World's SMALLEST GTX 1080
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,216 words · ~6 min read
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miniature but high performance graphics cards have been around for a while but
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earlier models compromised performance for their petite size not to mention
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that they really really ran hot it wasn't until the gtx970 minis in late
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2014 and the Epic Radeon R9 Nano the
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following year that these pint siiz pixel pushers became viable options for
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really high performance mini computers
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you can see our reviews of these cards by looking up here but what I have for
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you today is an entirely new Beast Zotac
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offering for 2017 is the world smallest
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GTX 1080 but how does it perform and who
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or what is it even for Zotac doesn't
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really seem to know they they say it fits in 99% of cases then show things
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ranging from what looks like a mid Tower up to Giant server cabinets then Show an
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example of it installed in a case that could have totally fit an average size
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graphics card with no other compromises what so come with me and
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we'll cover both the performance of this unique card and a really cool use case
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that actually benefits from its
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compactness the be quiet! pure Bas 600 features a versatile design noise
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isolation and is optimized for different liquid radiator configurations learn
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more at the link below first things first let's check out their thermal
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solution there's no point in putting a better GPU in a small package if it's
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just going to Thermal throttle anyways it starts with a copper block directly
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above the GPU with 5 6 mm copper heat pipes extending away into the aluminum
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heat sink above that are two very different fans the one on the left is a
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90 mm static pressure optimized fan while the one on the right is a 100 mm
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airflow optimized fan they claim this combination produces ideal mixture for
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maintaining strong air flow over key components the neutral colored shroud
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and back plate are both made out of metal and it features a basic white
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lighting setup RGB fiends will be disappointed but at least it shouldn't
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conflict too much with anything in your system as it's all black gray or white
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for I/O it features a standard Pascal setup three DisplayPort 1.4 ports one
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HDMI 2.0b port and one dual link DVI
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port and this is actually kind of cool I
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guess it received a little bump of 26 MHz in terms of clock speed as well
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although as you probably know your mileage may vary here due to GPU boost
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3.0 which will automatically apply minor overclocks to your card based on spare
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overhead in terms of thermals and power or throttle it down as needed when I
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benchmarked the card against an EVGA superclock 1080 and an NVIDIA Founders
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Edition 1080 I found that it performed pretty much right as expected slightly
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better than the founders Edition slightly worse than the superclocked
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card those results were true in DSX
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mankind divided rise of the Tomb Raider and Ashes of the singularity so it
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performs well for its size but why is it
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its size well I'm going to pass over to Luke version 2 for that answer hey guys
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Luke version 2 here I somehow got roped
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into doing an upgrade to Linus' personal Media Center rig how did that happen
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well it's a fascinating story involving a couple jet planes a well-trained
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monkey and a pink and green car but we all know that's not what you want to
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hear about so well let's skip right to it however it happened today my task is
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to remove Linus' GTX 980 TI and replace
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it with the Zotac 1080 mini theoretically thanks to efficiency
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improvements since last generation's 900 series this will allow us to maintain
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the same performance or probably better while consuming less power and while
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freeing up space in the Silverstone sg-13 for an all-in-one water cooler in
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this case the T series super slim from
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Silverstone the 1080 mini runs a little bit colder than the 980 tii did which
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makes sense because it's a pascal card and it does have a lot of room to
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breathe through the side the CPU didn't do like that much better because it is
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an all-in-one but there isn't a ton of radiator space it's a slim and it had a
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slim fan as well but it's a little bit better and it does seem to be slightly
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quieter as well which is good and there you have it it worked we were able to
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fit an Allin one in this tiny ITX case
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because of this graphics card it had enough room right at the end there to
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make clearance between the radiator and the graphics card everything was fine
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that's the use case being able to fit more things in your computer is the use
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case if you're wondering what this is for there you go that's pretty much it
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it's a good card it's slightly better than a Founders Edition and it's
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slightly smaller it might look a little bit weird in certain systems if you have
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a system where it has a very defined space for your graphics card you want to
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fill that space this card might not be for you if you're going for maybe
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something that doesn't have a window and you're not necessarily that worried about what it looks like and you want
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the capability to do something interesting with it later on maybe this
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card is for you or if you're trying to build something small and compact like
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mini and maybe some shirts not this shirt in particular but that shirt that
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Luke 1 was wearing earlier that one I believe you can buy at the link down
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below also down there is a link to the forums where you can talk about small
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video right here you can watch I don't know it's a mystery video
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I'm not going to tell you