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I'm looking at these things and they seam to be priced similarly to full sized versions of the card, as well they sport the same ports and clock speeds. What am I missing here, is their any reason not to buy a mini version?
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Why not a Mini GTX 970 ?
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750ti is holding up for now tho.
These little cards can surprise you with their performance sometimes. I haven't gotten a chance to really sit down and play with our own mini GTX 970 OC, but I remember testing the GTX 760 GC Mini and inexplicably it outperformed the full size and slightly higher clocked 760 GC by a small amount. It was a bit warmer and just a few dB louder under full load, but even so it was considerably cooler and quieter than the reference version. I'd expect the same with the 970 OC.
Here's a link if you're interested in taking a look:
http://www.galaxstore.net/GALAX-NVIDIA-GEFORCE-GTX-970-OC-4GB-p/97nph6dt8rvz.htm
Here's a link if you're interested in taking a look:
http://www.galaxstore.net/GALAX-NVIDIA-GEFORCE-GTX-970-OC-4GB-p/97nph6dt8rvz.htm
On the contrary. You can overclock on air on the smaller ones too.... I just mentioned above in fact...
I was referring to a hypothetical low profile bracket card, not this 970. I would think some overclocking would be possible on air. But I have an ITx case with very little space so it wouldn't fit. I use a midatx for larger GPUs. http://www.overclockers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=160392&d=1424809108 if it were narrower and longer it would be ideal for desktops, but the demand is so low and and the shape is a little irregular unless you remember the riser days that there's little need to manufacture one.
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We have someone checking over every order each day, so if you didn't go all the way through with the purchase then there's no risk of getting charged for anything. Going a past a certain point does generate an order# in our system, basically just to call dibs on the card so someone else can't buy it out from under you during the payment process, but that's really strange that you got a confirmation email without actually buying it. I'll check it out and see what the deal is. Thanks for sharing.
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It's a 120W GPU. If you've got a single case fan you're fine.
