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Finally got my RMA card after over a week, it was delayed for 2 days because of a storm in Taiwan...Nature hates me.
The serial number is smaller but it's from a different factory so I guess no surprise there.
Like others have said, the packing is a new retail one, with plastic inside instead of foam, though it does look more organized with an actual space for the cables instead of just shoving it randomly in the like foam packaging.
Will try some OC and test after work to see if I got any problem. At the very least I'm hoping the BS 100% is fixed and I got a normal LED this time (previous one had a very unappealing uneven light).
Update:
Well, good news is, this OC slightly better than the old card, which was already OCing quite OK. I managed to do stable 2126 Mhz using the curve in Heaven. Another good news is the LED is now perfectly even across the logo.
HOWEVER, this is BAD: Upon peeling off the plastic, I notice there are another layer of plastic covering on the metal part in the 4 corners of the shroud, the these plastics are the ones that can't be peeled off completely without unscrewing the screws since they're stuck inside the screw holes. If you're unfamiliar, this is the issue that happens to the earlier batches, which EVGA supposedly made a change in their production line to mitigate the issue. The batches with the plastic wraps problem is definitely before 30th Aug.
Now the question is: Is my card an old card which just got a new packaging and I'll be getting the black screen soon or later (Let's face it, at this point we all assume any FTW would have black screen issue), or is this a fault in the packaging procedure of this card? I definitely hope it's the latter and I just need to unscrew and get the rest of the plastics out instead of having to do another RMA, especially when it's OCing quite decently.
