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    Made the Switch - AMD to nVidia

    Use GPU-Z to monitor your clockspeeds after playing for a while. You should be at least at the full pre-GPU boost clock at all times. If not, and you already set power management to max performance, then they may be something wrong. What brand/version 670 do you have again? Oh, and here's how...
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    Made the Switch - AMD to nVidia

    Greetings fellow WoW fags. :D The only issue I ever had with my 670 drivers with WoW was the vsync stutter problem that's been taken care of since the 304.xx beta drivers. Since then, I've had a reference MSI 680, a 560 Ti, a Gigabyte 670, a Gigabyte 7870, and now a 660 Ti. The only one that...
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    Nvidia GTX 660 Ti Detailed

    Hey guys, I'm the original video poster and wanted to chime in a little bit about what's been going on in this thread and over at OCN. First off...Psyside. Holy crap, dude. On multiple forums, you have brought absolutely NOTHING worthwhile to the thread(s) but brief, asinine, asshole-like...
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    Looking for PSU that doesn't buzz/squeal!

    I have a Corsair TX-650 that makes chirping noises when I move the mouse, and squeals under load. I've read many others have this issue with Corsair/Seasonic units so my question is: Is there a PSU that DOESN'T make high pitched noises at idle/load? I literally have replaced everything but...
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    Were early reference GTX 680's made by Nvidia?

    Sense* :p I understand what you're saying, but I was looking at it from more of a reliability point of view from the consumer. Doesn't seem like there as as many faulty cards there compared to now, where people are having RSOD and stability issues.
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    Were early reference GTX 680's made by Nvidia?

    I noticed a lot of the very first GTX 680's by various major brands had the Nvidia logo above the PCI-e connector, same exact reference cooler with the "GEFORCE GTX" green logo on it, and a black PCB...etc, etc. Basically they look like they were made in the same place with the same parts. The...
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    Is this alcohol residue or damage on the back of my 680?

    http://tinypic.com/r/18lzl0/6 You can notice it there, it's actually a bit exposed on both of those.
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    Is this alcohol residue or damage on the back of my 680?

    Alright one thing I did notice while working on my card last night was one of the tiny blobs of solder in the upper right corner looks like it's not 100% covering the copper contact it's connected to? Hopefully you get what I mean when I say that. It doesn't look like it's chipped, and going...
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    NVIDIA GTX 670 or 680?

    The only 670 I'd get is the EVGA FTW version if it's still 419.99 with free shipping. All the other cards IMO aren't really worth the extra cost. The reference cooler for this series is more than fine, although the one that hangs off the short stock 670's has a pretty annoying mechanical growl...
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    Is this alcohol residue or damage on the back of my 680?

    Yeah I kept touching another PC case that was metal that was also plugged in and never directly touched anything with my fingers, while avoiding the small chips as much as possible. I also handled the card mostly by the edges and fan shroud. Seems alright, the humidity in my room is pretty high...
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    Is this alcohol residue or damage on the back of my 680?

    So after taking the card out and looking over the PCB in the light it looks like their are light areas everywhere that look similar to dirt/fingerprints but I guess actually are flux residue. The alcohol wasn't drying clean, but I tried a denatured solution that seemed to work a bit better. I...
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    Is this alcohol residue or damage on the back of my 680?

    I'll probably just end up selling the card...it seemed to rub off a bit when I used a dry clean q-tip but I assume that may cause damage if I'm not careful. :(
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    Is this alcohol residue or damage on the back of my 680?

    What chemicals should I use to get that stuff off then? :(
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    Is this alcohol residue or damage on the back of my 680?

    It's the swirl type of marks by the I/O end of the card. It had some dirty fingerprints from the person I bought the card from...I got it for under $450 slightly used.
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    Is this alcohol residue or damage on the back of my 680?

    I tried cleaning off some fingerprints from the back of my MSI 680 and wherever I cleaned with the q-tip and 97% alcohol left a film...kind of like it was a bit discolored. Here's a picture: http://tinypic.com/r/1z2f41z/6 I'm pretty unhappy about it, since this has never happened on any other...
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