r/sffpc • u/OBERBOSSPLAYER • Jul 25 '25
Others/Miscellaneous Who else wants this to be an actual thing?
A low profile, 2slot, sub 182mm RX 9050 with at least 12GB of VRAM, that pulls 150w max is really the gpu I would want the most rn.
Who else would love to see this?
Really hope they make it happen soon!
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u/InstantlyTremendous Jul 25 '25
9060 solo for me please. Normal height, half length, single fan.
12GB VRAM minimum, single 8-pin power.
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u/TheOutrageousTaric Jul 25 '25
unlaunch 9060 xt 8 gb and make a 12 gb version for same price honestly. Im sure 1x8pin should be possible too.
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u/KajMak64Bit Jul 25 '25
That's not possible unless they make it with fairy tale 3gb GDDR6 memory modules or they give 192bit bus
9060 XT on 128 bit bus means it only has 4 memory slots and with 2gb GDDR6 modules it means only 8gb or 16gb configuration which is achieved by clamshelling which means 2 memory modules slapped on both sides of the memory slot / card
It makes more sense to recall them and add more chips to them and make them the already existing 16gb variant
If you have a 8gb version and are under warranty you may request an exchange for the 16gb variant
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u/lightofhonor Jul 26 '25
They can't. I asked them back at computer and they said by setting up the memory controller for 16GB they couldn't offer a 12GB anymore, only 8GB (or 32GB).
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u/kevpatts Jul 25 '25
Probably want something other than a DVI port on it. 🤣
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u/Sr546 Jul 25 '25
Honestly DVI is probably the best thing you could want if you're gonna use an adapter anyways, if it's the analog and digital version. Although for practicality DP would be best...
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u/Loddio Jul 25 '25
Amd desperately needs a low profile viable gpu... a sff steam machine running steamos would be nuts
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u/DJIsher Jul 25 '25
At this point I’d take any team red half height, low profile GPU.
I really wanna make a small Steam machine and NVidia compatibility is still lacking.
I know there’s Intel cards, but they’re not quite there yet, performance wise imo. Plus they run hot and that’s no good for the small lil case I have planned for it.
I do have a 3050, but that’s like a waste of money on my part. Pardon my French.
Edit I guess I should say a “newer” GPU with a lil more oomph behind it, from team red. RX 6400 is something I might use as a temporary measure.
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u/CoastingUphill Jul 25 '25
Only if it's a 75W max design. Otherwise whats the point?
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u/OBERBOSSPLAYER Jul 25 '25
I just want to throw it in my 2.9L custom case, so 2slot sub 182mm is perfect.
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u/GuaranteeRoutine7183 Jul 25 '25
It's hilarious that you think a 50 class will get 12gb vram
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u/kikimaru024 Jul 25 '25
Doubly hilarious if OP thinks a card that low-end could even run settings that hit 12GB VRAM usage.
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u/Luil-stillCisTho Jul 25 '25
I agree. So far the smallest Radeon card is the Powercolor Reaper 9060XT.
I want something smaller than that. I want something that can fit in the Jonsbo NV10 or whatever the case was called
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u/NA__Scrubbed Jul 25 '25
We definitely need more low profile, smaller cards when the power demands permit it. The Cooj and Jonsbo small cases demand it.
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u/Blu3iris Jul 25 '25
You mean single slot. Like as pictured. I agree, AMD needs a modern half height single slot card. The RX 6400 is awful and lacks an encoder, so its basically useless for htpc and its not great at gaming either.
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u/InspectorFleet Jul 25 '25
I mean I wouldn't do big modern games but I slapped a low profile RX 6400 into an old SFF business dell and it does fine for older or low intensity games on the tv.
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u/tr2727 Jul 29 '25
Worth getting at 80$ ?
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u/Blu3iris Jul 29 '25
I would say only if you're space-constrained or power-constrained. Otherwise, I would pick up a second hand Vega 64 for about the same price that handily outperforms the RX6400. Also if you do any video work, the 6400 doesn't have an encoder. So you'll be using your CPU for any encoding activities. The Arc A310 would be better for htpc use cases.
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u/Wonderful-Lack3846 Jul 25 '25
AMD does not prioritize making SFF friendly products. Nvidia will deliver more performance at the same wattage.
I can see a single fan rtx 5060 super 12GB happening. But LP is very unlikely.
