WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.960 If you're a small form factor enthusiast, you probably have struggled to find a highly performant GPU that 00:00:04.840 --> 00:00:10.560 isn't a stupidly large size. Even the 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:14.760 5070 Founders Edition, which in today's standards is a pretty small card, ain't 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:19.240 even that small. It's still two whole slots, and it's long. It's too long for 00:00:17.080 --> 00:00:24.200 this beautiful little case. Thankfully, Colorful has answered our prayers and 00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:29.360 has brought us the 5070 iGame [music] Mini. 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:33.040 A very short, delightful, 00:00:29.360 --> 00:00:35.880 little single-fan GPU. 00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:38.280 And it's a 5070, and it's got a a 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:42.040 weird box. Looks like a creeper's legs. 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:45.600 Inside of the box, we have our documentation, quick start guide, as 00:00:44.040 --> 00:00:53.120 well as QC. And here is the GPU itself. 00:00:51.080 --> 00:00:56.840 Oh, it's got some heft to it. Okay, it's small, but it's not light. And just 00:00:55.760 --> 00:01:02.560 taking a look on the outside, it's because the vast majority of this is pretty 00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:07.120 dense heatsink. Probably going to be essential because 00:01:04.199 --> 00:01:11.080 this is such a small card. In fact, as I've become more used to seeing like 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:16.680 triple-slot behemoth heatsinks on top of 5070s, it feels like this really 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:20.680 shouldn't work. But let's compare it to the Founders Edition, which is kind of 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:24.520 one of the smaller cards on the market. Compared to the Founders Edition, the 00:01:21.880 --> 00:01:28.960 iGame Mini is substantially shorter, but maybe a little bit taller. It maintains 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:33.520 the same two-slot thickness and is actually [music] like just barely 00:01:31.520 --> 00:01:37.400 thinner than the Founders, but not in a way that would matter for pretty much 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:42.760 any configuration. In terms of the type of cooler, while the 5070 Founders Edition has the same 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:46.400 look as the double-flow through coolers found on the higher-end GPUs, it 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:50.360 actually is only flow through on the one side, and this goes directly into a 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:55.320 board that's got this big. And you can actually see the boards are of similar size, but it 00:01:53.880 --> 00:01:59.640 probably doesn't have the same striking V cutout that you'll see on the board of 00:01:57.240 --> 00:02:02.760 a Founders Edition. However, we can see that it's [music] very technically a 00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:06.160 flow through right at this edge, 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:10.399 where you can see just a little bit through the heatsink. And if you look from this edge, you can kind of see the 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:14.640 cutout in the board there. So, this isn't just a square GPU. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:18.040 They say it's OC, which I think is kind of surprising when you're using [music] 00:02:16.200 --> 00:02:21.640 such a small card to go with an OC model, but 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:26.400 it's an OC in name only because they're adding 45 MHz to the boost clock and 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:29.840 nothing to the base clock. It's basically not OC'd. 00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:38.040 And it's not going to perform any faster. Well, we'll talk about performance in a little bit. But in 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:40.480 general, it's a RTX 5070 that has 6,144 00:02:38.040 --> 00:02:46.840 CUDA cores, 192 [music] fifth-gen tensor cores, 48 fourth-gen ray-tracing cores, 00:02:43.040 --> 00:02:49.920 and it's got 12 GB of GDDR7 VRAM, access 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.680 to NVIDIA's NVENC encoders, and 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:56.480 has a TDP or TGP, I don't know. They all have a dumb word. Basically, it's 00:02:53.920 --> 00:03:00.040 supposed to pull 250 W. More or less. They recommend a 650 W 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:04.720 power supply with this, and it connects via a 12-V 2x6 connector. 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:11.000 In terms of your display outputs, you get the same as you'd find on the Founders. That's three a DisplayPort 00:03:07.880 --> 00:03:12.480 2.1b and one HDMI 2.1. 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:15.360 And at the end of the day, it is just another [music] 5070. 