Nvidia Geforce GTX 670 on a 17cm board?

Whenever people hear the expression "Gaming PC" they always picture a huge desktop computer case with a lot of ventilation holes and fans, or a very thick laptop with loud cooling fans.
Today ASUS has demonstrated that small gaming PCs can also be built with mini-ITX or mATX mainboards and high end video cards. The ASUS Geforce GTX 670 DirectCU mini video card fits into any computer case that has only space for a mini-ITX mainboard (which is usually 17cm long).

As you can see it doesn't lack any features of the full-sized versions. It has 4 digital output ports, a dual slot cooling system and a 8-pin power connector on the top.

The cooling system is made up of special flat VapourX chambers, aluminum fins and a special cooling fan, which blows right on the video card, but also sideways, in order to get rid of hot air faster. In the picture above the ASUS Geforce GTX 670 DirectCU mini video card is installed into a mini-ITX computer case, but it is right at home in mATX - dual card configurations and even ATX - tri/quad card configurations.

What is truly amazing about this video card is its lower power consumption associated with slightly higher memory and GPU frequencies, when compared to the standard GTX 670 video cards. This is why it will probably come with a significantly larger price tag. Unfortunately we don't know yet when it will be available in shops.