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Widjaja · Feb 4, 2013, 03:05 PM

There has been a revision to some 7xxx series cards where the available ports have been changed.

Here the example:-
ASUS HD7870

ASUS HD7870 v2

The latter being the revision or newer version.

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Feb 4, 2013, 03:05 PM	#11
Widjaja Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Wangas, New Zealand Posts: 4,023 (1.85/day) Thanks: 241 Thanked 617 Times in 534 Posts System Specs	There has been a revision to some 7xxx series cards where the available ports have been changed. Here the example:- ASUS HD7870 ASUS HD7870 v2 The latter being the revision or newer version.