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I like my 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:38.400 computers to be silent and unseen. That's why I like um small form factor, 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:42.200 so I can tuck it away somewhere else and not have to have this big honking thing 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:44.760 on my desk. Let's get this in. 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:54.240 I've been an advocate of thinking moving the power connectors up here 00:04:53.320 --> 00:04:58.320 cuz I think it's always it's always sucks when you're just like, "Oh, here's this beautiful GPU." And it's like this 00:04:56.840 --> 00:05:03.400 honking huge cable, especially for high-power GPUs. Well, now with the uh 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:05.840 600-W uh 12-V high-power connectors, 00:05:03.400 --> 00:05:08.600 it's not as big of a deal. It's just that you that you know, the trade-off is 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:14.320 your house might burn down. Is there another model of 5070 or 5080 that would 00:05:11.080 --> 00:05:15.880 fit in this case? Like, this is probably 00:05:14.320 --> 00:05:22.160 the only 5070 that fits in this case that I can think of. All of them are 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:24.320 typically much longer and larger, so 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:29.200 if you want to build in this case and have a relatively high-power GPU, this 00:05:26.640 --> 00:05:33.160 is literally your only choice. And here we are in a running system. 00:05:31.840 --> 00:05:37.360 Though it doesn't really look like it's running because it has a zero RPM fan 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:42.880 mode, and also it looks like that RGB was either a lie or requires us to 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.920 install the drivers, which if you if you would leave one 00:05:43.878 --> 00:05:50.120 >> [music] >> negative comment about not seeing the RGB on this GPU, 00:05:47.880 --> 00:05:54.720 I quit. So, the RGB isn't working because you need to download the iGame 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:59.080 Mini software, which um I'd probably skip and just stick to the 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:02.920 normal NVIDIA drivers for controlling the fans. Uh you're not getting that 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:08.640 much ARGB, [music] so you're not really missing out on much. But look at how cute it is. 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:13.600 But the looks don't matter if the frame rate sucks. So, let's see if this tiny 00:06:10.640 --> 00:06:17.160 form factor is compromising performance. In terms of gaming performance, well, 00:06:15.280 --> 00:06:21.400 it's a 5070, and it's barely overclocked, so it performs 00:06:19.440 --> 00:06:25.920 pretty much identically to the FE in every single game at any resolution. If 00:06:24.280 --> 00:06:31.120 you want to get more depth on these results, feel free to head over to the Labs article. We'll have that linked in 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:34.920 the description. But you can feel contented knowing that you're not 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:38.400 sacrificing gaming performance, which bodes well for potential thermal 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:42.400 performance. Now, when we look at these cool little scans that we got of the 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:45.800 GPU, we can see that it's four heat pipes on it. It really reminds me a lot 00:06:44.320 --> 00:06:50.120 of the low-profile CPU coolers from the likes of like Noctua or be quiet, um 00:06:48.880 --> 00:06:54.560 which makes sense cuz it's basically a low-profile small cooler. And 00:06:52.040 --> 00:07:00.240 apparently, it's doing the trick. It's actually doing a better job at 00:06:56.360 --> 00:07:01.640 managing GPU temperatures than the 5070. 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:06.440 What you might worry about would be your hotspot temperatures on your GPU, but 00:07:04.280 --> 00:07:09.120 NVIDIA doesn't give us access to hotspot temperatures anymore, so we have to take 00:07:08.374 --> 00:07:14.480 [music] the GPU temp at face value here. And in 00:07:12.520 --> 00:07:18.880 our Combuster heat stress test, we can see that the Mini is actually [music] 00:07:16.400 --> 00:07:22.800 cooling better than the FE version, which is crazy. By like a wide margin, 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:25.440 like 5°. And 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:30.640 we're seeing that at relatively similar clock speeds and [music] similar power 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:34.920 draws with our PCAT. I'm honestly really surprised. I would expect it to perform 00:07:32.280 --> 00:07:38.760 thermally worse. Basically, whether it's a synthetic workload, a productivity 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:44.760 workload, or gaming workload, this thing is going to be thermally fine. However, 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:48.160 we don't know if that comes at the cost of sound. 