The anticipation was there, yet the surprise is still genuine. This is because GIGABYTE’s entry into the mid to high-end GFX card market for the ITX crowd is a first.
Technically speaking, the GIGABYTE GTX 970 Mini-ITX form factor stands as the fastest card currently available when considering the ratio of dimensions to performance. Equipped with a GTX 970, it should comfortably outperform competitors like the GTX 760 and the R9 285, whether they are in full-size PCB or compact ITX variants.
The card features a custom PCB, not to mention that it features a custom cooling configurations too courtesy of a densely packed 2 slot heatsink and a 85mm fan combination. There is also a plate that most like will be sandwiched between the PCB and the heatsink to keep the VRAM modules cool.
The GIGABYTE GTX 970 Mini-ITX has an overclocked GPU running at 1076 MHz with a boost clock of 1216 MHz. As far as temperature goes, this thing is reported to heat up at 62c under load which is cooler than Nvidia’s reference GTX 970 cooler. SRP is 329.99 USD so it’s pretty competitive for its size.
Source: Tom’s Hardware
