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trying to identify fake gtx 1060 6gb

lukseffect

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Hello everyone, I need help to identify this one that I bought on ebay, I have searched but I have not been able to find anything like it. The memory chips are elpida GDDR5, is there 5. will be 3 gb of vram ?. I do not understand.
I send you some pictures. I would appreciate any help.
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looks like an older 550ti, or similar series Card. the fact that it has VGA on it says a lot about its age.
definitely return it or refund it....its no 1060
 

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looks like an older 550ti, or similar series Card. the fact that it has VGA on it says a lot about its age.
definitely return it or refund it....its no 1060

Thanks for the answer, I am trying to find the right bios to make it usable.
 
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not a GTX 670, card has 192 CUDA so it is definitely like a GTX 260 but those cards had dual DVI, most likely a GTX 550 Ti

 
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not a GTX 670, card has 192 CUDA so it is definitely like a GTX 260 but those cards had dual DVI


how do you know it has 192 cuda's? from the modded bios readout GPUz is reading?
it doesnt have 6Gb's Vram, but GPUz says it does, its best to visually confirm with this stuff

these cards are patched together junk, if i was OP id refund & toss, its a Card cheap enough to be near worthless tot 99% of users, which is why they use them
 
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M is mobile card so plz dont flash that.
and i think there is no gtx 670 with only 1x6pin power connector and vga port
 

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try GTX670 bios' , im 90% sure it WAS a 670

Ram is determining factor

Should I try the GTX 670 2 or 4GB? and what about the gtx 670M 1.5; 2 or 3 gb? Thanks for the help

Stop it, i will look for right bios for you

Those chips are .250GB each (2Gb)

6 chips= 1.5GB total (wont matter at this rate as long as 1GB or less bios is used, that have correct video outputs

Most likely a

Your card is known as a fake 960 too

GF116 chip used

Use this bios.

Use this tool to flash

Or use this tool

Galaxy Heatsink pretty much there
 
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Ram is determining factor



Stop it, i will look for right bios for you

Those chips are .250GB each (2Gb)

6 chips= 1.5GB total (wont matter at this rate as long as 1GB or less bios is used, that have correct video outputs

Most likely a

Your card is known as a fake 960 too

GF116 chip used

Use this bios.

Use this tool to flash

Or use this tool

Galaxy Heatsink pretty much there

Thanks a lot. I'll try it and let you know
 

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Hi guys!

I have the same fake video card and I am trying to fix it.

Some news about this video card? Did the bios work correctly?

I am not sure if it is a GTS 450 or a GTX 550ti. It seems to be 1.5Gb (12 memory chips K4G10325FE-HC04 from Samsung).

I found a GTX 550ti bios that supports 1.5Gb. There is only one bios on TechPowerUp. However, the clock frequency does not match.

On the other hand, I can't find a GTX 450 bios for 1.5Gb. So, I do not know what to do.

Thanks for your help!
 
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Hi guys!

I have the same fake video card and I am trying to fix it.

Some news about this video card? Did the bios work correctly?

I am not sure if it is a GTS 450 or a GTX 550ti. It seems to be 1.5Gb (12 memory chips K4G10325FE-HC04 from Samsung).

I found a GTX 550ti bios that supports 1.5Gb. There is only one bios on TechPowerUp. However, the clock frequency does not match.

On the other hand, I can't find a GTX 450 bios for 1.5Gb. So, I do not know what to do.

Thanks for your help!
return it
 
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On the other hand, I can't find a GTX 450 bios for 1.5Gb. So, I do not know what to do.

Thanks for your help!

Probably because they made a GTS, not X.
 

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Yes... not a GTX. I mean a GTS 450 one (it was a typo error ;-)

But there is no bios for a GTS 450 with 1.5Gb, correctly? So, I do not know if can I try different bios without brick the video card.
 
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Yes... not a GTX. I mean a GTS 450 one (it was a typo error ;-)

But there is no bios for a GTS 450 with 1.5Gb, correctly? So, I do not know if can I try different bios without brick the video card.
Did you click on the link in my previous post?
 
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Yes. But this is for a 1Gb video card.
You originally said it was 1.5GB so I linked three Bios's for that. 1536MB = 1.5GB.
 

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Hi,

I had similary problem with FAKE GTX-1060 6GB (my GPU isn't GF116 but GF106, see below).

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This bios https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/197782/197782 "repaired" my FAKE card at least on GTS-450 (after reflashing BIOS, the card works normally as GTS-450 [including driver upgrade from NVIDIA GeForce Experience], before was the card unstable mainly while plaing and the driver for card had to be search and loaded manually) (see below).

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How I found correct bios?

I tried read (eeprom reader https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Programmer-CH341A-Burner-Chip-Writer-SOP-Clip-Adapter-EEPROM-BIOS-FLASH-NEW/143311151048?_trkparms=aid=555018&algo=PL.SIM&ao=2&asc=225086&meid=4eb2ecdd9e68433183d10d2b6ce894d1&pid=100677&rk=2&rkt=30&mehot=ag&sd=402299559032&itm=143311151048&pmt=1&noa=0&pg=2386202&algv=SimplAMLv5PairwiseWeb&_trksid=p2386202.c100677.m4598) FAKE bios and search "GF106 Board - 10600011" on google (see below):

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Eureka :)

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Screen from fix bios:

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It could be help someone. :)

Regards,
Masa.
 
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