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:52.760 Because you can cool a lot of stuff by just making those fans rip. So, let's 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:55.520 get into a game. If we get If we pair all the sensors, I can turn the other 00:07:53.880 --> 00:08:00.400 fans down and just let it really throttle. Uh they put a 13900K in this 00:07:58.280 --> 00:08:03.760 PC for some reason and gave it the dinkiest of dinky coolers. 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:07.120 Um But I put this in the system cuz I wanted to hear how loud the GPU [music] 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:13.560 is. So far, doesn't seem that much worse than the 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:17.080 absolutely screaming case fans because 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:18.400 where CPU's pinned at 100°C. 00:08:17.080 --> 00:08:23.080 Cuz we put it 350-W CPU on 00:08:20.520 --> 00:08:26.240 a 65-W cooler. Okay, did the CPU fan go fully off? I 00:08:24.840 --> 00:08:31.080 think it did. Okay, we're going to turn that back up. We're going to get that one up a little bit. But basically, 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:36.360 right now, we you're not hearing any fan noise from the case fans. This is all 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:38.840 just the GPU running about 30%. 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:45.320 And we're in Cyberpunk at 4K with DLSS on, I think, medium. 00:08:43.479 --> 00:08:51.680 It's performing well, and the GP temps are 85, and that's with like it being 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:56.880 relatively quiet. It's definitely not as silent as like a larger heatsink CPU 00:08:53.720 --> 00:09:00.520 would be. And if we go up to like 100, 00:08:56.880 --> 00:09:00.520 that's pretty quiet for 100. 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:07.400 And like honestly, like it's not an annoying whine like a lot of loud GPUs 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:10.000 get. Maybe it's because of the enclosure that we're in. 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:13.200 You know, it's Wow, that's a lot of heat coming out of there. 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:20.160 We're probably seeing our thermal performance actually hindered by this case's design. Like, our fan's pulling 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:24.240 air from this far side of the GPU, where there's very little ventilation that 00:09:22.920 --> 00:09:31.440 isn't it just trying to kick out that own exhaust. There's not a lot of pull in there. It would perform better with 00:09:28.040 --> 00:09:33.080 something that has more direct access to 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:38.680 fresh air. And that's probably why we're seeing like 10-ish degrees more than what we 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:43.320 saw on the bench. Sound wise, though, if that's 100%, 00:09:40.160 --> 00:09:44.720 that's really not that bothersome. 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:47.600 So, I wouldn't really be all that worried. We died. 00:09:47.640 --> 00:09:54.160 I think the CPU overheated. Most form small form factor cases tend 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:58.760 to be very concerned about GPU airflow and do their best. You will usually find 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:01.680 that a GPU will performing worse in a small form factor case compared to a 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:07.280 larger case, but this seems like a particularly problematic enclosure. 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:11.240 But yeah, if this is at 100% which is probably rarely going to run at 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:14.120 unless it's really, really, really running hot, 00:10:12.560 --> 00:10:18.080 honestly, that's pretty good. 00:10:15.560 --> 00:10:20.760 It makes a triple slot like massive 570 just kind of look 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:25.640 embarrassing. Cuz I mean like you just got this tiny guy, but here's the issue. 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:29.720 It's the price. This thing, also not widely available in 00:10:27.800 --> 00:10:34.720 North America, we had to import this bad boy, is selling for about 5,199 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.840 yuan or $738, 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:44.800 which is a heck of a lot more than the $509 00:10:42.400 --> 00:10:49.920 that is already probably too much for a 570, which sucks because this is like 00:10:47.147 --> 00:10:55.560 [music] the only thing like this on the market. So, I think I hope that they are 00:10:53.200 --> 00:11:00.960 able to drive enough sales to show that there is an actual audience, people who 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:04.400 want this kind of tech, because man, this thing's sick. 00:11:02.920 --> 00:11:08.520 I'm tired of stupid big GPUs. 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:11.720 But you know what I'm not tired of? You. Thanks for watching this video. If you 00:11:10.040 --> 00:11:15.200 enjoyed this, why don't you watch one of our other GPU videos? I don't know. What 00:11:13.560 --> 00:11:18.360 about the 5080 roundup if you want to see some stupid big ones?