PNY is releasing slim-sized NVIDIA RTX GPUs

If I were commissioning a new PC build today , I would undoubtedly lean toward a small form factor mATX or ITX setup .

Thanks to manufacturers like Fractal Design and Lian Li, modern compact cases can accommodate high-end hardware without becoming thermal nightmares , effectively rendering the bulky mid-tower monstrosities of the past obsolete . This shift is exactly why PNY’s new “Slim” line of RTX 50-series designs immediately caught my attention . All three distinct variants—covering the RTX 5070, 5070 Ti, and 5080 —maintain a strictly two-slot profile , cooled by a pair of 120mm fans . Consequently, even the most powerful model, the 5080, remains remarkably svelte at just 11.8 inches (300mm) in length . That compact footprint means it can slide comfortably into a tight media PC chassis , such as the Fractal Ridge, with room to spare.

While it is true that NVIDIA’s own reference designs for the 5070 and 5080 are also dual-slot solutions , most third-party manufacturing partners tend to inflate their versions into 2.5 or 3-slot behemoths . PNY is bucking that trend . Furthermore, because there is no Founders Edition available from NVIDIA for the 5070 Ti , PNY’s slim interpretation of that specific GPU is poised to find a dedicated fanbase among space-conscious PC enthusiasts .

PNY indicates that these new cards will arrive in February , with plans to offer both standard and overclocked iterations of all three models. However, the company has notably withheld pricing details . That hesitation likely reflects the current, volatile state of the broader PC industry . With the cost of many RAM kits doubling or tripling in recent months due to the insatiable demand of the AI boom , building a new computer has become a prohibitively expensive endeavor , and market indicators suggest GPUs will only get costlier heading into 2026 . The component crunch is severe enough that NVIDIA is reportedly planning to resurrect the RTX 3060 —a card originally released in 2021—to serve as a necessary stopgap .