An intrepid modder has shrunk Nvidia’s RTX 4070 Ti into a more compact graphics card that fits into smaller PC cases.
This impressive feat of PC component DIY was posted on Reddit by modder TechTaxi, as VideoCardz reports.
We immediately note that the modified RTX 4070 Ti is still just a prototype, with TechTaxi admitting that “there’s still work to be done to make it more subtle and fully functional” at the moment, and they can’t make any promises about it. The task will see the light of day. (There are past tasks that have been done, of course. )
Either way, it looks very impressive, with the RTX 4070 Ti scaled down to a single-fan, 2-slot graphics card (the original is a physically powerful three-fan, three-slot card, we’ve noticed 2. 5 of them). Slot versions available (more on this later). It’s just 173mm long and just under 42mm thick, making it perfectly suited for smaller-shaped PC instances (Mini-ITX).
As you can imagine, this shrinkage procedure entails compensations, i. e. undervoltage of the plate, which restricts its functionality, so that temperatures are maintained at appropriate levels. But even with the low volume, so to speak, the RTX 4070 Ti can still be a very rugged tool for running all the most productive PC games.
Wait a minute, you might be thinking: Nvidia rarely abandons the RTX 4070 Ti, now the RTX 4070 Ti Super is about to upgrade it?Well, yes, in theory it is, and production of the RTX 4070 Ti is at a standstill. (This is rarely shown very officially through Nvidia, though, that’s the word on the vine, and it makes perfect sense: there’s no room for any of the cards in the Lovelace line. )
However, the modder believes that the traditional cooler and setup shown here deserve to work well with the RTX 4070 Ti Super, assuming it’s shown working in its RTX 4070 Ti form.
Even then, you can’t buy this DIY graphics card, of course. Although TechTaxi does say that: “If it works out then I may make a couple for sale to those who are interested.”
We’ll see, but what’s appealing here is that TechTaxi has made DIY Lite graphics cards in the past, with a dual-slot RTX 4080 edition and a dual-slot, dual-fan edition of an MSI RTX 4070 Ti.
The latter may have even encouraged MSI to produce an official 2. 5-slot MSI 4070 Ti Ventus 2X about 4 months after the DIY card appeared. Or at least, TechTaxi’s innovation turns out to be the most likely source of inspiration: that and interest. The order is the point of excitement among manufacturers of small form factor PCs.
So maybe, just maybe, we can see an official edition of a super compact RTX 4070 Ti for small PC instances in the future. More broadly, exasperation with the big RTX 4060 graphics cards can strike a chord and perhaps cause vendors to make them thinner. , low-end cards (which shouldn’t be big, slot-eating eyesores, let’s face it, but there are 2. 5 slots incarnations of the 4060 out there).
Darren is a freelancer who writes news and articles for TechRadar (and T3) on a wide variety of IT topics, adding CPU, GPU, other diverse hardware, VPN, antivirus, and more. He has been writing about generation for almost three decades and writes books in his spare time (his first novel, “I Know What You Did at the Last Supper,” was published through Hachette UK in 2013).
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