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Gigabyte Announces Availability of Two New, Smaller NVIDIA GTX 1050 3 GB Graphics Cards

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Gigabyte has announced two new SKUs that join their previous interpretation of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB graphics card. Adding (or maybe subtracting, on account of it being smaller) to their lineup is the new GTX 1050 3 GB D5, which features a shorter PCB (172 mm x 113 mm x 30 mm, minus 19 mm) when compared to the original 3 GB OC model (for reference, 191 mm long, 111 mm wide, and 36 mm in height). The reduced footprint of the graphics card means there's now a single fan (now at 90 mm instead of 2x 80 mm) at work on cooling the GPU - but it's such a lean one that that factor should pose no problem. Additionally, the clocks are slightly lower on this card, and adhere to NVIDIA's reference of 1392 MHz base and 1518 MHz boost. Connectivity-wise, there's 1x DVI-D, 1x HDMI 2.0b and 1x DisplayPort 1.4 port (up to three simultaneous displays are supported).

The other, more interesting model, is the GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G. Like the name implies, this is a low-profile graphics card, best suited for space-starved enclosures. Coming in at 167mm x 68.9mm x 37mm, it's as small as this type of card has ever been in Gigabyte's lineup. The low profile version should feature higher performance than the D5 one, since it clocks in at 1404 MHz (1544 MHz boost clock) in the default Game Mode. OC Mode brings the graphics card's clocks to 1430 MHz and 1569 MHz respectively. Likely owing to an expected HTPC usage for these graphics cards, Gigabyte has added an extra HDMI 2.0 port to this card, bringing connectivity to 1x DVI-D, 2x HDMI 2.0b, and 1x DisplayPort 1.4 port.



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What is the difference in the low profile model?
 
It’s just way to many GTX 1050s
 
Finally some love for the LP segment. Gigabyte's the only LP with this many outputs.
 
Still looks likes 2 full slots to me , am I missing something ?
 
can someone benchmark this?
its been out for weeks now but not even a single benchmark appeared
 
can someone benchmark this?
its been out for weeks now but not even a single benchmark appeared

Where do you see this for sale? Looking for the low profile model. The existing sku ends with a 2G and the new one 3G.
 
I dont know, maybe the manufacturer will send sample for press to benchmark?
 
can someone benchmark this?
its been out for weeks now but not even a single benchmark appeared
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Limiting factor isnt really the reduced bandwidth but memory size.
 
Correct me if im wrong. If there is no difference in a low profile model as far as performance, power usage, etc.. Then what is the point of having a fullsize model? Unless im missing some difference here.
 
Correct me if im wrong. If there is no difference in a low profile model as far as performance, power usage, etc.. Then what is the point of having a fullsize model? Unless im missing some difference here.

Thermals
 
So just the heat output?

Larger pcbs have the additional task of dissipating heat, plus low pro cards with smaller fans if loaded would be louder over time vs a larger fan
 
Larger pcbs have the additional task of dissipating heat, plus low pro cards with smaller fans if loaded would be louder over time vs a larger fan

Is this the case with all low profile cards? Or do they sometimes have more differences?
 
Is this the case with all low profile cards? Or do they sometimes have more differences?

They all have variances between manufacturers, revision numbers etc
 
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