MSI Unveils Low profile GTX 1050 Ti

[QueenDemetria]

Just now, 1Reshiram12 said:

There's tons of cases smaller than consoles that support founders edition length cards...

Yeah, but for most consumers(that are willing to upgrade their systems) this is the easiest way to make a console killer. 

 

Just buy a cheap SFF and a LP card and  you are good to go.

[Misanthrope]

4 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Does the card being that low profile help if the metal part is still fullsize?  Do we have to do a Linus on this to make it fit?  (angle grinder :P)

No, but most of this cards usually ship with the half height bracket included. This was the case with gigabyte half height 950s at least though.

[Misanthrope]

2 hours ago, QueenDemetria said:

Slimline/SFF computers. Dare I say console killer?

Aye, this is going to quickly become the ultimate HTPC/Console killer card. Imagine it in these cases:

 

 

We're talking 200 bucks for a system that's 40 or 50% faster than the PS4

[suicidalfranco]

would this work on wendell's consolitis cure (the smallest pill, not the mid size one)?

[Mira Yurizaki]

The HTPC crowd would go bonkers for this, but eh, that's a small market despite what they think. Besides, Intel's iGPUs are okay as long as you're not trying to do 60 FPS 4K video.

 

And I would think the dual slot design would ruin its chances in low-profile cases.

[Energycore]

4 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Does the card being that low profile help if the metal part is still fullsize?  Do we have to do a Linus on this to make it fit?  (angle grinder :P)

Probably comes with an adapter plate

[RGProductions]

Yeah baby! opens up so many custom case designs!

[i_build_nanosuits]

7 hours ago, ivan134 said:

Who is this for?

[ivan134]

8 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

Regular 1050s can fit in there.

[Wolther]

its so cutee<3

[kokakolia]

1 hour ago, ivan134 said:

Regular 1050s can fit in there.

You can even fit a GTX 1080 in there 

 

 

[MEC-777]

This is awesome and about time. There's no need for these low-power cards to be so big. 

[Panda689]

21 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

And I would think the dual slot design would ruin its chances in low-profile cases.

Not really, every SFF PC I have worked with has had 4 half-height expansion slots. Usually 1 PCIe x16 and 2 or 3 x1/x4 slots.

[Mira Yurizaki]

17 minutes ago, Panda689 said:

Not really, every SFF PC I have worked with has had 4 half-height expansion slots. Usually 1 PCIe x16 and 2 or 3 x1/x4 slots.

I was thinking more along the lines of mITX cases. It's rare a low profile mITX case has two slots.

[Panda689]

1 minute ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I was thinking more along the lines of mITX cases. It's rare a low profile mITX case has two slots.

I haven't seen one that doesn't have space for dual slot and still have the PSU to support a dGPU. It either does rotated full length dual slot, like the node 202, or 4 half-height like most HTPC cases from silverstone, Lian Li, InWin etc.

[SuperShires]

On 11/21/2016 at 9:04 PM, ThinkWithPortals said:

So why buy this? If OEM PCs have more than one PCI-E slot, then why not just buy any of the other dozen dual-slot 1050 Tis?

Because this will fit in them office computers that you can usually pick up for extremely cheap (i5 2k series based pc for £30) my mate is selling a HP one with a i3 4330, 8gb RAM and a 250gb HDD for £50 he got from his office, throw this GPU in it and you have an amazing little gaming pc.

[Misanthrope]

Actually there's cheapo matx cases that are often low profile:

 

 

Not sure if it's a local thing but this are exceedingly common here. Because of the crappy 1u PSU and half height it's perfect for an HTPC.

[AdamP]

Is MSI they only company that manufactures these low-profile cards? I have to be honest, this is the first card I've seen like this. It's so narrow. Definitely think this is an interesting and useful market that needs more innovation now. I'm not a HTPC user, but this may well be what gets me into it. I've always wanted a super small computer where something like this could find a very comfy home.

 

EDIT: Now, I've seen low-tier cards like this before, just never something that isn't shit like a 1050Ti, so I'm just genuinely interested if this a new thing.

[Thony]

Now make it single slot low profile to really impress me. 

 

I dont like the fans, hopefuly they wont sound like a bunch of hungry mosquitoes !

 

 

[The Flying Sloth]

On 11/22/2016 at 5:31 AM, Ryan_Vickers said:

Does the card being that low profile help if the metal part is still fullsize?  Do we have to do a Linus on this to make it fit?  (angle grinder :P)

Can go in HTPC prebuilts with those half-width cases
Damn sight nicer than the GT210 that came in my last prebuilt

[Senzelian]

Would be a nice card for my Node 202

[mark_p8]

Looks ugly for me, but don't judge the GPU by its appearance maybe?

[Space Reptile]

looks EXACTLY like the 750 & 950 LP , no surprise , but im glad they are making one , I want one

[That Norwegian Guy]

On 22.11.2016 at 1:05 AM, M.Yurizaki said:

The HTPC crowd would go bonkers for this

Nope, what I'm looking for is single slot cards. Not low profile ones.

[PianoPlayer88Key]

I'd like to see a single slot passive/fanless 1050/Ti (or maybe even a 1060, or something capable of 1080p 60fps high/ultra gaming in current AAA titles.)