Gigabyte Builds First Mini-ITX GTX 970 Graphics Card

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Gigabyte is the first company to make a Mini-ITX variant of a GTX 970, and it looks very well made.

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[MeteorsRaining]

Now that's a great approach GB! It has given not only Mini-ITX users but also OEM users (of high end pre-builts ofcourse) a chance to keep their hands on a beastly (and tiny) card for an awesome price, good job GB!

 

[kingkong1234]

typing error spotter (the Metro Last "Night(LIGHT)" benchmark)?

 

[phantomtofu]

I don't even have a mini-ITX case, but I think I know my next card.

 

[Lee Yong Quan]

not sure about the temp though cause i have never heard of metro last NIGHT before. maybe it is less demanding than metro last LIGHT.

 

[StarBound]

Wondering if it will work on a 450W PSU. In that case it might be time to replace the 750ti I have in my mini ITX box.

 

[Lolzdecap]

The tamps may be pretty high on the card but imagine all that power in a tiny ITX case. It would be adorably deadly.

 

[Novuake]

Mother-of...

Now this is NEWS!
Hell yes, I was wondering why the hell ALL the GTX970 cards were so massive while the cards TDP is so low.

This is my next purchase...

 

[cypeq]

yeah it's efficiency and cooling needs are insane for this segment... highend gaming on mini-itx :O

 

[Alter-iGo]

Another superb card from this ground braking line (9XX).

The next step is to passively cool it.

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

typing error spotter (the Metro Last "Night(LIGHT)" benchmark)?

Whoops. All fixed now though! 😉

 

[sea monkey]

Damn, nice one Gigabyte! This makes me want to build a portable gaming rig.

 

[Au_equus]

While this much gfx power in this small package is impressive, last year, Asus built a mini gtx 670, which has a tdp of 170w, 5w more than the gtx 980. I want to see a mini gtx 980 with decent thermals.

 

[toadhammer]

Placement might be fussy. Don't see any vents on connector plate, so all the hot goes out the back edge. Don't want it all recirculating back to the intake. Nice though.

 

[The_Icon]

I never imagined you could make such a powerful high end GPU this small. This is the coolest thing I saw from Maxwell so far.

 

[Devoteicon]

Big things CAN come in small packages. I can't wait till the time comes when they can fit two gpus on a board that small...

 

[dovah-chan]

RIP sapphire R9 285. You were a great deal while it lasted.

 

[EasyLover]

Excellent execution of great idea by Gigabyte. This time they have taken a lead over others in miniITX card. Full marks there GB. Keep on innovating.

 

[The_Icon]

I really can't wait to see AMD's reaction to Maxwell, hopefully they will answer back well. Love my R9 290 Trix

 

[Tzn]

Nice copy of Evga gtx 750ti.

 

[Novuake]

Nice copy of Evga gtx 750ti.

Wut?

 

[EasyLover]

Never mind. May be Tzn means design.

 

[EasyLover]

Waiting for next move from AMD. What could be next against Maxwell?

 

[MeteorsRaining]

Seems like Intel and Nvidia have joined hands to throw AMD out of business lol (no offense!).
EasyLover, my best guess would be the Rx 300 series with GDDR6 memory, based on DDR4, but it seems like too far off. FM3 is said to support DDR4 as well but it has been pushed to '16 (according to reports).

 

[EasyLover]

Honestly speaking, one should support AMD simply because of competition. Without competition Intel and nVIDIA would create hell of a monopoly against which competition is a must and AMD is to reckon with.

Their R9 series was a success and AMD should built upon it.