ZOTAC Expands GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID Range with "SFF-Ready" Option & OC White Edition

[T0@st]

ZOTAC GAMING has quietly added two more models to its SOLID GeForce RTX 50-series product range. Looking back into TechPowerUp's news archive, the Hong Kong-based manufacturer's latter half of March calendar has already introduced four brand-new SKUs, with adjusted dimensions. Two weeks ago, industry watchdogs spotted a low-key rollout of "slimmer profile" SOLID CORE GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti options. As discovered earlier today by VideoCardz, ZOTAC has expanded its "no frills" range—again, without the issuing of an accompaniment press release. Starting with the most confusing aspect, their report highlighted the two-slot thick "GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF" model. The company's "SOLID CORE" cards were recently introduced with 2.5-slot thick shrouds, but attached I/O brackets still occupied three spaces. The original "SOLID" equivalents turned up at launch with substantial 3.5-slot thick cooling solutions.

Throughout early 2025, NVIDIA and certain board partners projected plenty of ballyhoo regarding multiple GeForce RTX 50-series custom options conforming to official "SFF-Ready" standards. ZOTAC seems to be heading in that direction with its "slimmer" new product strategy. Their freshly-added GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF SKU is advertised as an "NVIDIA SFF-Ready GeForce Enthusiast Card," and (thankfully) features a two-slot I/O bracket. A specification sheet lists this model's height as 41.6 mm—sporting a noticeable reduction in one dimension, when compared to SOLID CORE (56 mm) and SOLID (68 mm) equivalent dimensions. When looking at ZOTAC's brand-new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID CORE OC White Edition product page, we can see that it is simply a pale redecoration of the standard SKU. The manufacturer has seemingly missed another opportunity to bung in a matching white PCB design.



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[bonehead123]

HAHAHAHA......

Solid, slim(mer), Core, SFF-ready, 3 slots, 3.5 slots etc...... what a conglomerated clusterflooker...

Who the hell gives a rats ass at this point....certainly NOT me, that's for sure

And as typical, there seems to be quite a lot of black, silver & gold on that so-called "WHITE" version.... massive f.A.i.L. for da Zotrap..

 

[Marcus L]

SFF used to be 1 slot/2 maximum. How times have changed, guess that's no different these days than her saying she thicc when she really fat

 

[lexluthermiester]

How is this triple fan full length, full height card SFF? I mean, seriously?

@ Zotac,
The following is SFF;
https://videocardz.com/68901/xfx-and-asl-launch-low-profile-graphics-cards

https://www.x-vsion.com/product/gtx-1050-ti-4gb-gddr5-lgraphics-card/


Your offering is not;

See the difference?

 

[Ruru]

That's not the definition of SFF as I know it. Should be either an "ITX sized" dual-slot card (like R9 Nano years ago) or a low-profile one (like RTX A2000). A modern standard monster-sized card isn't SFF in any sense except in Nvidia's marketing people's heads.

 

[lexluthermiester]

That's not the definition of SFF as I know it.

SFF translates to "Small Form Factor". That is a half height standard. Full height cards are not "SFF ready". Someone at Zotac got it wrong.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

SFF Ready? more like "cards that conforms with the standard height, thickness and length that will fit any and all chassis regardless and doesn't sag as much as the "normal" quad-slot, high af and thick af GPUs that doesn't fit any chassis but full towers that caters only towards a select few.

 

[Caring1]

The new definition of SFF must be any Card under 4 slots wide.

 

[ishank1995]

If it can fit in most modern SFF cases, it is a SFF card, stop whining guys, power requirements are way higher than what it used to be, they need big coolers

 

[bimothyralph]

Seems like they have stopped producing the OG solids and are now going to charge $1000 for a worse cooler. The original solid cooler was phenomenal for the 5070 ti because it was the 5090 cooler. That card probably doesn't even reach 60C with how ridiculous that cooler is. Imagine paying even more and getting worse thermals though.

 

[lexluthermiester]

If it can fit in most modern SFF cases, it is a SFF card

NONE of the cards shown in the article above will fit into SFF cases. Zero. Nadda. Ziltch. Zotac does not have the right or authority to redefine the parameters of a standard.

stop whining guys

Pot, meet kettle.

power requirements are way higher than what it used to be, they need big coolers

No kidding? You don't say...

 

[ishank1995]

NONE of the cards shown in the article above will fit into SFF cases. Zero. Nadda. Ziltch. Zotac does not have the right or authority to redefine the parameters of a standard.

Instead of being disrespectful, read the dimensions: https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_card/zotac-gaming-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-solid-sff#spec
304.4mm x 115.8mm x 41.6mm / 12" x 4.6" x 1.6"

Fits in ch160, A4 h20, NR200 and many more

 

[lexluthermiester]

Instead of being disrespectful

Again, pot meet kettle.

read the dimensions: https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_card/zotac-gaming-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-solid-sff#spec
304.4mm x 115.8mm x 41.6mm / 12" x 4.6" x 1.6"

Thank you for proving my point with such definitive eloquence! Those dimensions are not small form factor compatible.

Examples from my personal collection;

This is a small form factor video card.


This too is a small form factor video card.


This is also a small form factor video card.

Now lets look at another single slot video card from NVidia;

That is not a small form factor video card. Notice the difference?

None of these cards are small form factor. Why, you ask? Simple. They are all full height, full length video cards. Hell, one of them is a triple slot card, as shown in the photo.
They do not qualify as small form factor, at all, on any level. Full stop, end of discussion.

Now that we're done with that silliness, allow me to clarify something. I love Zotac as a brand. They're excellent in my book! Good quality and good customer support. The issue I'm taking here is not with the quality of these offerings from Zotac, but instead with the declaration that these models somehow fit the "SFF" description. Are they small enough to fit into smaller cases? Maybe, depends on the case. They do not fit into SFF systems as they are full height, not half height, cards.

@ Zotac
Please correct your mistaken SFF claim. It's daft and silly. Going forward, make sure your marketing folks are competent so that future press releases do not contain such nonsense. Because we will call you out on it.

 

[ishank1995]

OK my bad, so SFF is a standard and not just a term, read a few docs from Snia

 

[Caring1]

OK my bad, so SFF is a standard and not just a term, read a few docs from Snia

Redefining a "standard" doesn't make it true to those of us that know better.

 

[whitrzac]

Does anyone know if these use the reference pcb design?