Fake 750 Ti?

[ScaredChris]

I bought a "750 Ti" last spring and it was loads better than my Radeon HD 5670, but I wasn't super impressed. After watching a few YouTube videos recently about fake 750 Ti's I have become suspect. My numbers don't match up on the techpowerups gpu program. The GPU has this information on it:

Nvidia
12C5B290 120A1
S Taiwan
NBN096.M2V
-250-KA-A1

I've been able to find older gpu's , I believe 450's or 470's with the same bottom row of letters/numbers but they had more in front of the -250.

 

[EarthDog]

Post a screenshot of gpuz, please.

 

[ScaredChris]

 

[SomeOne99h]

He meant GPU-Z, the application that Wizzard (this site's founder) have created that displays Graphic card information.
Once you open the app, make a screenshot of the first tab.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Is that the shroud that came with the card when you bought it?

The reason I ask is that shroud looks like an older AMD shroud, possibly a powercolor or sapphire type from the 7XXX generation

 

[ScaredChris]

Is that the shroud that came with the card when you bought it?

The reason I ask is that shroud looks like an older AMD shroud, possibly a powercolor or sapphire type from the 7XXX generation

Yeah, that's the one it came with.

During render test

 

[jboydgolfer]

there is defintely no 750ti i can recall that has that shroud. i cant put my finger on it, but ive seen that shroud, or one VERY similar....it looks like its almost a modified standard AIB shroud from a sapphire 7950, with "modifications"

if i had it, id open it up and look at the under side of that shroud, im guessing there are tooling marks that dont look quite proffessional.

 

[ScaredChris]

there is defintely no 750ti i can recall that has that shroud. i cant put my finger on it, but ive seen that shroud, or one VERY similar....it looks like its almost a modified standard AIB shroud from a sapphire 7950, with "modifications"

if i had it, id open it up and look at the under side of that shroud, im guessing there are tooling marks that dont look quite proffessional.

I didn't notice anything on the heatsink or anything, nothing that stuck out. The GPU chip definitely doesn't look like its never been cleaned before.

 

[jboydgolfer]

im almost 100% cerrtain ANY AIB who makes a GPU is going to put THEIR name on the fan hub, not "Nvidia" it should say, MSI, or Sapphire, etc. and I KNOW Nvidia didnt make a Ref Shroud that looks like that in the last few years.

im gonna call fake....i cant say 100% why, but my alarm is going off (or atleast that the shroud isnt Stock) the PCB & chip could be real, but that card is 100% modified

 

[ScaredChris]

im almost 100% cerrtain ANY AIB who makes a GPU is going to put THEIR name on the fan hub, not "Nvidia" it should say, MSI, or Sapphire, etc. and I KNOW Nvidia didnt make a Ref Shroud that looks like that in the last few years.

im gonna call fake....i cant say 100% why, but my alarm is going off (or atleast that the shroud isnt Stock) the PCB & chip could be real, but that card is 100% modified

Looks that way. There are some similar ones on ebay now. They don't have 12 TMU's on their pictured Gpu-z though. All this time I thought my processor/ motherboard was just garbage XD

 

[cakehunter]

There was a thread about fake cards here on TPU, and physically and visually it reminds me of that card in other thread. Also as previously said, a manufacturer will put his brand name on the card, being it either MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, HIS, PNY, etc... Nothing here, we can only conclude that it has a Nvidia chip on it (possible VGA BIOS modifications to report higher numbers). Also that typo error on that sticker "750Ti Graphic"

Link:
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/is-this-a-fake-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti.222471/

 

[xorbe]

That's probably a GTS 450 relabeled as 750Ti.
https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gts-450/specifications

 

[chaosmassive]

its fake GTX 750 Ti
1. GM107 chip doesn't have white metal surrounding the silicon
2. GM107 has 640 Cores, in your GPU-Z it has 192 cores
3. as @jboydgolfer said, most if not all 3rd party vendor put their logo/brand signifying its their product
4. Nvidia never has anything yellow in its logo
5. looks familiar?

 

[EarthDog]

I dont know aboht the looks, but the specs arent a 750 ti.

 

[dj-electric]

As long as the chinese market will keep selling those, people will keep buying those fake cards.

My heart goes to OP's wallet.

 

[Vya Domus]

It's fake I'm afraid you can tell by the shader count , a 750ti should have 640 cores. Unfortunately you got scammed and bought a card that is 2-3x times slower than an acutal GTX 750ti. The Taiwanese graphic manufactory are back at it I see.

"1 x Graphic Note : it is not geforce original, It was produced by Taiwan graphic manufactory which has 10 years experience on this.And it's very good quality and has a wonderful praise by our customers."

Never forget. They still reign terror to this this date.

 

[Drone69]

They got the made in China part wrong on the label as well, no space between in and China. (inChina)

 

[ScaredChris]

They got the made in China part wrong on the label as well, no space between in and China. (inChina)

I saw that last night after I posted it lol