Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Mini Is A Powerful Yet Small Graphics Card

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Mini Is A Powerful Yet Small Graphics Card

Earlier this week I delivered the first NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Linux benchmarks where we even found this new GPU generally outperforming the Radeon RX Vega 64 with the current NVIDIA/AMD Linux graphics drivers. That testing was done with the Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Mini (ZT-P10710G-10P) while in this article are some more benchmarks and findings from graphics card that is one of the most powerful for its size.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=25498

[tildearrow]

Typo:

While this is the smallest GTX 1070 Ti, it sticks to the reference clock frequences

[M@GOid]

Its length is a little too big for some mini-ITX cases. The one I have here for exemple cannot take it. Otherwise looks like a dream for a compact setup to stomp on the lesser PCs (cough consoles cough).

[edwaleni]

Zotac likes to miniaturize things as its their niche, but they are still working out the cooling part that comes with the shrink. Many of their NUC's, mini-PC's and other device shrinks run extremely hot and have been know to live short lives there after. A candle that burns bright, burns quickly.

[theriddick]

My case can take anything 250mm or less in length. Smaller is better, I wish Vega cards were small form factor, or at least less then 250mm. I do believe the new XFX custom vega card has a Vega Mini board under its big heatsink, wonder how easy it would be to convert it to 140mm rad cooler...

[OneBitUser]

My case can take anything 250mm or less in length. Smaller is better, I wish Vega cards were small form factor, or at least less then 250mm. I do believe the new XFX custom vega card has a Vega Mini board under its big heatsink, wonder how easy it would be to convert it to 140mm rad cooler...

It could be quite easy I guess if XFX uses the "reference" Vega Nano PCB. That is if AMD is planning a Nano at all in this generation... I have only heard rumors regarding a Nano-sized Vega.
I doubt the expected volume of sales is high enough for XFX to team up with EKWB or some similar manufacturer to create a full-cover block for a custom PCB, though.

Having high-end graphics in an ITX case is a big challenge to say the least... if an ITX case can take a decent length graphics card then that defeats the whole purpose of an ITX mobo... it's the same story if an ITX case allows you to install a water cooling loop. A dual slot cooler can fit most, but not all cases, but a standard height card is frequently out of the question... so manufacturers would have to create a card that is full height, 144mm long at the most, dual slot, and that still would only cover a part of the niche that is ITX builds. Not to mention that a 144mm*dual slot*full height cooler greatly limits the amount of heat the card can dissipate.
So I personally find that going below mATX is all-advised: most ITX cases will either be as large mATX ones, or if they won't allow any meaningful expansion at all (only offering ne single slot and/or half-height PCIe slot).
You can already build a pretty small rig if you keep a mATX chassis' expansion options to the minimum (providing space for a dual slot card in the bottom expansion slot). I have made calculations for a custom case, and an optimal mATX chassis would be more compact than most ITX ones. But that's just my two cents.

[theriddick]

1080ti already comes in MINI versions, so I can always get one of those.