Shrink desktop GPUs, can it be done & still perform the same?

[Edward78]

I wonder if a desktop GPU could be the same size as a Laptop GPU & specs be the same? A APU is it tied is with a cpu, so seems not so hard.

 

[Edward78]

Is this small enough?

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Yes, that is a good size, if no performance hit. Not sure why, just one day, Istarted wanting to beable to make the smallest case, that will accept a normal size gpu & a psu.

 

[Edward78]

APUs and laptop GPUs are lower performance so need less power regulation circuitry, APUs use system RAM and the SOC VRM so you can pack them onto the CPU package.

Hmmm,ya. The chips on a video card are GPU & ram chips right? Plus a ram chips seem a little bit far spaced from the GPU, just wondering if the motherboard had a GPU socket & we put ram in just like for a cpu, if it would work? Anywhere have a complete pic & pointing out the chips?

 

[Edward78]

MXM modules, about as small as it can be done just add the output connectors and power connector.

So, that is the GPU with ram chips right? Seems that should do accept the connectors & outputs. Plus, in desktops they can have heatsinks & a fan. If the cooling holds the performance down in laptops, there is no reason in a desktop cool it/let it use more power.

 

[Edward78]

Ok for Nvidia. they have the board all occupied, but AMD it looks a lot better, half the board is blank accept the power connectors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=-_iTTH9Cu9Q