Do I have a Core 216?

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I bought this card off newegg 11/25/08 and always assumed it was just a regular 260. Here is the old listing on newegg which says "192 Stream Processors".

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370

Did I just get lucky and get a 216 by mistake? Here is my GPU-Z screenshot.


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The above screenshot says 216 shaders, does that mean its a 216?
 
Strategy said:
I bought this card off newegg 11/25/08 and always assumed it was just a regular 260. Here is the old listing on newegg which says "192 Stream Processors".

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370

Did I just get lucky and get a 216 by mistake? Here is my GPU-Z screenshot.


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The above screenshot says 216 shaders, does that mean its a 216?
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Yea you got lucky. Ah I remember those times when 192 core GTX 260 was being phased out and Nvidia AIB partners started using 216 core versions in place of 192 ones.
 
I dont think that any 192sp cards have even been made in quite a while. that being said gpu-z was known to incorrectly report some 192sp cards as being 216sp.
 
core 192 was around for about 4 months before EOL kicked in. after that 216 replaced it.then from there they took a break from card releases to work on the software front of the cards. it wouldn't be for another 6 months before they released the 275 285 250 and the 295 cards.
 
genetech said:
core 192 was around for about 4 months before EOL kicked in. after that 216 replaced it.then from there they took a break from card releases to work on the software front of the cards. it wouldn't be for another 6 months before they released the 275 285 250 and the 295 cards.
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actually until very recently some companies were still selling cards listed as 192sp. sometimes I think is just mislabeled but the sku usually lines up with the 192sp sku on the companies site. I know this was true for BFG for a while.


EDIT: after a little research it looks like that card IS a 192sp gtx260 if that sku is correct. that sku is from way back in 2008 right after the 216sp gtx260 being made. I know for a fact that gpu-z misread many of the gtx260 reporting them as 216sp when in fact they were really 192sp. the fact that gpu-z is showing that it is 65nm leads me to believe this is the problem. for some reason the same id on the cards was used on the 65nm gtx260 192sp as the 65nm gtx260 512sp when the 216sp first came out. just to be clear gpu-z misreads some of the 65nm 192sp cards and reports them as 216sp because the card has the wrong id.
 
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I didn't even notice the fab die size. yeah that would make it a 192 since the 216 was released as a launcher for the 55nm cores
 
genetech said:
I didn't even notice the fab die size. yeah that would make it a 192 since the 216 was released as a launcher for the 55nm cores
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no it wasnt. there were 65nm gtx260 216sp cards and thats where the problem is. many of the 192sp cards that were still getting made at the same time have the wrong id. they have the 216sp id when in fact they are 192sp cards. thats why gpuz is reporting the card as a 216sp card when it is in fact a 192sp card according to the sku. I am 99.9% positive that the card he has is a 192sp card.
 
I know for a fact that gpu-z misread many of the gtx260 reporting them as 216sp when in fact they were really 192sp. the fact that gpu-z is showing that it is 65nm leads me to believe this is the problem.
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If I remember correctly, GPUz was fixed way back when to correct this problem.
unless the card is a 192 with a 216 BIOS, then its being read correctly and is a 216 SP card.
 
Crosshairs said:
If I remember correctly, GPUz was fixed way back when to correct this problem.
unless the card is a 192 with a 216 BIOS, then its being read correctly and is a 216 SP card.
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I am almost positive that it was the card itself that was causing gpuz to misread it. the fact that he has an EVGA card with a 192sp sku pretty much backs that up. EVGA has a different sku for every single gtx260 so again I almost positive that he does have a 192sp card.
 
cannondale06 said:
I am almost positive that it was the card itself that was causing gpuz to misread it. the fact that he has an EVGA card with a 192sp sku pretty much backs that up. EVGA has a different sku for every single gtx260 so again I almost positive that he does have a 192sp card.
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Ah, I didnt check the SKU, they usually don't lie...:D

and if that's the case, how do you go about verifying what the card actually is?

how many people bought 192 cards that thought they bought 216's?
 
Crosshairs said:
Ah, I didnt check the SKU, they usually don't lie...:D

and if that's the case, how do you go about verifying what the card actually is?
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If you have the latest DX SDK (and I think also needs DX11) you can try running this

It reports the number of OpenCL processing units available, which should be correct as it queries the driver itself.
 
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