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August 25th, 2020 11:00
Aurora R11, ordered an RTX 2070 super, but what did I get?
I just received my new Aurora R11.
I paid for an "NVIDIA GeForce RTX2070 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready)" GPU, but what I have here isn't what I expected.
Single fan only, black case, "Geforce RTX" on the side is all that's visible.
I expected the Nvidia branded card since that's what's listed at the point of sale. What do I have here?
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r72019
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August 25th, 2020 12:00
You can use GPUz to verify the card that you received is a 2070 super.
r72019
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August 25th, 2020 12:00
As an aside, you got an MSI rebrand (no lettering) custom for Dell OEM.
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-RTX-2070-AERO-8G
This is common with prebuilts. For example, HP uses a PNY rebrand for their gaming desktops from my understanding.
M1SF1T
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August 25th, 2020 12:00
Thanks.
I'm sure it probably is. But I'm disappointed that it wasn't clear that they were selling me a repackaged variant of the card.
r72019
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August 25th, 2020 12:00
Also, the chip is Nvidia, that's why it says Nvidia. If you wanted the GPU shroud to say Nvidia and include the double fan like the one's sold by Nvidia directly, and and not by a Nvidia partner like MSI, then you would need to buy something advertised as "Founder's Edition." The 2070s can come with a blower shroud.
GTS81
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August 25th, 2020 13:00
@M1SF1T :
You will need to find a second card that has same PCB dimensions with your existing card. It shouldn't be too difficult because these boards are reference design so getting another 2070 Super blower card should work. Open fans should be ok too but try to avoid crazy 2.5/3 slot thick ones.
There's basically one NVLINK bridge available for sale in the US now... the ugly "EVGA croissant". I think I might have bought the last MSRP ROG NVLINK bridge.
GTS81
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August 26th, 2020 07:00
Thanks! I think this looks great because no need to worry about the RGB and it's not bulky.
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August 26th, 2020 07:00
GPCKW = Nvidia/MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB GDDR6 (Aurora R8/R9/R10/R11)
785PV = Nvidia/MSI SLI bridge (Aurora R7/R8/R9/R10/R11, Area-51 R2/R3/R4/R5/R6/R7)
* Not for sale but I wanted to show you what it looks like so you can compare to other SLI bridges.
SteveK318
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September 30th, 2020 18:00
I was expecting the same, as that's how it was advertised. It's not a problem, just not what I was expecting.