Nvidia’s small GPU initiative will keep graphics cards large — but I’m glad it exists
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#6N7RR)
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Nvidia just gave the PC gaming industry a reason to shrink its biggest graphics cards and produce smallish cases. It's not what I expected, but I think it might actually help. Read before you judge, friends - I was definitely ready to call out some Nvidia BS, but I've mostly come around.
When leakers revealed last month that Nvidia would help steer its graphics card partners toward smaller gaming PCs, I began to daydream. Might we finally see a genuinely small Nvidia powerhouse like AMD's old R9 Nano? Could Nvidia at least convince partners to produce two-slot GPUs like many of its own Founders Edition cards?
Unfortunately, no. Nvidia's just-announced SFF-Ready Enthusiast GeForce Cards" aren't actually that small - even a 2.5 slot...