Hard to believe but there was a time when graphics cards weren't the size of an SUV and cost as much as a house. As if to prove it, here comes PNY addressing at least one half of that equation with a new range of dual-slot Nvidia RTX GPUs. Odds are, however, the pricing will remain distinctly 2026.
We give you the GeForce RTX 50 Series Slim from PNY. Available in RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 configurations, PNY says the cards, "combine cutting-edge performance with space-saving innovation that’s ideal for compact PC builds."
Thus, the RTX 5080 Slim OC runs at 2,730 MHz instead of 2,617 MHz, the RTX 5070 Ti Slim OC is clocked at 2,572 MHz versus the reference 2,542 MHz and the RTX 5070 Slim OC hits 2,587 MHz versus 2,512 MHz.
Obviously, these are pretty modest factory overclocks for the OC versions. But the simple fact that PNY is offering OC models based on this thermal design is fairly reassuring, and particularly so for the stock-clocked versions. It implies there's a little headroom to spare.
For now, PNY isn't providing any pricing, perhaps because the whole PC industry is in flux on account of volatile memory pricing thanks to the AI boom. So, we'll have to wait until February, when the cards go on sale, to see exactly how expensive they are. But on this first reckoning, they look like potentially interesting alternatives to Nvidia's own Founders Edition boards if you're after something sensibly sized.
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