take look at this http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=253063&page=4
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Guide on how to unlock GeForce GTX 465 into GTX 470
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Caporegime
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It's been confirmed that POV let slip some 470 cards with a 465 bios, don't expect to buy a card now and unlock it to a 470, it was a one off.
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Yup, quite a few cards been bricked(though likely recoverable with a flash if you have a spare card to do it from.
POV either wanted more stock for release or didn't get their 465 shipment in time and just put the 465 bios on some 470gtx's and sent a few out as review samples and sold a few, It does seem like a couple of other cards got 470gtx cores on them, but not the pcb/memory so a 470gtx bios increase scores with the extra SM's but the smaller memory and gimped bus made it significantly slower than a 470gtx even with the extra sm's over a 465gtx.
Basically, get a 465gtx, expect to get 465gtx performance, chances of getting a unlockable core (when I checked the thread last) was like 20-30% on release/review samples from the first batches) that will only go down from there and is a slim chance to start with.
POV either wanted more stock for release or didn't get their 465 shipment in time and just put the 465 bios on some 470gtx's and sent a few out as review samples and sold a few, It does seem like a couple of other cards got 470gtx cores on them, but not the pcb/memory so a 470gtx bios increase scores with the extra SM's but the smaller memory and gimped bus made it significantly slower than a 470gtx even with the extra sm's over a 465gtx.
Basically, get a 465gtx, expect to get 465gtx performance, chances of getting a unlockable core (when I checked the thread last) was like 20-30% on release/review samples from the first batches) that will only go down from there and is a slim chance to start with.
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Yup, its unlocking some cards with extra SM's, but Asus's one is unlocking a little extra power but isn't even close to the power boost the POV borked 470gtx's were unlocking to.
The SM unlocker can't add memory or increase the memory bus, so its a pretty massively bandwidth limited card thats only a little faster. Consider AT BEST you could unlock to a 470gtx, which generally can't beat a 5850, which is cheaper thana 465gtx, its a heck of a risk to take for a card that IF it unlocks just about matches a 5850 in value, if it doesn't it cost the same/more as a 5850 and performs like a 275gtx.
If it was the same price as a 5830 AND might unlock to a full 470gtx, it could be great, seeing as its priced above 5850's, offers sub 5830/285gtx performance and has a very slim chance of unlocking a part of the power towards a 470gtx, but still being not very close, its an awful value card. £60 cheaper, not to bad, where it is, priced against a card with guarenteed far better performance, its a terrible buy. Shift Nvidia' range down by £60 at every price point and you have a half competitive range, still with disadvantages though, I can't see a reason to pay more, for less though. At least the 480gtx can say its the fastest card, you pay more you get more, if its good value or not is a different question. The 465gtx IS slower and IF it unlocks it ISN'T faster and costs more. If they all hit 470gtx performance with unlocks and overclocked and cost less, I'd get one.