[SOLVED] Mini Vs Full Size GPU ( What's The Difference?)

[Bach0]

Money is deciding factor, unfortunately i can't buy full size GTX 1650 SUPER from any of the manufacturers like EVGA, GYGABYTE, MSI... I can only spend 160-170$ and i have around 3 available options and all of them are mini versions of GTX 1650 SUPER:

1: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CV...super-4-gb-twin-fan-video-card-zt-t16510f-10l

2: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VX...-1650-super-4-gb-oc-video-card-gv-n165soc-4gd

3: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DN...-gaming-oc-video-card-tuf-gtx1650s-o4g-gaming

What i want to know if there's any difference in performance between full size and mini GPU-s and how durable are they ( in therms of cooling e.t.c i don't want it to break easily as well)

I understand it won't have as good cooling, but i wonder what is the life expectancy of mini cards, should i be worried about something like that? my old card served me 7 years before it died


PC SPECS: I5 3570, 16GB RAM, XFX 550 +80 Bronze PSU, 1080P 60hrz monitor

 

[cdrkf]

Money is deciding factor, unfortunately i can't buy full size GTX 1650 SUPER from any of the manufacturers like EVGA, GYGABYTE, MSI... I can only spend 160-170$ and i have around 3 available options and all of them are mini versions of GTX 1650 SUPER:

1: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CV...super-4-gb-twin-fan-video-card-zt-t16510f-10l

2: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VX...-1650-super-4-gb-oc-video-card-gv-n165soc-4gd

3: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DN...-gaming-oc-video-card-tuf-gtx1650s-o4g-gaming

What i want to know if there's any difference in performance between full size and mini GPU-s and how durable are they ( in therms of cooling e.t.c i don't want it to break easily as well)

I understand it won't have as good cooling, but i wonder what is the life expectancy of mini cards, should i be worried about something like that? my old card served me 7 years before it died


PC SPECS: I5 3570, 16GB RAM, XFX 550 +80 Bronze PSU, 1080P 60hrz monitor

The 'mini' cards are the same GPU just on a physically smaller PCB to fit in small cases. In the case of a 1650 Super there should be no issue as it's a very low power gpu by modern standards. The only thing that would impact performance is the clock speed which should be stated for the card, the manufacturer might be running the mini card at lower (probably nVidia Stock) clocks whereas the cards with a bigger cooler are often factory overclocked a little, but the difference will be a matter of a few %.

 

[Bach0]

The 'mini' cards are the same GPU just on a physically smaller PCB to fit in small cases. In the case of a 1650 Super there should be no issue as it's a very low power gpu by modern standards. The only thing that would impact performance is the clock speed which should be stated for the card, the manufacturer might be running the mini card at lower (probably nVidia Stock) clocks whereas the cards with a bigger cooler are often factory overclocked a little, but the difference will be a matter of a few %.

Thanks for replying, i'll make sure to check/compare clock speeds and choose the best one. I still have concerns about temperatures and GPU lifespan. I'm not going to overclock anything, i just don't want my GPU to die because of high temps, but i hope manufacturers know what they are doing

 

[cdrkf]

Thanks for replying, i'll make sure to check/compare clock speeds and choose the best one. I still have concerns about temperatures and GPU lifespan. I'm not going to overclock anything, i just don't want my GPU to die because of high temps, but i hope manufacturers know what they are doing

I honestly don't think thermals (and thus life span) is an issue for a 1650 Super - it's only a 100W card...

Here is Anantech's review looking at a dual fan card from Zotac (looks like a similar cooler to the Zotac card linked):

https://www.anandtech.com/show/15090/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1650-super-review/9

Load temp whilst gaming and even under FurMark (which is an unrealistic torture test) it only hits 69C, gpu's are typically ok to operate up to around 90C without a problem.

 

[Math Geek]

i bought the msi aero

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as it was on sale for $159. runs how i expected it to for me. i can't imagine $30 more for a second fan would make a massive difference overall.