Nvidia GTX 465 Shipped to Customer by Accident?
A customer getting a lot more than he bargained for, by getting less than he wanted.
Even though the GeForce GTX 465 hasn't been announced yet, it seems that one may have trickled out to a consumer who purchased a GeForce GTX 470 – and got less than he bargained for.
Username "Moratorius" bought a Galaxy GeForce GTX 470, but had difficulty installing it because the driver didn't recognize it. Through some file editing, he finally got it to install, but still something wasn't quite right.
The card was identifying itself as a GeForce GTX 465 along with having 1024MB of RAM, as opposed to the 1280MB that the GTX 470 is supposed to have.
The core clock of the card runs at 608MHz, and the 1024MB of GDDR5 has a clock speed of 3208MHz. The shaders are clocked at 1215MHz at 256 bits.
All of those specs match up with the leaked Asus GeForce GTX 465, so this could be the real deal.
The story is still developing, so check for the latest word (as well as benchmarks) from the case of the mysterious card on the Overclock.net forums.
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Sounds like Nvidia is just trying to grab the media's attention
I hope the Nvidia goons don't bust down his door.
Yeah, he's lucky it isn't the new 5.5 inch ipad... he'd be getting water boarded as we speak.
What nConvenience for Moratorius.
If I were him, I'd sell it to the highest bidder (news site), and then buy three GTX 480's and a new PSU...
Anyone else?
Just watch Gizmodo buy this for $5000 + $2500 in hidden payments.
He could sell it to the right person for plenty of money.
Auction it at e-bay
Lucky, yet unlucky at the same time. The irony!
... PR trick...
fully bench the card, send it back for the 470 then publish the results. thats what id do!
What nConvenience for Moratorius.
This comment is so lol, why are ppl downrating it WTF ROFL
This is basically Nvidia stealing apples idea. Same thing as what Apple did with the 4g iPhone...
hmmmm..... publicity stunt? Lots of detail are missing from the article.
This us a WINFAIL
hopefully this will bring the price of the 5850 down
So it's a 470 but doesn't have the cuts made eh?! That seems to be a possibility.
The bench scores are some what disappointing.
I hope the Nvidia goons don't bust down his door.
Why, because you are a Nvidia hater?
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Looks like nVidia is getting a head start on this generation's re-branding strategy.
Sounds like he just tweaked a 470 into 465.
How many people can edit driver files and use RivaTuner(?) to look up an unreleased card? I am not even sure if program like RivaTuner will work on unreleased parts since they usually have to be updated to be compatible.
No... poor guy, either sell it to Gizmodo Or chuck it into the microwave
They better let him keep that one and send him a free 470 for the troubles.
Now he can dedicate the 465 to physix.
I counted 10 ram chip placements. A 465 would only have 8.
Anyone doubting this should check the forum his PCB shots do not match up to a 470, this seems legit
Nothing to see here, someone placed this gimped chip in the wrong bin. Mystery solved
I bet there going to bust his door down and take his computer and his business cards.
Hum, lots of "mistakes" like the Iphone 4G left by "accident" in a bar are happening lately.
Nvidia attacked the guys house in the form of Fermi based rockets.
bullwack, some storyes i keep reading on toms keep sounding less and less real....its like a big comercial banner allover.