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The new Zotac VR GO Backpack is lighter and features an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

By Koh Wanzi - on 26 Oct 2016, 10:47am

The new Zotac VR GO Backpack is lighter and features an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

Zotac VR GO backpack

Earlier this year at Computex, Zotac muscled in onto the burgeoning VR backpack space with a prototype that was literally a PC stuffed into quite an ordinary looking bag. Since then, MSI has announced the VR One, an updated backpack that is far slimmer and more polished than what it showed off at Computex. Not to be outdone, the Zotac VR GO has been overhauled as well, featuring an actual hard shell casing that is lighter, tougher, and more easily accessible than before.

It should also be more comfortable to use as it now comes with holsters to hold controllers and a strap that allows the VR headset to hang over your shoulder if you need to go hands-free. Some of the HDMI and USB ports are also located in an easy-to-reach area at the top of the unit.

Large vents at the side serve to exhaust heat from the system, which is rocking an NVIDIA GeForce 1070 graphics card. But as with most untethered systems, power is going to be an issue, and Zotac has addressed this with a hot-swappable two-battery system that will allow you to switch out batteries any time and play continuously.

The VR GO Backpack is part of a larger product launch commemorating Zotac’s 10th anniversary.

The company also launched the Sonix 10 Year Anniversary Special Edtion SSD in the form of a PCIe NVMe card, the 10 Year Anniversary Edition Magnus EN1080 mini PC with a GeForce GTX 1080 MXM module, and a Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 ArcticStorm Thermaltake 10 Year Anniversary Edtion graphics card.

As expected of special anniversary edition products, these come with a handful of headline features. For one, the Magnus EN1080 boasts a liquid cooling loop for both the Intel Core i7-6700 CPU and GeForce GTX 1080 GPU, an impressive feat for such a compact PC.

There's a liquid cooling loop in this mini PC. (Image Source: Zotac)

Created in partnership with Thermaltake, the new ArcticStorm GPU is also meant to be liquid cooled, featuring two G1/4 pipe fittings for systems with custom open-loop liquid cooling. The PCB is a custom one with a whopping 16 power phases for better overclocking headroom, and the card also ships with dual BIOS and Zotac’s Spectra lighting system.

This is a card for systems with custom open-loop liquid cooling. (Image Source: Zotac)

The company also trotted out a limited edition high-bandwidth SLI bridge, meant to complement the ArcticStorm card.

There is no news on price or availability of the new products at this point in time, but Zotac did say they would appear before the year’s end.

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