More Pictures on Asus GTX 670 with DirectCU Mini Cooler

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Another picture of Asus' smaller GTX 670 has been spotted.

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[de5_Roy]

totally looks like a toy.
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... 😀

 

[nukemaster]

Very interesting heatsink fan/blower combo.

 

[hate machine]

So this is getting slotted into my new Haswell MiniITX build this June. Unless a smaller 680 comes out 😛

 

[voodoobunny]

*thinks* (not knowing all that much about cooling):

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...

 

[badtaylorx]

more pictures= plural.....more than one....many....multiple

title should have been...."Another picture....."

 

[kenyee]

If this thing is quiet. I want one for my HTPC 🙂

 

[WithoutWeakness]

[citation][nom]voodoobunny[/nom]*thinks* (not knowing all that much about cooling):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...[/citation]
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.

 

[unksol]

[citation][nom]kenyee[/nom]If this thing is quiet. I want one for my HTPC 🙂[/citation]

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....

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]de5_Roy[/nom]totally looks like a toy.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...[/citation]

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.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]kenyee[/nom]If this thing is quiet. I want one for my HTPC 🙂[/citation]

It's more of a high-end gaming rig than an HTPC at that point, isn't it?

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]hate machine[/nom]So this is getting slotted into my new Haswell MiniITX build this June. Unless a smaller 680 comes out[/citation]

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.

 

[aznguy0028]

I'm getting more and more stoked for my future mini-itx build with GPU's getting smaller/more innovative cooling like this here!

 

[DarkSable]

This thing is freaking adorable....
That being said, I already have a 670 with a 680 PCB in my mini-itx build, so I'm happy.

 

[balister]

[citation][nom]hate machine[/nom]So this is getting slotted into my new Haswell MiniITX build this June. Unless a smaller 680 comes out[/citation]

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.

 

[spentshells]

Cheers nice work asus

 

[spentshells]

[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]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.[/citation]

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.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]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.[/citation]

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.

 

[spentshells]

[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]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.[/citation]

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.

I guess I should have known that, but I suppose it would be the PCB that would require all the work.

 

[Guest]

That thing is CUTE!

[citation][nom]kenyee[/nom]If this thing is quiet. I want one for my HTPC 🙂[/citation]
What do you want for gaming PC if you want GTX 670 for HTPC?

 

[Onihikage]

Let me know when someone starts using the Sandia cooler design.

 

[lp231]

A mini GTX 670, now Asus needs to make a ROG itx motherboard.

 

[mynith]

[citation][nom]voodoobunny[/nom]*thinks* (not knowing all that much about cooling):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...[/citation]
You could do that, but generally, you'd have the airflow the other way round. Thermally it shouldn't matter much, but since the back of a pc isn't really a place a lot of people keep clean, you'd suck in more dust, I'd say.