New mini gaming PC pokes fun at size of modern GPUs by fitting an entire PC inside one
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Gamer Nexus gets hands-on with the latest mini gaming PC – inside a graphics card – from the brand behind vintage sci-fi props.
Cherry Tree is a company that combines modern technology with vintage sci-fi props and looks from years past. A more geeky range of products, it has official licensing rights from CBS and offers a variety of Star Trek products for PC hardware, including a massive Borg Cube case and Star Trek aesthetic PC mods.
This time, though, they’ve made something even more unique by integrating a whole mini PC NUC inside a graphics card. Taking advantage of the fact that they’ve (GPUs) grown significantly in size, it’s more of a fun build rather than anything practical, as CherryTree explains. The GeeFarce 5027POS, as a whole PC, costs less than a new GPU these days.
Cherry Tree sent the card over to Gamers Nexus for a teardown and an examination of the PC’s performance inside the card. It’s not exactly comparable to a whole gaming system, but it’s certainly interesting and a bit of fun.
GeeFarce RTX 5070 POS IO, Source Gamers Nexus, YouTube
GeeFarce RTX 5070 POS on, Source Gamers Nexus, YouTube
GeeFarce RTX 5070 POS PC, Source Gamers Nexus, YouTube
GeeFarce RTX 5070 POS front, Source Gamers Nexus, YouTube
GeeFarce RTX 5070 POS fans, Source Gamers Nexus, YouTube
Specs and performance
For its specifications, the card is equipped with the following and is built inside an Aorus 20 series graphics card model.
Along with the NUC, it keeps the fans running to provide some cooling capacity to the machine, as well as adding RGB LEDs, which enhance the performance and speed of everything, of course.
For the test, GN uses 3DMark’s Night Raid on standard settings, which is not exactly the norm for benchmarking, but something light enough to actually run on the hardware. There, the GeeFarce device was capable of a total score of 19,029 points, with the graphics score achieving 21,279 and the CPU scoring 11,900.
In comparison, the GPU bench with a 9800X3D and an RTX 2070 was a lot more powerful. That achieved a total score of 75,682, with a graphics score of 125,923 and a CPU score of 23,210.
Although it’s not the most powerful machine, it at least runs cool. With a peak of less than 90W and the CPU staying below 75°C, it’s certainly a more manageable and compact option for use as a PC, although it’s not exactly a gaming machine.
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