The nvidia range of cards mostly follow the reference design closely. This is part of how the partners work with nVidia to get the cards to market quicker. nVidia produce the chipset and make, (or have made for them a reference card design). This is a working model that the various makers can either stay with or modify within preset parameters. Asus is the maker that moves away from the reference the most but it is still very near to reference.
The reference GF3 card has a heatsink attached with plastic push pins through two holes diagonally opposite each other around the GPU. As most makers use these for any different heatsink design, (which I may add beats the hell out of GF1,Voodoo5 and current ATI Gluing heatsinks on), they are present on all the PCB's, design. The capacitor is not a problem with the reference push pin attachment, so if it were a problem with a specific makers attachment method they would change its location.
If a company makes a product aftermarket to fit a graphics card range, it really needs to do some research and testing on what it's likely to be used on. Imo the only problem is with Danger Dens lack of product testing. Still at least you have lugs on the new "ugly" block, the original just came pure with no mounting hardware.
Is it not possible to use a small nylon nut as a spacer to avoid the capacitor like I had to with my second GF3 cooler build that uses these two holes, one with a capactor in the way?
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