Quote Originally Posted by GoldenTiger View Post
Where did you hear about supposedly lower-quality parts, by the way, Cegras? I've never heard of that before on XFX cards... would like to read if you have any links.
My own card has the PULSE inductors replaced with "R51"s. If the XFX card has a non reference heatsink, it's a cut back one for sure. If you've seen the 4870 with the down blowing cooler, the chokes aren't even sealed.

The GTX XFX cards with those rectangular coolers? They're majorly cut down - barely functional.