Quote Originally Posted by cegras View Post
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.
I think my card is what you're talking about. My GTX260 has a plastic looking rectangular cooler, yet it's working great. If you check my sig, it's even a banging OCer so idn where you're getting this info from