Galax announces single slot 1070

[Mr.Meerkat]

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PC components maker and AiC partner Galax has unveiled its "2017 Secret Weapon" - an as yet unnamed single slot GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card. Galax utilises a short PCB with an extension housing the cooling fan, creating a slim but long PCI-E card.

 

 

 

 

I think everyone's main and only question is "how hot does it run?".

To be honest, I can't really see that many scenarios where you need a card that's only a single slot, except maybe when building the smallest possible mini ITX rig or maybe Linus going with mutiple 1070s on a X99 motherboard with all PCI/PCIe slots being full sized PCIe slots  

 

http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/100510-galax-unveils-single-slot-geforce-gtx-1070-graphics-card/

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/55522/galax-teases-single-slot-geforce-gtx-1070-graphics-card/index.html

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/galax_create_a_single_slot_gtx_1070_gpu/1

 

Edit: Looks like I can't English today  

[Granular]

The outputs are 1 each of Display Port, HDMI and DVI.

I do wonder how many people use DVI with a 1070.

 

Edit: okay you can stop replying saying you do/would do. Apparently DVI is still relevant for newest cards. Point taken.

[Starelementpoke]

Huh. Neat.

[Hayabusa1989]

13 minutes ago, Granular said:

The outputs are 1 each of Display Port, HDMI and DVI.

I do wonder how many people use DVI with a 1070.

I use a Maxwell Titan X with DVI

 

[ace_cheaply]

11 minutes ago, Granular said:

The outputs are 1 each of Display Port, HDMI and DVI.

I do wonder how many people use DVI with a 1070.

At least one here, since my 144z 1080p monitor took a shit, and I'm back on my old 1600x1050 monitor for now.  Dvi only lol.

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Hayabusa1989 said:

I use a Maxwell Titan X with DVI

Don't worry, you're not the only one that uses DVI, my 120Hz monitor only supports 120Hz over DVI as it doesn't have DP...

[porina]

14 minutes ago, Granular said:

The outputs are 1 each of Display Port, HDMI and DVI.

I do wonder how many people use DVI with a 1070.

I have done. I have a 144 Hz monitor that doesn't have DP, so the only way to get it is over dual link DVI. The HDMI version on monitor doesn't support it.

[oskarha]

Quad SLI in an MATX case?

Or dual SLI with room for pcie expantion cards.

[Granular]

1 minute ago, Hayabusa1989 said:

I use a Maxwell Titan X with DVI

 

Reading up on DVI, I was a bit suprised to find out it can do 60Hz at 2560x1600, so I guess if you're aiming for a setup that will never dip below 60Hz at that resolution, DVI is not limiting you.

Or like if you're using the card for GPU accelerated editing in a workstation.

[Coaxialgamer]

4 minutes ago, oskarha said:

Quad SLI in an MATX case?

Or dual SLI with room for pcie expantion cards.

Because you know of matx boards with 4 pcie x16 slots? 

[Christopher_]

It's going to be loud af if galax didn't invent some magic

[oskarha]

Just now, Coaxialgamer said:

Because you know of matx boards with 4 pcie x16 slots

Sarcasm?

With the current state of SLI that will never happen even with a compatible board.

There are however many boards with 3x x16 pcie.

[Hayabusa1989]

12 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Don't worry, you're not the only one that uses DVI, my 120Hz monitor only supports 120Hz over DVI as it doesn't have DP...

Same thing here

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, Christopher_ said:

It's going to be loud af if galax didn't invent some magic

Reference GTX480 or 7990 levels of noise?  (both exceeds 55 decibels of noise).

[oskarha]

3 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Reference GTX480 or 7990 levels of noise?  (both exceeds 55 decibels of noise).

The 1070 has the same tdp as this card:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2610/firepro-w7100

I dont think it will be that bad.

[goodtofufriday]

32 minutes ago, Granular said:

The outputs are 1 each of Display Port, HDMI and DVI.

I do wonder how many people use DVI with a 1070.

Plenty in korea. Dual link dvi is very popular there still for some reason

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, oskarha said:

The 1070 has the same tdp as this card:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2610/firepro-w7100

I dont think it will be that bad.

But the GTX480 and 7990 both had considerably larger coolers where it's safe to assume they had coolers with more cooling capacity thus making TDP less relevant as they should be able to dissipate more heat...assuming technology for coolers hasn't moved forward  

[oskarha]

4 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

But the GTX480 and 7990 both had considerably larger coolers where it's safe to assume they had coolers with more cooling capacity thus making TDP less relevant as they should be able to dissipate more heat...assuming technology for coolers hasn't moved forward  

That was a long sentence

Also, what does the 480 and the 7990 to do with this single slot 1070 (except for both being loud cards)?

[Guest]

Wow, I was really hoping to see single-slot GTX 1060 since 10-series release. And now we have 1070.

[Mr.Meerkat]

5 minutes ago, oskarha said:

Also, what does the 480 and the 7990 to do with this single slot 1070 (except for both being loud cards)?

Nothing...except they were both really hot and loud cards  

 

Original poster I replied to talked about how Galax would have needed some magic for the card to not run like a jet engine so I gave him 2 of the loudest coolers  

[unsubscribed]

3 way SLI would look more neat and would have more room to "breathe". It might be loud and throttle a bit though. I would prefer GTX 1060 and lower tier ones having such option or even focusing entirely on single slot only. GTX 1070 and up... I am not convinced it is a wise choice. Especially in ATX PC.

[AlTech]

27 minutes ago, Christopher_ said:

It's going to be loud af if galax didn't invent some magic

My immediate thought was that this has to be underclocked. There's no way it's running at FULL clockspeed and FULL TDP.

 

If I were them, I'd lower the clockspeed from around 1500Mhz to about 1200Mhz and lower the TDP by around 20 watts.

[Mr.Meerkat]

3 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

If I were them, I'd lower the clockspeed from around 1500Mhz to about 1200Mhz and lower the TDP by around 20 watts.

And boost kicks in pushing the clocks upto 1800Mhz again  

[Dark]

This will be amazing if EKWB creates a compatible waterblock for it.

 

Beats having to saw off the top slot section of dual slot card.

[That Norwegian Guy]

If this is like the 750ti they did, it will be available only wednesdays between 14:55 and 15:00 behind a truck on the docks in Malaysia, if your first name starts with Z and you can provide a shirt full of bees as payment.

 

TL;DR vapourware