WYP
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Not sure if ASUS recycled the shot of the bare PCB from that of the GTX 780 DCUII one but the part number on the die looks like it reads GK110-300-A1. Isn't that the part number of the GTX 780 since the GTX 780 Ti's is GK110-425-B1?
i believe this card was initially intended as a top of the line 780.
When nvidia decided to make the 780 Ti ASUS remodelled this card to make it remain their top of the line Nvidia GPU.
at least that what i think.