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[Evga] Evga giving away GTX 680 High flow brackets for free!

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http://www.evga.com/articles/00672/

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Already got your hands on an EVGA GeForce GTX 680?

Looking for a free EVGA High Flow Bracket to shave an extra 3 degrees Centigrade off of the GPU temperature? Now is your chance!

The first 200 owners in North America/Europe that have a registered EVGA GeForce GTX 680, and sign up here will get one delivered directly to their doorstep, completely free! Limited supplies so sign up now!
 
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kinda ridiculous how this isn't standard on all their cards
 
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Originally Posted by james8 View Post

kinda ridiculous how this isn't standard on all their cards
Yes, because ALL the other manufacturers have it standard! /sarcasm
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No one else provides them, so why would you expect eVGA to automatically? It's a nice freebie and I'm glad to have one for each of my two eVGA GTX 680's incoming at no charge.

They posted on their forums saying many models going forward will, though, regardless, but that it wasn't possible in time for the 680 launch.
 
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Originally Posted by GoldenTiger View Post

Yes, because ALL the other manufacturers have it standard! /sarcasm
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No one else provides them, so why would you expect eVGA to automatically? It's a nice freebie and I'm glad to have one for each of my two eVGA GTX 680's incoming at no charge.
They posted on their forums saying many models going forward will, though, regardless, but that it wasn't possible in time for the 680 launch.
I'm waiting on my EVGA 680, so I'm sure the deal will be done by the time I get it. You notice a difference with these brackets?
 
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Originally Posted by GoldenTiger View Post

Yes, because ALL the other manufacturers have it standard! /sarcasm
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No one else provides them, so why would you expect eVGA to automatically? It's a nice freebie and I'm glad to have one for each of my two eVGA GTX 680's incoming at no charge.
They posted on their forums saying many models going forward will, though, regardless, but that it wasn't possible in time for the 680 launch.
Now come on, we're just trying to save EVGA some money in steel material. It's win win, less material for high flow as the standard bracket.
 
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Originally Posted by GoldenTiger View Post

Yes, because ALL the other manufacturers have it standard! /sarcasm
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No one else provides them, so why would you expect eVGA to automatically? It's a nice freebie and I'm glad to have one for each of my two eVGA GTX 680's incoming at no charge.
They posted on their forums saying many models going forward will, though, regardless, but that it wasn't possible in time for the 680 launch.
Just because others don't provide it doesn't mean that it shouldn't come standard. It just means that all manufacturers should provide it standard. Come on, when you're buying a 500$ piece of equipment, you can't throw in a 20 cent piece of metal (that took the same cost to make as the existing 20 cent piece of metal)?
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Originally Posted by aoya View Post

Just because others don't provide it doesn't mean that it shouldn't come standard. It just means that all manufacturers should provide it standard. Come on, when you're buying a 500$ piece of equipment, you can't throw in a 20 cent piece of metal (that took the same cost to make as the existing 20 cent piece of metal)?
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Well, I have an unopened Dremel waitng to find some use. Maybe i'll just hack away at the thing and make a SUPER high blow bracket.
 
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Originally Posted by GoldenTiger View Post

Yes, because ALL the other manufacturers have it standard! /sarcasm
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No one else provides them, so why would you expect eVGA to automatically? It's a nice freebie and I'm glad to have one for each of my two eVGA GTX 680's incoming at no charge.
They posted on their forums saying many models going forward will, though, regardless, but that it wasn't possible in time for the 680 launch.
Chill out, don't get so defensive. What he said was very reasonable.
 
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I would assume the reason they don't ship with the bracket is because they are following the reference design. Could be wrong though. Anyway, good on eVGA for giving them away to those who care to change it out.
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Originally Posted by Maxxa View Post

Now come on, we're just trying to save EVGA some money in steel material. It's win win, less material for high flow as the standard bracket.
not unless they already have sizeable inventory. At any rate, including them into future batches would give them an edge along with lower cost overall.
 
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As far as I understand, the first reference designs are actually made by nVidia / AMD and shipped to the respective vendors. The vendors then litterally slap their stickers on them, put them in a box and sell them. After launch the vendor starts to source / make their own cards (including reference design cards), and then they can start doing other things with the design.

It would make sense that the first batch of cards shipped with the "reference" bracket and the next batch, made / sourced by EVGA, will have the new bracket on them as standard.
 
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Originally Posted by trumpet-205 View Post

Why not just provide it in the beginning? It should cost the same to make this bracket vs low air flow bracket.
Oh well, it makes you to buy GTX 680 right away.
They don't make the vanilla cards. All that the company (EVGA, ASUS, MSI, etc) does with reference cards is slap on some stickers and provide warranty support. It actually would cost EVGA more money to install these from the start. Especially when they're only giving away 200. 200 is nothing for EVGA.

Plus, since this is so near launch, it makes EVGA appear to be more in tune with the customer and therefore acts as SUPER CHEAP marketing.
 
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Originally Posted by Deagle50ae View Post

They don't make the vanilla cards. All that the company (EVGA, ASUS, MSI, etc) does with reference cards is slap on some stickers and provide warranty support. It actually would cost EVGA more money to install these from the start. Especially when they're only giving away 200. 200 is nothing for EVGA.
Plus, since this is so near launch, it makes EVGA appear to be more in tune with the customer and therefore acts as SUPER CHEAP marketing.
What I understand is that they purchase reference design and the chip from Nvidia, and then they build PCB according to the design. If that is the case, it is perfectly viable to include these brackets during manufacturing process.
 
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Originally Posted by trumpet-205 View Post

What I understand is that they purchase reference design and the chip from Nvidia, and then they build PCB according to the design. If that is the case, it is perfectly viable to include these brackets during manufacturing process.
This is what they do after launch. The initial cards are made by nVidia and shipped to the vendors complete.
 
#26 ·
I'm sure they make more money by selling a whole $500 card with a high flow bracket, than just the $10 revenue from the high flow bracket.

It would be an excellent business tactic to include this on all of their cards. I certainly would buy EVGA next. As it stands right now, since they only offer 3 years warranty based on serial like any other manufacturer, there are several reasons for choosing a different brand. Zotac & PNY still offer lifetime warranties with registration. (All of my Nvidia GPUs have been Zotac).
 
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