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5/10/12 at 11:11am

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this was to be expected, smaller PCB => more things on lesser surface , less surface to dissipate heat => higher temps...

Yes but also mean additional heatsink (bigger then pcb) is useless it even don't spread heat into that part of heatsink so that mean there will be editions with headsink just to cover pcb (size of pcb)?

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5/10/12 at 11:12am

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Aw crud.. gotta wait til Monday to buy one of these.. hopefully they'll still be in stock

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5/10/12 at 11:12am

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Just read the gigabyte windforce review.. What a power house!! even topping the 680 in some games

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5/10/12 at 11:13am

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I just ordered my gainward gtx 670 phantom. Can't wait.

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5/10/12 at 11:16am

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That logic is sound ... but the question is ... are those temps worth the risk ?? ... they definitely in the safe ... but they are high ... ... should we all look at non ref designs instead ??

So far is seems that all manufacturers who made non-reference cards used long PCB, probably 680's, so no worries for now... but a bit higher temps should maybe influence OC slightly and that is all. I doubt lifespan of the card will be affected anymore then a few %

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5/10/12 at 11:17am

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I wonder if it's worth trading in my 4 580's for some 600 series cards or wait for the 700's.

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5/10/12 at 11:19am

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Originally Posted by Ha-Nocri

this was to be expected, smaller PCB => more things on lesser surface , less surface to dissipate heat => higher temps...

With the thermal imaging pictures, it seems that for both boards the hottest components are the mosfets. Possibly the reference cooling for the GTX 670 does not cool the mosfets too well?

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5/10/12 at 11:20am

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Originally Posted by LukaTCE

Heat-pipes are used to spread heat to heat-sink, so it can be longer then the card itself. But that would be stupid and would ruin the concept of short PCB?

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5/10/12 at 11:22am

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Can anyone here predict whether the 670 will be out of stock on Monday?

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5/10/12 at 11:23am

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Originally Posted by Empr1ze

Can anyone here predict whether the 670 will be out of stock on Monday?

It'll be out of stock by the end of today.

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