They should be cheaper and considered as 6800 standard cards that are just a more inexpensive flavour for Nvidia to produce.

我想這句的意思是指,
6700用來代替6800標準板(6800NU)的,但製造成本跟售價會更便宜. 所以猜測是指跟6800一樣12管.
但不是從16管關掉4管,而是完整的就是12管.