Here is some leak pics of R680. There are only three main chips on board, 2*RV670XT and one PLX chip for two GPU commmuications.

All 16 memory chips (8 on the front and 8 on the back) are missing on the board. Source said the card is using 0.7ns GDDR4 memory.

Also we can notice two digital PWN power modules.

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First of all, thanks to eVGA. It is an owesome company, providing not only life-time warranty and tech-support to their customer but also BIOS update that normal company can not done. This time eVGA debuts a BIOS update that will allow 8800GT to have advanced RPM control on the cooler. With the BIOS you can have a multiple levels of auto control on the fan, more info about the BIOS please read page 2. Anyway we did a little research on it and find out the BIOS can be flash to ANY reference 8800GT.

But first we must introduce eVGA’s product line-up. Because it is important to find out which BIOS is the most suitable for our reference 8800GT.

eVGA have 4 kind of 8800GT totally. All of them is reference version but three is factory-OCed. About one week ago eVGA debuts BIOS update for their OC version(Superclock, KO and SSC).

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