Sneak Peek: Palit's Passively-Cooled GTX 1050 Ti KalmX 4GB

[FormatC]

A passively-cooled mainstream graphics card that runs silently while gaming? Today we get our first peek at Palit's GeForce GTX 1050 Ti KalmX.

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[dstarr3]

Why is that Doom video in every single article?

 

[MCMunroe]

I don't care about passive cooled. I need a new half height GPU. I haven't seen any new half height cards since GTX 750, and the Radeon 7750 we end up getting.

 

[Math Geek]

then you have not exactly looked. this card has been out for a while now https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-4GT-LP.html#hero-overview

as has this one https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1050-2GT-LP.html#hero-specification

enjoy

 

[MCMunroe]

-->Math Geek
Those just came out and I was coming back to edit my comment, but you beat me too it. Tom's Hadn't mentioned it though.

 

[Math Geek]

yah been a couple months but not widely available in stores yet. but at least it exists. also note a bunch of shorter "mini" cards are available. for a full list of released models and specs you can reference this thread which has a ton of info on the cards available. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3047729/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1000-series-megathread-faq-resources.html

 

[photonboy]

Can anybody show a link to a STORE that sells the LOW PROFILE cards though?

I tried to follow "Where To Buy" (USA) from the MSI site for 4GB model but didn't find any cards. I found links to STORES just not the cards at the stores.

 

[Bsquared]

Newegg has the msi gts 1050 Ti 4GT LP in stock today for $149.99. ;-)

 

[Math Geek]

same with amazon https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-1050-TI-4GT/dp/B01N2W8MJ9

obscure stores i know but they are for sale in the wild

newegg link cause as well since search feature is hard to use https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137081

 

[netsrac]

Does anyone know if Palit has North American distribution? I've looked everywhere, and their cards only seem for sale in Europe, middle East and Asia.

 

[Math Geek]

not that i have seen. their webpage lists the UK as closest to north america you can buy http://www.palit.com/palit/wtbuy.php?lang=en

don't believe they sell here even under a different name. by the time you imported one from the UK or europe, you'd spend more than a comparable brand readily available here

 

[netsrac]

[quotemsg=19266551,0,1786133]not that i have seen. their webpage lists the UK as closest to north america you can buy http://www.palit.com/palit/wtbuy.php?lang=en

don't believe they sell here even under a different name. by the time you imported one from the UK or europe, you'd spend more than a comparable brand readily available here [/quotemsg]

Thanks. I'm specifically looking for a "silent" (heat sink only) 1050 or something in that class. I've seen some posts describing using something like the Arctic S3 aftermarket heat sink on a standard card, but would prefer not to have to conduct my own experiment if I can find it off the rack somewhere. Any thoughts appreciated.

 

[Math Geek]

i believe this is the first passive cooled off the shelf one for this generation so far. they won't make many for sure. think only 1 750ti model was released as well. just not something folks really want that much.

Tom's did an experiment not too long ago and found that without a lot of case air flow the card overheats quickly and throttles. you're likely to make just as much noise with case fans for the airflow as you would with the fans on the gpu. you can spend a ton on quiet case fans but that would add it to the well cooled card anyway. may be wrong but don't see it as a very economical alternative considering how cheap the cards are anyway and how cool/quiet they already run.