Zotac was established in 2006 under the umbrella of PC Partner (HSI: 1263) with the focus on Original Mini PC, ZBOX. ZOTAC derives its name from the words ?zone? and ?tact?, aptly referencing to their skill & expertise in the zones of PC components, systems, and manufacturing. Combining both function and design, ZOTAC strives to create the latest technological products that epitomize form, utility, and style. Besides Mini PC, Zotac is manufacturing graphics card and SSDs. Zotac is an AIB partner of the Nvidia. Their graphics cards hold true value for the packed performance of the users.
Today, I will be reviewing the entry-level budget gaming graphics card from the Zotac, aka GTX 1050Ti OC edition. While this card is just perfect for small form factor builds, it does not limit its use in any other form factor build. Don't be drawn away from its compact size and smaller PCB for it does pack quite a punch for the gamers playing at 1080p and lower. It has a proper cooling solution in the form of the regular heatsink, heatpipes and the two 70mm fans offering optimal cooling performance yet with silent operations. It draws just 75W of power and does not need any power connector for that. 4GB GDDR5 VRAM is a plus particularly for the gamers playing at lower resolutions. Most of all, it is based on the Pascal architecture from Nvidia if that cheers you up.
This card has 768 Cuda Cores with 128-bit memory bus. It packs 4GB of GDDR5 video memory clocked at 7GHz. The base clock is 1392MHz with the boost clock of the 1506MHz. This card comes factory overclocked. It follows the PCIe 3.0 standard. It has a HDMI 2.0b, a DP 1.4 and a DL-DVI connector. It is a dual slot design but still a compact size card. It has a support for 4.5 OpenGL and DX of 12 API feature level of 12_1. The card's dimensions are just 174mm x 111.15 mm if this tells you the tale of how compact it is.