ZOTAC
ZOTAC, one of the major players in the SFF PC market, has two different mini-PC families equipped with discrete GPUs. The larger (~5L) one is equipped with desktop-class GPUs, while the compact version (sub-3L) comes with laptop-class GPUs. At the 2022 CES, the company is updating the latter lineup with Tiger Lake and Ampere. The new barebones system comes in ZOTAC’s regular 2.65-liter ZBOX MAGNUS EN chassis, which is just 62.2 mm (2.45 inches) tall. The ZBOX MAGNUS EN173080C barebones is based on Intel’s octa-core Core i7-11800H processor (8C/16T, 2.30 GHz – 4.60 GHz, 45 W) accompanied by NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3080 notebook GPU with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and a rated operating power of 150W. The system can be equipped with up to...
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Launch Recap
Earlier this week we reviewed NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 650 Ti. As this was a hard launch many of NVIDIA’s partners have had their cards available for purchase from day-one...
9 by Chris Hansen on 10/11/2012
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Review, Feat. Gigabyte, Zotac, & EVGA
At a pace just shy of a card a month, NVIDIA has been launching the GeForce 600 series part by part for over the last half year now. What...
91 by Ryan Smith on 10/9/2012
The GeForce GTX 660 Ti Review, Feat. EVGA, Zotac, and Gigabyte
NVIDIA has a bit of a problem right now: their products are a bit too popular. Between the GK104-heavy desktop GeForce lineup, the GK104 based Tesla K10, and the...
313 by Ryan Smith on 8/16/2012
Zotac GeForce GT 640 DDR3 Review: Glacial Gaming & Heavenly HTPC
Two weeks ago NVIDIA formally launched the retail GeForce GT 640, catching up to their OEM and laptop offerings with their first GK107 based video card for the retail...
60 by Ryan Smith & Ganesh T S on 6/20/2012
Zotac ZBOX Nano XS AD11 Plus: Redefining the Small Form Factor PC
Small Form Factor (SFF) PCs are becoming quite popular as processors become more and more power efficient. Over the last few years, we have had a slew of budget...
44 by Ganesh T S on 4/11/2012
Introducing Our 2012 Case Testbeds and Revised Methodology
Over the past year we've tested more than twenty different enclosures using our existing testbed and produced a mountain of comparative data. The goal of the undertaking is produce...
29 by Dustin Sklavos on 3/29/2012
Zotac's ZBOX AD04 Gives HTPC Users an AMD E-450 APU
If you'd rather have a Brazos based mini HTPC than something that uses Cedar Trail, Zotac has you covered with the ZBOX AD04. Equipped with an AMD E-450, the...
3 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
Zotac's Cedar Trail ZBOX ID80 Uses Discrete GPU
Intel announced its 32nm Atom platform for netbooks/nettops at the end of last year. Codenamed Cedar Trail the new Atom doesn't really change CPU performance all that much but...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 448 Cores Launch Recap: MSI, Gigabyte, Zotac, and EVGA (UPDATE: And ASUS, Too)
Every time a new GPU launches, it finds its way into half a dozen or more cards from different manufacturers. These manufacturers do their best to differentiate these cards...
21 by Andrew Cunningham on 11/30/2011
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 560 Ti w/448 Cores: GTX 570 On A Budget
A little more than a year ago NVIDIA introduced the GF110 GPU, the power-optimized version of their Fermi patriarch, GF100. The first product was their flagship GTX 580, followed...
80 by Ryan Smith on 11/29/2011
Zotac Packs AMD A75 Into Mini-ITX Form Factor
ZOTAC has today released A75-ITX WiFi motherboard. Like the name suggests, this motherboard is based on AMD's A75 chipset and comes in Mini-ITX form factor. Don't let the size...
13 by Kristian Vättö on 9/22/2011
Zotac Z68ITX-A-E Wifi Review - Mini-ITX meets Z68
With every chipset, there's a call to arms in providing the package that everyone needs. Unfortunately there's never one motherboard which can cater for every possibility, but there are...
29 by Ian Cutress on 9/22/2011
Zotac releases DisplayPort to dual HDMI adapter
Zotac has released two new products: Mini DisplayPort and DisplayPort to dual HDMI adapters. These adapters are first of their kind and simply have one (Mini) DisplayPort input and...
19 by Kristian Vättö on 8/2/2011
Zotac, and a Z68 E-ATX with almost everything?
The Zotac "Crown Edition-ZT-Z68 U1DU3" is a Z68 motherboard in the Extended ATX (E-ATX, 330x305 mm) format. At that size, you know from the start that it will...
23 by Ian Cutress on 7/16/2011
Fusion E-350 Review: ASUS E35M1-I Deluxe, ECS HDC-I and Zotac FUSION350-A-E
Despite what you could buy many years ago for more than a thousand dollars, you can now get the same performance in a motherboard/CPU combo for under $200. ...
67 by Ian Cutress on 7/14/2011
Zotac ZBOX: Brazos Goes HTPC
The ultimate goal of any HTPC is to handle any media content you might desire, all while consuming very little power and generating no noise. Package all of that...
37 by Andrew Van Til on 6/9/2011
Computex 2011: Zotac Z68 miniITX Motherboards
Zotac has two mini-ITX Z68 motherboards on display at Computex: the Zotac Z68-ITX WiFi A and B models (Z68ITX-A-E and Z68ITX-B-E). Both feature Intel’s Z68 chipset with all of...
10 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/31/2011
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Coming Up Short At $150
Throughout the lifetime of the 400 series, NVIDIA launched 4 GPUs: GF100, GF104, GF106, and GF108. Launched in that respective order, they became the GTX 480, GTX 460, GTS...
79 by Ryan Smith on 3/15/2011
CES 2011: Visiting with Vendors
CES 2011 has kicked off in a major way and the talk on a lot of vendors lips is Sandy Bridge: what it means, what it brings to the...
20 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/7/2011
Zotac Announce two 880G AMD Mini-ITX Motherboards
The mini-ITX market is gathering pace, and seemingly every motherboard company wants a piece of the action. Some get it almost right, such as the Gigabyte H55N-USB which...
26 by Ian Cutress on 12/3/2010
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