More Pictures on Asus GTX 670 with DirectCU Mini Cooler
Another picture of Asus' smaller GTX 670 has been spotted.
Earlier, we got some camera shots of Asus's smaller model of its GTX 670, with a DirectCU Mini cooler. Sadly, the pictures only showed us the side when it was installed in a system, but we couldn't see much of the fan or design. What we do know is that the graphics card is 17 cm long and only uses two expansion slots instead of three as we're accustomed to seeing from most DirectCU II coolers.
Now the folks over at Sweclockers have managed to get another picture of the GTX 670 from Asus, and here it is.
It seems that the main heatsink is built from aluminum with a copper vapor chamber over the GPU. Asus said that it won't be playing with the 6.0 GHz memory clock, but it will clock the GPU's core speed 26 MHz higher than the reference speed. Display outputs include two DVI outputs, HDMI and a DisplayPort.
The card will launch in April, with no word on pricing yet.
title should have been...."Another picture....."
powerful gaming toy.
this''ll fit nicely to upper midrange small form factor gaming pcs.
now imagine a radeon 7950 trying to do the same thing...
powerful gaming toy.
this''ll fit nicely to upper midrange small form factor gaming pcs.
now imagine a radeon 7950 trying to do the same thing...
Could you build a case where the fan takes air from behind the case and blows straight through a side vent?
You could make a *really small super-system with this...
title should have been...."Another picture....."
Tons of small form factor cases have intake vents specifically for the graphics card on the side panel to feed cold air straight into the intake on the card and let it vent the hot air out of the back of the chassis. Take a closer look at Mini-ITX cases like the Bitfenix Prodigy or Silverstone's SG08 and you'll see that they're already designed with this sort of setup in mind.
It's kinda small but it's not gonna fit in your HTC one....
oh wait htpc... Why would you want this then? You can fit a real gpu in an htpc....
Radeon 7950 has similar power consumption in gaming, so it should be capable of also using a small PCB and cooler, granted the extra memory chips compared to the GTX 670 may make it a little more difficult.
It's more of a high-end gaming rig than an HTPC at that point, isn't it?
680 is more expensive and consumes more power for what is pretty much identical performance. The 680 would be an even more inferior choice compared to the 670 for a card of this form factor than it is even for the regular form factors.
That being said, I already have a 670 with a 680 PCB in my mini-itx build, so I'm happy.
The reason this size of GPU could be made is due to how the 670 PCB was built. If you had ever seen a 670 without its heatsink, you'd see that about 1/3 of the PCB was basically unpopulated (only real population was from power connectors which could be moved easily). A 680 PCB uses the entire PCB, so you won't see a tiny 680 like you will the 670.
I wouldn't be surprised if other makers follow Asus' lead on this with other 670s.
this one has a lowered pwr requirement 1 8 pin in place of 2 6 pins I don't know that the 7950 is able tp pull that off.
this one has a lowered pwr requirement 1 8 pin in place of 2 6 pins I don't know that the 7950 is able tp pull that off.
Two six pins is 150W from PCIe connectors. One 8 pin is 150W from PCIe connectors. It makes no major difference. Furthermore, the Radeon 7950 and the GTX 670 have nearly identical power consumption at load.
this one has a lowered pwr requirement 1 8 pin in place of 2 6 pins I don't know that the 7950 is able tp pull that off.
Two six pins is 150W from PCIe connectors. One 8 pin is 150W from PCIe connectors. It makes no major difference. Furthermore, the Radeon 7950 and the GTX 670 have nearly identical power consumption at load.
What do you want for gaming PC if you want GTX 670 for HTPC?