What just happened? With their size and power requirements, squeezing a standard RTX 3000 card into nigh mini-ITX cases is going to be either impossible or claustrophobically tight. But companies are finally managing to compress the RTX 3060 Ti to satisfyingly tiny dimensions, with MSI announcing what appears to exist the smallest 1 yet.

MSI's GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Aero graphics card takes all the impressive performance of its full-sized sibling and reduces its size by 40 percent while halving the weight, making it perfect for small class-gene PCs and HTPC setups.

Other specs include 4,864 CUDA cores, 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM, a 256-scrap memory interface, a single viii-pin auxiliary PCIe ability connector, and 200W ability consumption. MSI recommends a 650W PSU.

MSI'due south single-fan, dual-slot bill of fare features high-efficiency copper heat pipes up to 6mm thick and a custom PCB design. The GPU isn't mill overclocked (i,665 MHz heave), and like its full-sized version, you get an HDMI ii.i port along with 3 DisplayPort 1.4a connectors.

Those looking for a similar and presumably cheaper (MSI hasn't revealed pricing) option, the company likewise appear the GeForce RTX 3060 Aero ITX 12G OC and GeForce RTX 3060 Aero ITX 12G.

MSI isn't the only company with a mini RTX 3060 Ti. Asus has its DUAL GeForce RTX 3060 Ti MINI OC Edition (to a higher place), which is simply virtually 3 cm (1.one inches) longer than MSI's offering. It comes with two fans, a one,710 MHz heave, and recommends a 750W PSU.