05-15-2015, 05:34 PM
Uhh, no it isn't. The one in the picture is an OEM design card based on the GTX 750 PCB. It has a centrifugal blower like a reference design card, but it is most definitely an OEM design card.
The reference design card looks exactly like this:
![[Image: NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_980_3Qtr.png]](http://international.download.nvidia.com/geforce-com/international/images/geforce-gtx-980-970-feature-article/NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_980_3Qtr.png)
If the card does not look EXACTLY like that, then it is not reference design!
The reference design card looks exactly like this:
If the card does not look EXACTLY like that, then it is not reference design!