New shorter PCB Geforce GTX 670 out!

They make noise, too.

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New shorter PCB Geforce GTX 670 out!

Post by rei » Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:31 pm

It's been a few years since I've visited. :shock:

So there's a new shorter video card that will be a godsend for Mini ITX builders:

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It won't be utterly silent but it MAY be quiet.

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Re: New shorter PCB Geforce GTX 670 out!

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Re: New shorter PCB Geforce GTX 670 out!

Post by edh » Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:00 am

rei wrote:It won't be utterly silent but it MAY be quiet.
I can't see it being any quieter than some of the larger non-reference cooled designs. Generally to make a heatsink smaller means that the fan is going to have to work harder so I would expect in terms of silence this is a step backwards and I never personally find graphics cards quiet enough unless they're passive or use a slow turning 120mm.

I do like to see a nice compact design though and possibly this is ideal for certain circumstances. I do wonder if the cooler would be ripe for a fan swap for something that doesn't spin quite so fast...

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Re: New shorter PCB Geforce GTX 670 out!

Post by claes » Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:20 pm

Just FYI, this is actually the reference design nvidia initially released only with an aftermarket cooler. I thought I had read a review the other day including noise levels... let me see...

Edit: Found'm
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS ... ni/25.html
http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4193/4/ ... production

Edit 2: Hadn't noticed the weird fan before... would be nice to see those in a direccuii.

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Re: New shorter PCB Geforce GTX 670 out!

Post by edh » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:49 pm

The one change I can see from the reference design is it uses 1x 8-pin PCI-E as opposed to 2x 6-pin. This is probably a good thing as modern PSUs all have8-pin connectors and still gives more than enough headroom.

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Re: New shorter PCB Geforce GTX 670 out!

Post by kater » Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:39 am

linky a fresh review

a pity they didn't at least measure RPM - it could just give us a hint of what to expect (not that I'd care to read non-SPCR dB measurement :P )
I mean, c'mon, at least make a screen shot of what GPU-Z shows in the sensors tab, please?

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