PNY is releasing slim-sized NVIDIA RTX GPUs simply as PC constructing turns into prohibitively costly

If I had been constructing a brand new PC at present, I might go for a small type issue mATX or ITX construct. With firms like Fractal Design and Lian Li making instances that may match fashionable GPUs with out sacrificing on thermals, you needn’t accept the outdated mid-tower monstrosities of yesteryear. And that is why PNY’s new “Slim” mannequin RTX 50-series designs caught my eye. All three variants, masking the 5070, 5070 Ti and 5080, are two slot playing cards with only a pair of 120mm followers for cooling. Consequently, even the most important of the three new fashions, the 5080, is comparatively svelte, coming in at 11.8-inches or 300mm lengthy. Which means it will probably comfortably match with room to spare in a media PC enclosure just like the Fractal Ridge.

Technically, NVIDIA’s reference designs for the 5070 and 5080 are additionally dual-slot options, however many of the firm’s manufacturing companions produce two-and-half or three slot variants of these playing cards. And with no Founders Version model of the 5070 Ti obtainable from NVIDIA, PNY’s new tackle that GPU will doubtless discover a devoted fanbase amongst PC lovers.

PNY says the brand new playing cards will arrive in February, with the corporate planning to supply each normal and overclocked variations of all three fashions. Nevertheless, PNY is not sharing pricing particulars simply but. That most likely has to do with the state of your complete PC trade proper now. With the value of most RAM kits doubling and tripling in current months because of the AI growth, constructing a brand new laptop has turn into prohibitively costly, and all indicators level to GPUs getting extra pricey in 2026. In truth, the reminiscence crunch is so dangerous that NVIDIA is reportedly planning to carry again the RTX 3060, a GPU from 2021, as a stopgap. Yikes.