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post #51 of 56
5/23/12 at 3:41pm
GTX670 DCII is 2-slot so it boggles me as to why Asus felt the 680 had to be a triple-slot for what is essentially the same chip. See here:
Asus_GTX670-DC2-2GD5_pic2.jpg

I think it has almost nothing to do with cooling and more to do with making an impression with size, Asus are keeping the triple-slot elephant design just for namesake. "Look at meeee!" it screams, "I perform huge AND I'm big enough to beat goats to death with!" Sadly I think Asus will continue this trend with all flagship GPU's.

My 580 DCII is the last brick-sized card I'll ever own, it's all minimalist (or waterblocks) from here on.
Edited by Tippy - 5/23/12 at 3:45pm
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5/23/12 at 4:31pm
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GTX670 DCII is 2-slot so it boggles me as to why Asus felt the 680 had to be a triple-slot for what is essentially the same chip.

Get rid of some of their 3 slot coolers stock, mainly just a gimmick.
So, yeah...
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5/23/12 at 5:05pm
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Get rid of some of their 3 slot coolers stock, mainly just a gimmick.
Yup, no doubt about that. Zero changes were made to accomodate for the much smaller 28nm chip (nothing can justify 2 heatpipes going to waste), so this is pretty much them getting rid of their old stock.

/le sigh
Edited by Tippy - 5/23/12 at 5:07pm
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5/31/12 at 2:53pm
asus_dcii_top_gtx_680_01.png

Little something came in the mail today. biggrin.gif
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5/31/12 at 3:33pm
Awesome! Want some overclocking results smile.gif
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6/7/12 at 10:01pm
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asus_dcii_top_gtx_680_01.png
Little something came in the mail today. biggrin.gif

can you post pics of how it looks in sli
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