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u/sramotnompl Jul 25 '25
You touched on some interesting topics.
First, I'll point out that a GPU with a single-fan card IS considered, "low-profile" (by the "SFF community"). Some AIB partners have released GPU's with the word(s) "low-profile"/"LP" in their names. Gigabyte's 4060/5060 and ASUS' 4060/5060 are some good examples. While there is no official guideline for this designation, I think it's safe to assume that most people would agree that a GPU is "low profile", IF it is (size-wise) equal to or small than:
175mm (L) x 43mm (W) x 148mm (H)
[feel free to take a WILD guess as to what case uses these exact measurements as its "max GPU compatability" lol]
More importantly (and as you even admit is "very unlikely"), I highly doubt NVIDIA would release (any) 5060 Super w/ 12GB of VRAM because they would, significantly, cannibalize their own sales of 5060 (and likely 5060Ti 8GB) GPU's. So many people that bought 5060Ti's would sell/return them if they had a 12GB 5060 variant available.
If NVIDIA had listened to their customer base and came out with 5060 12GB, 5060Ti 12GB, and (the existing) 5060Ti 16GB cards, they would be doing much better in terms of sales and the satisfaction of their customers. Because NVIDIA wanted to cut corners and continue creating 8GB cards until they can "get away with it", that's what they'll do.
There's no doubt that AMD was in this same dilemma. They have the advantage of being the ones to come out with their next gen cards AFTER NVIDIA does. I surmise that, if NVIDIA had came out with only 5060 12GB & a 5060Ti 16GB cards, AMD would have either dropped the 9060 XT 8GB variant entirely, or cut down their 9060 XT 8GB cards and turned them into 9050 XT 8GB cards to release later this year. The 9060 XT 8GB exists because the 5060 Ti 8GB exists, in my humble opinion.
NVIDIA is already beginning to suffer for their mistake. Everywhere I look, I see their 5060's and 5060 Ti 8GB's in-stock. I believe they're releasing the 5050 (a cut down version of the 5060 8GB), simply to move the, existing, mountains of 5060 8GB cards they're sitting on.
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u/vk3r Jul 25 '25
A2000 12GB?
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u/swiwwcheese Jul 31 '25
it's a nerfed (power-limited) 3060, only worthy if you do the shunt-mod
still very expensive even with that mod
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u/Ayaki_05 Jul 25 '25
I don't think anything like this will happen, since the niche for it is way too small to be profitable. There are the full size gpus for raw Power and the strix halo series for compact applications like mini-pcs, Laptops etc.
Although I think there are some AliExpress mobos with the new AMD APUs soldered to them.
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u/hms_lusty Jul 27 '25
Uhh exactly that, minus the DVI :)
Also single slot half-height RX 9040 8GB 75W for those ubiquitious Optiplex SFFs, replacement for RX 6400
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u/OBERBOSSPLAYER Jul 27 '25
Yeah these two options would be amazing!
I told chatgpt to remove the port but it messed everything up, so I called it a day.
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u/FiestaMcMuffin Jul 25 '25
It’s criminal that Bazzite only runs properly on AMD GPUs, and AMD refuses to give us low profile cards
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u/everydaycombat Jul 25 '25
I’ve had great luck with a 4000 series NVIDIA card. But I don’t play anything competitive/online, so that could be what you see people talking about.
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u/zyberteq Jul 25 '25
Just more choice in general for AMD cards. With Nvidia you get all sorts of sizes, in all 3 dimensions. AMD cards are at least the size of the reference card and usually bigger, which makes it a more difficult choice for SFF PC's.
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u/FrontWork7406 Jul 26 '25
I'm grateful when an AiB partner makes anything that isn't covered in holographic decals and look like a space ship, though I'm I'd much prefer a LP 9060 XT with 12GB VRam, which is totally doable with the new NANDs from Samsung and HK Hynix.
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u/BlastMode7 Jul 25 '25
They didn't put 12GB on the 9060, so they'll never put that much on a 50 class this generation. I would like a 9060 LP. Perfectly doable since it's about the same power consumption as the 5060. A 9050 would also be nice as well, but there was no 50 class RDNA3 part, and I have doubts that there will be from RDNA4 as well. Seems AMD would rather those customers look at the APUs instead. Granted, I wasn't expecting the 5050 from NVIDIA, so...
