[Daniel]
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System Name | The Eternal Upgrade |
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Processor | Core i7 920 @ 3.36Ghz (x20 + Turbo) |
Motherboard | eVGA x58 3x SLI |
Cooling | Noctua NH-U9B & 2X9cm (push/pull) |
Memory | 6x1Gb Aeneon xTune DDR3 1600 |
Video Card(s) | eVGA GTX260 Core 216 & Core 192 (both 65nm) |
Storage | WD 640GB (SATA2) |
Display(s) | Benq FP241W 24" |
Case | CM Stacker 830 Evo |
Audio Device(s) | X-Fi XtremeMusic |
Power Supply | CM Real Power Pro 1000W |
Software | WinXP Pro x64 SP2 |
Greetings. New GPU-Z user here. I have version 0.3.3 running right now on my i7 rig.
Here's some background leading into my question... I bought a GTX260 Core216 (65nm) back in December. Recently, GTX260's have been dropping in price. In my area, only the non-Core216's were going on sale... so I decided to not "wait and see" and bought a GTX260 (192 Core) to enter the SLI arena with.
But I noticed when I opened the nVidia Control Panel and ran the System Info tool... both cards were reported as Core216 models... I felt like I'd won the lottery for a moment, then questioned how "valid" the reading was. I had heard stories about people receiving the Core216 when they had ordered a vanilla (192), so it was possible.
So I downloaded GPU-Z as a "second opinion", and it reports them the same... almost "too identical" tho... there is not one character anywhere that I can tell the difference between the 2 cards on the main "info" page.
I know I can pull my old card out and try take the readings of just the new on, but I am hoping to avoid that. If GPU-Z "talks" to each card individually, I think I'd happy camper.
So, can I trust this reading? Did GPU-Z query each card independently? Or did it pull information from the "nVidia SysInfo Tool", which may or may not be correct.
Thanks in advance!
Daniel
Here's some background leading into my question... I bought a GTX260 Core216 (65nm) back in December. Recently, GTX260's have been dropping in price. In my area, only the non-Core216's were going on sale... so I decided to not "wait and see" and bought a GTX260 (192 Core) to enter the SLI arena with.
But I noticed when I opened the nVidia Control Panel and ran the System Info tool... both cards were reported as Core216 models... I felt like I'd won the lottery for a moment, then questioned how "valid" the reading was. I had heard stories about people receiving the Core216 when they had ordered a vanilla (192), so it was possible.
So I downloaded GPU-Z as a "second opinion", and it reports them the same... almost "too identical" tho... there is not one character anywhere that I can tell the difference between the 2 cards on the main "info" page.
I know I can pull my old card out and try take the readings of just the new on, but I am hoping to avoid that. If GPU-Z "talks" to each card individually, I think I'd happy camper.
So, can I trust this reading? Did GPU-Z query each card independently? Or did it pull information from the "nVidia SysInfo Tool", which may or may not be correct.
Thanks in advance!
Daniel
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