GTX 670 - Identify manufacturer

BaRRoS · Feb 28, 2021

Hi all. Hope someone can kill my curiosity

I bought this GTX670, second hand, a few years ago to pair with an EVGA 670 SC, at the time I didn't pay much attention to the fact that there isn't any brand (asus, zotac, whatever...). It paired well with the EVGA and the SLI worked flawlessly. Recently was checking GPU-Z and noticed that it identifies this cards vendor as PCPartner. I tried to google it but couldn't find anything.
So, who manufacter this card? Chinese OEM? :confused:

W1zzard · Feb 28, 2021

PCPartner is a very large OEM, among their brands are Sapphire and Zotac.

Seems to be a reference design: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-gtx-670/3.html

X71200 · Feb 28, 2021

They made some Nvidia boards like that, correct.

You're running the cards at PCI-E x8 1.1 btw.

BaRRoS · Feb 28, 2021

Thanks Wizz and X71200 for the quick replies.
I know it looks like the ref design, but is missing the green logo and green GEFORCE text, so it made me curious cause I never seen a OEM mid/high tier GPU. Also the BIOS is not on TPU database (submiting as i type) which denses the mistery

X71200 said:
You're running the cards at PCI-E x8 1.1 btw.

Yes, SLI defaults both cards to x8.

Caring1 · Feb 28, 2021

The stickers appear to have been removed and the sub system I.D. indicates the manufacturer was indeed Sapphire.

Hachi_Roku256563 · Mar 1, 2021

8x aint gonna hurt that card and it slows down pci while idle

X71200 said:
They made some Nvidia boards like that, correct.

You're running the cards at PCI-E x8 1.1 btw.

X71200 · Mar 1, 2021

It's 1.1 which is even slower than 2.0, what I was trying to point at.

Hachi_Roku256563 · Mar 1, 2021

y

X71200 said:
It's 1.1 which is even slower than 2.0, what I was trying to point at.

eah but thats at idle

Fouquin · Mar 1, 2021

X71200 said:
It's 1.1 which is even slower than 2.0, what I was trying to point at.

Auto negotiated idle link speed isn't load link speed. It'll bump up to read 2.0/3.0 depending on the board's capabilities and whether they are set to the higher link bandwidth in the BIOS.

BaRRoS · Mar 1, 2021

Caring1 said:
The stickers appear to have been removed and the sub system I.D. indicates the manufacturer was indeed Sapphire.

Regarding the stickers I don't know, already got the card as it is. About the manufacter beeing Saphhire, now that you mention it, I remember GPU-Z showing Sapphire when I first installed the card (in 2013), but I assumed it was a GPU-Z error since I never saw a Sapphire with nvidia GPU. From where did you figured the sub system I.D.?

Regarding the PCIe speed, Isaac and Fouquin are correct. It jumps to 3.0 when required.

Caring1 · Mar 1, 2021

10DE 1189 indicate Nvidia, the numbers following are the subsystem I.D numbers

Processor	Ryzen 7600X
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming B650M-Plus Wifi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	WD Black SN850x 2TB
Display(s)	Gigabyte M27Q
Case	Thermaltake Core V21
Power Supply	Corsair AX850 - 80 Plus Gold
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Keyboard	Steelseries Apex

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

Processor	3900X 4.425
Motherboard	X570 Tomahawk
Cooling	Galahad 360 push-pull
Memory	2x16gb Crucial Ballistix MAX 4400
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual 3060 Ti OC
Storage	Optane 280gb PCI-E
Display(s)	PG348Q
Case	Core X71
Audio Device(s)	ATOLL DAC 100SE, Sony DN1070 - Dali Ikon 1 MK2, Presonus Studio 192, Line 6 POD HD rack, Audix VX10
Power Supply	AX1500i
Mouse	Pulsar Xlite wireless white
Keyboard	Leopold FC980C 30g white
Software	Win 10 Pro

Processor	Ryzen 7600X
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming B650M-Plus Wifi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	WD Black SN850x 2TB
Display(s)	Gigabyte M27Q
Case	Thermaltake Core V21
Power Supply	Corsair AX850 - 80 Plus Gold
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Keyboard	Steelseries Apex

System Name	Black Box
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
Motherboard	MSI E3 KRAIT Gaming v5
Cooling	Tt tower + 120mm Tt fan
Memory	G.Skill 16GB 3600 C18
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 970 Mini
Storage	Kingston A2000 512Gb NVME
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Case	Corsair 450D High Air Flow.
Audio Device(s)	No need.
Power Supply	FSP Aurum 650W
Mouse	Yes
Keyboard	Of course
Software	W10 Pro 64 bit

GTX 670 - Identify manufacturer

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System Name	Chip
Processor	Amd 5600X
Motherboard	MSI B450M Mortar Max
Cooling	Hyper 212
Memory	2x 16g ddr4 3200mz
Video Card(s)	RX 6700
Storage	5.5 tb hd 220 g ssd
Display(s)	Normal moniter
Case	something cheap
VR HMD	Vive