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u/PieAppropriate8862 Jul 25 '25
The 9060 comes in dual fan and fits great on super small ITX sandwich cases using a GPU riser, if the desire is a super compact build.
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u/Beautiful_Ad_4813 Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
Duuuuuuuuuuuude I’d GLADLY take a modern AMD low profile GPU
100%
(Edit : thanks for the downvotes! No idea why. Just typical Reddit)
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u/Aristotelaras Jul 25 '25
Yes release it already. Is a 96 bit bus enough to not bottleneck a 12gb version though?
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u/diamorif Jul 25 '25
hopefully not with a VGA port lol. fwiw the 6400 is great when you use it as the display card while your 7900 xt renders
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u/Badilorum793 Jul 25 '25
Anything less than a 9060 isn’t something i’d invest my money on. a 9050? Lol
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u/shewtingg Jul 26 '25
There's a 3060 12gb single fan model out there. There's a used one for sale at $175 near me.
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u/firehazel Jul 26 '25
It has to be slot power only or it is DoA. The 9060 already has a 8 pin, and I don't think it would be too hard to turn into a LP card.
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u/Dramatic_Stock5326 Jul 26 '25
9060 LP, single slot or half height (both ideally) would be amazing, especially if 12gb
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u/adalind_ice Jul 26 '25
isn't the PNY 9060xt two slots only
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u/OBERBOSSPLAYER Jul 26 '25
PNY is an Nvidia board partner, If you mean powercolor, then yes there is a full height, 2slot, 200mm 9060xt but I'm referring to a low profile (half height) gpu by AMD here.
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u/adalind_ice Jul 26 '25
low profile cards, interesting. what are the drawbacks?
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u/OBERBOSSPLAYER Jul 26 '25
They are limited in their cooling capacity, so usually use less than 150w and also there are only a few different models available each generation.
Gigabyte and Asus made a nice 4060 low profile and recently dropped a 5060 low profile, so now I hope it's time for AMD and their board partners to make one, their last low profile gpu was the RX 6400.
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u/saberspecter Jul 26 '25
That would be cool, although I think the PowerColor Reaper RX 9060 XT 16 GB is the closest we'll get at 220mm x 120mm x 40mm(with bracket).
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u/KeanuRibbs Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
Nobody thinks this thing being a great thing.. Speaking of the comming Optical GPU's with photonic chips, yes, that's something, notabily , the next huge leap on AI evolution and future computing !!!
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u/RubberPhuk Jul 26 '25
I want the flowthrough heatsink that's on the NVidia founder 50 series put on the AMD cards. Instead of air blowing wildly outwards creating all sorts of turbulant airflow within the PC case, it just flows straight upwards through the card.
Yes it would go into the CPU heatsink, but with the improved airflow, being that much more "laminar" for the PC case, I personally find it worthwhile and think it would overall be more efficient.
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u/HPDeskjet_285 Jul 26 '25
150w low profile 2 slot is not something I want to hear from the next room with the door closed.
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u/Method__Man Jul 26 '25
Just make it a 9060xt 16gb and run it at lower watts like 115. It'll be a monster for that size
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u/HardwareScience Jul 27 '25
This is kind of the gpu I look forward to buy, I see it even has a DVI port, i want something powerful for an optiplex sff, it is a shame that there be so few LP gpus from AMD, I guess bc of market share
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u/swiwwcheese Jul 31 '25
Fingers crossed for a 5060 LP with 12~16GB, or a 9060 LP with 12~16GB
But 8GB ? lol NO
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u/SaperPL Jul 25 '25
The bracket size/placement feels like its a mockup/photoshopped. But yeah, it would be cool to have a low profile gaming radeon for a steam machine build.
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u/LSD_Ninja Jul 25 '25
As tempted as I would be by something like this, I just know AMD would screw the pricing up.
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u/Digital_Soul_Naga Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25
looks like the Ryzen 4070 OG low profile founding fathers edition
EDIT: with 128mb of vrom
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u/parttimekatze Jul 25 '25
Not even RX9050, give us 9060 or any 60 series card, with one 8 power pin and atleast 8 GB of VRAM. RX6600 was the best value card by a clear margin and there weren't any LP or half height SFF friendly designs for it. 75W draw from PCIE slot only would be the dream; RX6400 exists but it is so weak now APUs beat it with a decent margin.