People who prioritize visual aesthetics prefer compact ultrabooks or compact Cube Cases to conventional computers. In the latter case, when assembling a system in such an unusual case, special components are required - mini-ITX motherboards, compact M.2 SSDs and a small-sized graphics card, if for some reason the integrated video core of the processor does not fit. Or he doesn't exist. Especially for such cases, in the assortment of most manufacturers there is a small line of entry-level small-sized video cards. Palit has KalmX.


The key difference between KalmX models and other small-sized brothers is that many members of this family do not have fans for cooling at all. Instead, passive Cooling system is used - in most cases, this is a massive plate heatsink with several heat pipes, which, usually, occupies one and a half to two slots. The radiator is responsible for both cooling the video core and controlling the temperature of the memory chip.

In addition to frankly weak models of the GeForce GT 1030 caliber, the KalmX series has quite serious variants of the GTX 1650 level in the assortment. from the word at all. Despite being the youngest child in a large family, the GTX 1650 can deliver a satisfying gaming experience, delivering a solid 45-60 FPS on most of the game hits of recent years at medium graphics settings. If for some reason a gaming computer is required to be compact, why is this not an option?