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  • JoeyJoJo123 - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    Neat! *Snaps picture*
  • Chaitanya - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    availability and price are crap.
  • Morawka - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    same goes for any 16nm/14nm GPU. RX480's are even selling for +$150 over MSRP right now
  • tuxfool - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    I don't know where you live but those RX480s definitely aren't over 150$ over MSRP where I checked.
  • bj_murphy - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    In Canada they are at some vendors. Probably not hitting $150 price premiums in US dollars though I'd imagine.
  • ToTTenTranz - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    I don't know if this is going to eat a lot into Nano's niche market or not, but this card is quite a bit wider than the PCIe shield's width, whereas the Nano is almost a perfect fit.
    There are probably more than a couple of mITX cases where the Nano fits and this doesn't.

    OTOH, Fiji's hardware video codecs and output options are getting a bit terrible for future-proof HTPCs, so..
  • ImSpartacus - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    That's an interesting perspective.

    I hadn't thought of how this would compare to a nano.
  • Death666Angel - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    Had to choose a video card for my HTPC, because I bought a new 4k TV. Ended up with an ITX sized Zotac GTX960 for my 20cm case. I needed/wanted native HDMI 2.0 without the need for adapters, so anything AMD was out of the question unfortunately. I'll see what I end up with next upgrade cycle (I haven't started a single game on the HTPC though, so maybe the GTX 960 stays a while... until room scale VR becomes a thing)....
  • 8steve8 - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    would prefer more than 1 DP port... no need for 2x DVI.
  • nevcairiel - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    Port configurations are sometimes so weird. Which GPU still has 2 DVI these days?

    There is really no reason to not offer the same array of outputs the "big" GPUs have, 3xDP, 1x HDMI, 1x DVI, or 2xDP/2xHDMI/1xDVI, whichever combination you prefer more.
  • ZeDestructor - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    I argue they should just do 4 miniDP + 1 DL-DVI, and shove two passive miniDP to HDMI adapters. Makes things way easier for watercooling, and even improves exhaust for air-cooled blowers.
  • Massoud - Thursday, September 8, 2016 - link

    Guys when will the Geforce GTX 1070 Gigabytes Mini ITX come out What is the launch date for it ?
  • Wardrop - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    Agreed, it makes very little sense, especially given the fact you need a chunky-ass Dual-Link DVI cable to drive anything above Full HD resolution.
  • Eidigean - Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - link

    Well, my HP zr30w only has two inputs: DL-DVI and DP. The DP is already being used by my MacBook Pro, so I need the DL-DVI port on my PC's GPU to connect both and switch between them. The diameter of the cord to the tower under the desk is insignificant.
  • erple2 - Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - link

    Interesting. Why not go with a proper KVM instead? Something that supports 2560*1600? There are several on the market, and I've found them to be vastly better than physically swapping mice and keyboards for my several desktop and laptops.
  • KoolAidMan1 - Monday, July 11, 2016 - link

    Yeah, 2x DVI is really weird. Two DP ports would have been much better
  • sfuzzz - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    Seems like the exact same cooler of the 950/960/970. Had the N970IX and I think the cooler it's a bit short for 150ish TDP cards, it's sufficient but will get noisy when stressed, and the VRAM on the back doesn't have cooling, the card lacks a backplate. However my sister has the exact same card, but the 960 one housed in an Elite 110 case and the card works great and doesn't get so noisy with a 120W chip, so probably it's good for a liquidcooled conversion (these cards tend to cost much less than the other versions, in Italy the 970 was 80/60 euro less, 30 euro less than the Zotac)
  • damianrobertjones - Thursday, July 14, 2016 - link

    Now THAT'S a long sentence!
  • HomeworldFound - Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - link

    I'd eat one of these but I need a waterblock for it, keep the card and chuck the cooler.
  • damianrobertjones - Thursday, July 14, 2016 - link

    Or sell the cooler.
  • Leyawiin - Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - link

    Wish someone would review this.

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