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Did I get scammed? Dell XPS 8700 ,GTX 645

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May 13, 2014 5:36:04 PM

I purchased a dell xps 8700 from costco.ca and it said it comes with a Nvidia Geforce GTX 645 today I received my computer and opened it to look at the card and I compared it with images of the GTX 645 on Geforce's official site and they are not the same. Did I get scammed and maybe they put in a cheaper card? I'm not that computer savvy and any help or insight is greatly appreciated thank you.

I included this link to compare the original card to the pictures of mine.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt...

Pictures of the card in my XPS

http://i59.tinypic.com/244nyva.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/5a0q5w.jpg

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a b U Graphics card
May 13, 2014 5:39:14 PM

Download and run "SPECCY" - it will list out exactly what is in your computer.

http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download

"Belarc Advisor" is also a good program. It will list authorization keys for software on the computer along with a lot of other data.
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a c 341 U Graphics card
May 13, 2014 5:40:51 PM

Does it say that it is a 645 on Nova Bench, run that and see the results, it should be a 645. May just be a different cooled model.
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May 13, 2014 5:42:15 PM

The geforce image does not necessarily have to match the Dell OEM model. Dell can change the PCB, change the memory type, change the GPU and memory speeds and still call it a GTX645. You can download a small program called GPUZ and it will give you the video card model/type and speeds. Don't expect miracles from a 645 though, it isn't a high end card, more like low-mid and if Dell used slower VRAM memory it won't help.
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May 13, 2014 5:42:46 PM

OEM's look different from retail (usually), so check the specs instead
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May 13, 2014 6:53:47 PM

thank you everyone for the input it seems like its an oem hopefully it performes like how a gtx 645 should
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