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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 12:09 AM (permalink)
Hello I just got my new replacement card after one of my gtx 680 ftw 4gb died. As I was placing the sli cable into the cards, I noticed the replacement card had a new sticker much like the gtx660 Ti, it also had a different back plate with and had different components on the back of the PCB.
 
The top card is the old one and the bottom is the new one.

 
Could I please get some info on what changes were made to the newer GTX 680 FTW 4gb verses the old one?
 
 
post edited by raidmax98 - Tuesday, January 22, 2013 12:31 AM

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    PanzerMensch
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    Re:New pcb for the GTX 680 ftw 4gb Tuesday, January 22, 2013 12:33 AM (permalink)
    Interesting. Are you positive this component is not on your older card and that it is not just the backplate that has changed?
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    Re:New pcb for the GTX 680 ftw 4gb Tuesday, January 22, 2013 12:50 AM (permalink)
    The old back plate could not support that component, the new component protrudes out to far.

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    Mother Board      GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7
    Graphics Cards:   x2 GTX 680 FTW 4GB + BackPlate + Water Block
    Case:                   Cooler Master Nvidia branded HAF X Case
    HDD:                    WD black 1tb, WD Green 1tb, WD Green 2tb
    SSD:                    Corsair 64gb SSD
    Ram:                   16gb Corsair Platnum 2400mhz
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    Re:New pcb for the GTX 680 ftw 4gb Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:05 PM (permalink)
    Now this is interesting. What's the deal here Jacob?


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    Re:New pcb for the GTX 680 ftw 4gb Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:48 PM (permalink)
    subbing thread :)

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    Re:New pcb for the GTX 680 ftw 4gb Wednesday, January 23, 2013 0:27 PM (permalink)
    I have a hunch that its related to the power management for the card?

    CPU:                     i7 3770 @4.6ghz
    Mother Board      GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7
    Graphics Cards:   x2 GTX 680 FTW 4GB + BackPlate + Water Block
    Case:                   Cooler Master Nvidia branded HAF X Case
    HDD:                    WD black 1tb, WD Green 1tb, WD Green 2tb
    SSD:                    Corsair 64gb SSD
    Ram:                   16gb Corsair Platnum 2400mhz
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    Re:New pcb for the GTX 680 ftw 4gb Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:15 AM (permalink)
    The cards are the same, the only thing that changed is the backplate, original version we used a bumper to keep the poscaps from shorting, the more recent version we cut out a piece of the backplate for better clearance.


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    Re:New pcb for the GTX 680 ftw 4gb Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:44 AM (permalink)
    ^^;; great info i knew it had to be something simple like this. you can always look under the card with a flash light and inspect it before yes? or was it blocked out of sight

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