ZOTAC Mini

[Jijooo]

Hows about zotac mini graphics cards (1070, 1070ti, 1080). How's performance and thermals? They are little bit cheaper, are they worthy to buy? Or should I spend some extra dollars and go for bigger ones?

[williamcll]

Linus did a a few videos on these:

 

[Princess Twilight Sparkle]

Does that Zotac GTX 1050ti count as a mini?

 

its a pretty sweet little card, got it at $128, before the price increases form crypto fans.

[Jijooo]

8 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Linus did a a few videos on these:

 

tnanks

[Jijooo]

4 minutes ago, Princess Twilight Sparkle said:

Does that Zotac GTX 1050ti count as a mini?

 

its a pretty sweet little card, got it at $128, before the price increases form crypto fans.

I was looking for gtx 1070 or higher, but its looks pretty sweet, but now its cost about 200 dollars

[Darkseth]

1 hour ago, Jijooo said:

Hows about zotac mini graphics cards (1070, 1070ti, 1080). How's performance and thermals? They are little bit cheaper, are they worthy to buy? Or should I spend some extra dollars and go for bigger ones?

Go for bigger ones, if you care about Noise and Temperatures.

Zotac Mini are small, thus cooling performance is meh. Maybe similar to Founders edition~.

 

If a Zotac Mini is significantly cheaper than others, you can take it.

 

There is no reason for a GPU to run at hardcore overclocks all the time. You gain 5% performance, for 50% higher power consumption etc, not worth.

Instead, do it the other way around. Undervolt it, that will reduce heat output significantly (like by ALOT. 10°C easy), and with that also reduce noise.

And the performance will still be better than stock, because at Stock the card will throttle and downclock anyway.

 

Very very good Cooling solutions for 1070 and 1080 are Palit Jetstream / Gamerock, and Gainward Phoenix. The best.

Also good, MSI Gaming X, Zotac AMP! Extreme. Stay away from Asus Strix, it's quite loud here.

 

1070 ti: Idk what, but something happened with Asus. Their strix cooler is entirely different here, at least how it performs. VERY quiet, and VERY low temperatures. A Whole different world compared to the 1080 strix.

Also good: Palit Jetstream/Gamerock / Gainward Phoenix, MSI Gaming X, Zotac AMP! Extreme

[Jijooo]

42 minutes ago, Darkseth said:

Go for bigger ones, if you care about Noise and Temperatures.

Zotac Mini are small, thus cooling performance is meh. Maybe similar to Founders edition~.

 

If a Zotac Mini is significantly cheaper than others, you can take it.

 

There is no reason for a GPU to run at hardcore overclocks all the time. You gain 5% performance, for 50% higher power consumption etc, not worth.

Instead, do it the other way around. Undervolt it, that will reduce heat output significantly (like by ALOT. 10°C easy), and with that also reduce noise.

And the performance will still be better than stock, because at Stock the card will throttle and downclock anyway.

 

Very very good Cooling solutions for 1070 and 1080 are Palit Jetstream / Gamerock, and Gainward Phoenix. The best.

Also good, MSI Gaming X, Zotac AMP! Extreme. Stay away from Asus Strix, it's quite loud here.

 

1070 ti: Idk what, but something happened with Asus. Their strix cooler is entirely different here, at least how it performs. VERY quiet, and VERY low temperatures. A Whole different world compared to the 1080 strix.

Also good: Palit Jetstream/Gamerock / Gainward Phoenix, MSI Gaming X, Zotac AMP! Extreme

OK, I will go for bigger one.

Ty