it draws the rest of the power needed through the motherboard PCI slot.
forced to do something different
i don't know why they ever got away from the old flat top vcr looking form factor as this would actually be really slick if they guassed it up to look like a stereo receiver or dvd player.
They already have...
It'll be a very, very long card. Or least powerful.