Can anyone identify this GTX 960 and if it’s legit?

[Arooon]

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone can identify this OEM nvidia GTX 960 2GB and make sure it is legit. Owner says it was from a pre-built PC and provided GPU Z as well as GPU tweak screenshots.
Thanks a lot.

 

[ArbitraryAffection]

Ehm, it looks legit. and the GPUz checks out for Gm206.. Best way to be sure is to get them to take the cooler off and show the die. Or run a benchmark Software may be able to be fooled.

 

[Arooon]

Ehm, it looks legit. and the GPUz checks out for Gm206.. Best way to be sure is to get them to take the cooler off and show the die. Or run a benchmark Software may be able to be fooled.

They ran the Heaven benchmark, here’s a screenshot.

 

[ArbitraryAffection]

They ran the Heaven benchmark, here’s a screenshot.

Right so now we need someone with a 960 2GB to test it, or get them to benchmark it as per the settings in this thread:

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/unigine-heaven-4-0-benchmark-scores.198888/

there's a few 960's in there

 

[Arooon]

Right so now we need someone with a 960 2GB to test it, or get them to benchmark it as per the settings in this thread:

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/unigine-heaven-4-0-benchmark-scores.198888/

there's a few 960's in there

Ok thank you for the help!

 

[ArbitraryAffection]

Ok thank you for the help!

no problem! As i say it looks legit just make sure you get a photograph of the results from heaven like what you posted, it'd take a LOT more effort to get Heaven to spew out modified results than to shop an image. Not saying it's not possible but.. yeah.

May I ask how much you're paying for it? Just curious

 

[Arooon]

no problem! As i say it looks legit just make sure you get a photograph of the results from heaven like what you posted, it'd take a LOT more effort to get Heaven to spew out modified results than to shop an image. Not saying it's not possible but.. yeah.

May I ask how much you're paying for it? Just curious

That was the photo from the heaven benchmark the seller did with that card. Also I’m paying £60 for it which is a good deal but nothing that makes me think it’s ‘too good to be true’.

 

[ArbitraryAffection]

That was the photo from the heaven benchmark the seller did with that card. Also I’m paying £60 for it which is a good deal but nothing that makes me think it’s ‘too good to be true’.

Ah okay. Is this through Ebay, or with PayPal, btw? That way you can get buyer protection if the card turns out to be not what they are saying it is.

 

[Arooon]

Ah okay. Is this through Ebay, or with PayPal, btw? That way you can get buyer protection if the card turns out to be not what they are saying it is.

Yeah I just realised I said that was a screenshot of heaven, when it was a photo. I’ll be paying through PayPal.

 

[ArbitraryAffection]

Yeah I just realised I said that was a screenshot of heaven, when it was a photo. I’ll be paying through PayPal.

Make sure you use "Paying for goods or services" then, it'll take a little fee but, IIRC, you are protected by PayPal if it goes wrong.

 

[Arooon]

Make sure you use "Paying for goods or services" then, it'll take a little fee but, IIRC, you are protected by PayPal if it goes wrong.

Yes of course, I’ll cover the fees for him but it just adds that extra level of security.
Thank you for the help.

 

[eidairaman1]

Yeah I just realised I said that was a screenshot of heaven, when it was a photo. I’ll be paying through PayPal.

If anything attempt to upload your bios, it should already be in the database and provide a link, copy that link and post it here, follow this video on how to do so

https://streamable.com/6axc1

Listen up I did a search of your card's Device ID and Subsystem ID.

This is what it pulled up.
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/174224/174224

 

[ArbitraryAffection]

If anything attempt to upload your bios, it should already be in the database and provide a link, copy that link and post it here, follow this video on how to do so

https://streamable.com/6axc1

Listen up I did a search of your card's Device ID and Subsystem ID.

This is what it pulled up.
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/174224/174224

So it's legit, right?

 

[eidairaman1]

So it's legit, right?

Only way to truly see is verify how many ram chips are on the card physically.

 

[Arooon]

If anything attempt to upload your bios, it should already be in the database and provide a link, copy that link and post it here, follow this video on how to do so

https://streamable.com/6axc1

Listen up I did a search of your card's Device ID and Subsystem ID.

This is what it pulled up.
https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/174224/174224

Wow ok thanks for the information! I’ll have a look at uploading the bios on the morning (it’s getting pretty late now).
And the bios shows it’s from a 960. The buyer did say it’s from a pre built so maybe they customised the shroud and fans?
So does this show it’s a legit 960 and worth buying?
Thanks!

Only way to truly see is verify how many ram chips are on the card physically.

I’ll open it up if I do end up buying it to clean it anyway, I can check then for you if you want.

Also one of the photos of the back of the card looks like it might have a model number, I can try to get a better quality photo of that sticker tomorrow if that would help?

 

[eidairaman1]

Wow ok thanks for the information! I’ll have a look at uploading the bios on the morning (it’s getting pretty late now).
And the bios shows it’s from a 960. The buyer did say it’s from a pre built so maybe they customised the shroud and fans?
So does this show it’s a legit 960 and worth buying?
Thanks!


I’ll open it up if I do end up buying it to clean it anyway, I can check then for you if you want.

Yeah it might help complete the gpu database further, also im pretty decent on getting correct bios back on cards for most part.

 

[Arooon]

Yeah it might help complete the gpu database further, also im pretty decent on getting correct bios back on cards for most part.

Ok, thank you for the help. And is it possible it’s a customised card of that model you found the bios matched with? As it’s from a prebuilt PC.

 

[eidairaman1]

Ok, thank you for the help. And is it possible it’s a customised card of that model you found the bios matched with? As it’s from a prebuilt PC.

Closest cooler i find for your card that matches in clock speeds are the following cards. (The single heatpipe is a give away)

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/galax-gtx-960-exoc.b3206

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/kfa2-gtx-960-exoc.b3158

It took me a bit to comb through alot of bios files, too bad the database doesnt have a means of looking up bios version without having to name a chip or card brand name...

 

[Arooon]

Closest cooler i find for your card that matches in clock speeds are the following cards. (The single heatpipe is a give away)

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/galax-gtx-960-exoc.b3206

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/kfa2-gtx-960-exoc.b3158

It took me a bit to comb through alot of bios files, too bad the database doesnt have a means of looking up bios version without having to name a chip or card brand name...

Thank you so much!!
Yeah I can definitely see the resemblance with these cards! And it gives me much more confidence that this is legit.
Thank you so much again, I really appreciate it.