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lilrex

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I have always viewed the PCB as just the housing for the chips but lately as i have been watching people far smarter than me talking about the new titan card and even the 660ti FTW card i always see at least one reference to the PCB.

What is it that i am missing? Do certain boards conduct better than others? is there some deeper electron issue i am missing? (I am sure there is im not an expert by any means)
 
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DarkSable
It's not the PCB itself, it's the layout of the PCB. It doesn't just hold the chips, it holds the transistors, phases, and everything else that powers the chips. When talking about computers, the term "PCB" usually is taken as the circuit board along with all the misc components such as mosfets, voltage regulators, ect...

That's why when talking about, for example, a GTX 670 that's built on a 680 PCB, we aren't just talking about the PCB, we're talking about the circuit layout and power circuitry of a 680.
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DarkSable

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It's not the PCB itself, it's the layout of the PCB. It doesn't just hold the chips, it holds the transistors, phases, and everything else that powers the chips. When talking about computers, the term "PCB" usually is taken as the circuit board along with all the misc components such as mosfets, voltage regulators, ect...

That's why when talking about, for example, a GTX 670 that's built on a 680 PCB, we aren't just talking about the PCB, we're talking about the circuit layout and power circuitry of a 680.
 
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PCB is used when we refer to the green (or whatever colour) board a GPU chip is attached, often a reference PCB is larger of badly designed from a thermal dynamic aspect or sometimes the placing of power plugs and that sort of thing are bad on some PCBs.

BUT reference PCBs have the advantage of being more compatible with aftermarket cooling and waterblocks.

its not really about the PCB itself, but the DESIGN and LAYOUT of the PCB that can be importent.
 
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