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    Posted: 11 Sep 2009 at 5:02pm
So this is where I'm lost.

I purchased an EVGA 65nm core 192 GTX 260 (which has the ram on the back of the card). I then received a GTX 260 with the 55 nm cooler version (no backplate, and ram on front), but it has the sticker of the 65 nm version. However, when I go into GPU-z, it still says it's 65nm and has 192 cores. WTF?
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You got me confused too...
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maybe they just use one universal cooler now, why wouldnt you get a core 216


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Pics!

192 cores

The original 192 core sticker

No ram on the back, and no backplate


It's just a little bit weird... EVGA tech is talking with me on it right now.

Edit:
Here is what mine SHOULD look like:

(backplate to cool ram)
Here is what it is a hybrid of:



Edited by Zurginator - 11 Sep 2009 at 11:03pm
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Looks like it might have been an RMA/Open Box/Refurbished item, unless EVGA just recently started changing the heatsink design on the older cards (I don't see any reason why they would bother).

What does the P/N end in? RX, AR, or TR?


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I don't get it... what's different?
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If I were a guessing man, the backplate and possibly the ram location.
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it's the exact design of the 55nm (including the cooler and PCB) but it says it's the 65nm Core 192. The 65nm version has the RAM on the back, while the 55nm has it on the front. This one has it on the front, but still says it's a 65nm.
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you could always measure the nanometers yourself. :P
 
Probably a rebuilt one.
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Originally posted by satsunada

you could always measure the nanometers yourself. :P
 
Probably a rebuilt one.


The general feeling is they flashed it with the wrong bios....
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That's kinda funny actually... and a little sad.
 
 Does this mean you got a 55 nm 260? I though smaller cores were a good thing?
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Originally posted by satsunada

That's kinda funny actually... and a little sad.
 
 Does this mean you got a 55 nm 260? I though smaller cores were a good thing?


They are, but it's showing 192 cores.... and all of the 55nm ones are 216.

Aka I'm missing a few.
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Originally posted by venom

Looks like it might have been an RMA/Open Box/Refurbished item, unless EVGA just recently started changing the heatsink design on the older cards (I don't see any reason why they would bother).

What does the P/N end in? RX, AR, or TR?


It ends in AR
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