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    6970 or 6990 ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by netinbd, Oct 19, 2011.

  1. netinbd

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    Anyone can tell what cards its?
    According configuration what i order it should be 6990M.

    I didnt overclocked
    [​IMG]
     
  2. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    It's a 6990
     
  3. netinbd

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    thanks.

    but why shaders is only 960?
     
  4. EtownsFinest

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    I think it's a 6970 it only has 960 shaders
     
  5. aldam

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    it has 6990m clocks. But it looks like it's 6970m
     
  6. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    GPU-Z 5.5 shows the wrong shaders on some cards, download GPU-Z 5.4 and you'll see 1120 shaders. Clock speeds of a 6970 are 680/900. Clock speeds of a 6990 are 715/900.
     
  7. nayilalien

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    This looks like a 6970m.... take a look at the number of shaders. 6990m has close to 1100 shaders. Also the texture fillrate is 40 GT/s for the 6990m.

    This card has been OCd.
     
  8. DR650SE

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    @netinbd

    Just download GPU-Z 5.4 and paste a screenshot of GPU-Z here. Here is a link to GPU-Z 5.4

    This is a known issue with GPU-Z 5.5. It reads shaders wrong. I've seen it before.

    We'll go off GPU-Z 5.4 and judge from there. I highly doubt Dell is OCing cards and passing them off as 6990s. That would be a serious case of fraud.
     
  9. nayilalien

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    well...fillrate is low...should be 40

    here is mine for comparison purposes:

    [​IMG]
     
  11. The Revelator

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    It's true that early versions of GPU-Z v0.5.5 incorrectly reported the number of shaders for the 6900M Series; however, during that time it reported 896 shaders for the 6990M (see Thumbnail). GPU-Z v 0.5.5 has since been revised and reports the correct stats. That's an overclocked 6970M.

    [​IMG]

    Here's the same 6990M as reflected in the revised GPU-Z 0.5.5:

    [​IMG]
     
  12. SlickDude80

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    ya, i think someone got hosed
     
  13. TostitoBandito

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    Yep, looks like someone flashed the 6990M clock speeds onto a 6970M. That way those clocks appear as default in GPU-Z.
     
  14. ECKS

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    So what's the OP got?
     
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    we think its a 6970
     
  16. ECKS

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    Here's mine. I have a 6970 also. Can you check if mine's okay?
     

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    That's fine. The OP looks like he has a 6970 that's been disguised as a 6990 by flashing the clocks higher.
     
  18. The Revelator

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    Just fine. That's exactly what a 6970M is supposed to look like.
     
  19. ECKS

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    Thanks guyz.

    So, does that mean the OP really DID get ripped off by Dell?
     
  20. The Revelator

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    I doubt very much that Dell was the seller or represented that card to be a 6990M; it is not clear where netinbd got the card or system. Clearly, it was not a mistake; someone flashed the vbios to 6990M clocks. It did not come that way from the factory.
     
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    Dang, ripoff.
     
  22. nayilalien

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    I'm sure Dell wasn't the reseller here.