What the hell did Amazon send me? I ordered a GTX 1060 6GB FTW DT (06G-P4-6266-KR), but the box arrived opened, with no shrink wrap on it. The bag containing the power cable had been opened. The fan shroud does not say "FTW" by the power connector, it's just a box with a grey line through like the "6262" card. The tamper sticker accross the one screw on the back was broken and half missing. Also the sticker with the serial number and card ID on the back was barely stuck to the card. Likes somebody had pulled it off at some point. 
 

 

 
All the pictures and videos I've seen of this card with the cooler off of it, do not have a row of capacitors to the left of the power phases. Can anybody ID what I got.. I think somebody pulled a switcheroo on Amazon and I got the results. Also EKWB lists the FC1080 GTX as being compatible with the (06G-P4-6266-KR) but those capacitors ain't gonna let it happen. So what did I get... I'm already working on a return with Amazon, but I'm still curious as to what I ended up with.

I've edited the photo... 

Anyway.. that is "sort of" my shroud. Mine does not say "FTW" in blue by the power connector. It just has a grey " - " there. Also the waterblock that I have is supposed to be compatible with the card but those capicitors next to the power phases/chokes/coils prevent it from fitting. Add that in with the fact that it is obvious somebody has tampered with the card prior to my acquiring it, makes me highly suspect of what I actually received.

EKWB  EK-FC1080 GTX - Acetal+Nickel SKU: 3831106831304
 
I know it says its for a 1080, but the 1060 6GB FTW (06G-P4-6266-KR) is in the compatibility charts.
 
Plus I've been watching youtube videos of unboxings and in none of them can you see those capacitors in the gap between the fins on the heatsink.

Hard to find this.
EK-FC1080 GTX - Acetal+Nickel            [3831109831304]
 
https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc1080-gtx-acetal-nickel
 
https://www.ekwb.com/configurator/waterblock/3831109831304
 
 
PCB picture: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB FTW+ DT Gaming ACX 3.0 6GB GDDR5 (06G-P4-6366)
 

foxxwoof
Yeah. that's it .. was a type.. 6 for a 9

If the GPU was still together, you could have used GPU-Z to check.

foxxwoof

bobmitch
You could also run GPU-Z and it should give you the part number of the card and the specs.  If you paid for new and received open, I would complain to Amazon and make them send you a NEW one.

I'm already going the return route with Amazon. And since I'm doing that I also don't want to plug it in and run it. I was really just curious what I got. 

It is strange that it looks like it has the PWM layout of the GTX 1060 3GB model.

 

It is strange that it looks like it has the PWM layout of the GTX 1060 3GB model.

You think maybe somebody played switcharoo and put a 3gb model back in the 6gb box. The 3gb FTW cards are supposed to be compatible with the waterblock I have as well, but the other 1060 3gb models aren't.

bcavnaugh
You should test your Graphics Card in your Computer for a Few Days Before you install a Water Block to insure the card is good.
 

foxxwoof
 

It is strange that it looks like it has the PWM layout of the GTX 1060 3GB model.

You think maybe somebody played switcharoo and put a 3gb model back in the 6gb box. The 3gb FTW cards are supposed to be compatible with the waterblock I have as well, but the other 1060 3gb models aren't.

 
Put the Serial Number is the Guest RMA to see what comes back
http://www.evga.com/support/guestregister.asp
 
 


 He could do that, but if someone substituted a 3GB card for the 6 and then switched the serial stickers...no way to really tell what he has.  GPU-Z would have been the best bet for that...

Doesn't look like a FTW to me... Tho you're going to have a hell of a fight with Amazon on the order as they'll see stuffs been switched. Without documenting opening the box, it's gonna be a hell of a uphill battle to get it returned and exchanged id imagine.

thats an odd f-up, are they giving you any money off for the mistake / waste of time ?

No. I'm not getting any type of discount or anything like that. I didn't expect that from a company like Amazon truthfully. They did authorize the return though. I've got to drop it back off at an Amazon drop point today at some point. I marked it as "Item not as described" and gave a description of it having been opened and all that. So hopefully they won't put it back into population. Hopefully they don't give me a bunch of crap when it shows back up at the warehouse.

instead of speculating, why not just plug in the card and run gpu-z?

Good ?Uck, I'd of asked for some money off to make up for the trouble myself 

Actually when I ordered it was sold by Amazon LLC... now it listing it as only sold by 3rd party. 

Well I took care of my issue. I solved it by getting a refund from Amazon and instead buying 2 GTX 1070 Reference cards instead (08G-P4-6171). And they work with my waterblocks just fine. Ended up costing me a little more than I wanted to spend, and I'll now never solve the mystery of what I got, but now I"m back to building. So yay!