Although OcUK are one of the better Companies out there, I don't relay like what has been said in the above post.
I posted something along the lines of this a little earlier in this Thread but i guess it got lost and I wasn't that sure if I should post it again as I feel a little bad about doing so. So, please be kind.
What I'm going to say below is open to interpretation, so please read it as is and make your own minds up.
The Card does have 4G VRAM, that is true and we are being told that it has not been miss-represented. But, NVIDIA (along with all the etailers I've checked) out there list the following Spec for that 4G of VRAM:
NVIDIA's Site :
http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/specifications
GTX 970 Memory Specs:
7.0 Gbps Memory Clock
4 GB Standard Memory Config
GDDR5 Memory Interface
256-bit Memory Interface Width
224 Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)
From a random GTX970 on OcUK:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-010-GX
- Memory Clock: 7010MHz
- Memory Size: 4096MB GDDR5
- Memory Bus: 256-bit
Remember that anything that is advertised for Sale has to truly represent the product on Sale at that given point of time and in a simplistic way - meaning, not saying one thing but meaning another and anyone could follow the description.
So, as a layman.
The NVIDIA Spec is telling me a couple things.
1) The GTX970 has a Standard Memory Config of 4G - note the word standard (which also appears under the GTX980 Memory Specs).
2) The GTX970 has a 256 bit wide Memory Subsystem across the total of 4G.
It doesn't tell me that it has a non-standard Memory configuration as has been released by NVIDIA after the user community found out and admitted to on this very forum by a representative of NVIDIA.
If the true Specs of the Memory Subsystem where posted. It should be in simplistic terms. For Example:
1) The GTX970 has a Non-Standard Memory Config of 4G. - good, I can understand that.
2) The GTX970 has a 224 bit wide Memory Subsystem across 3.5G and 32 Bit wide subsystem on the remaining 512mb. - Good, I can understand that to (but to cover butts I'd add that accessing this memory on it's own may slow the GPU.
What we, shouldn't need to know is how the GM204 processor implementation within the GTX970 operates at all levels.
So, a little Dr Googling comes up with several Web Sites that list the do's and don't's while describing a Product for Sale.
I'll refer to this one :
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/29
and quote this:
False trade description.
(1)A false trade description is a trade description which is false to a material degree.
(2)A trade description which, though not false, is misleading, that is to say, likely to be taken for such an indication of any of the matters specified in section 2 of this Act as would be false to a material degree, shall be deemed to be a false trade description.
(3)Anything which, though not a trade description, is likely to be taken for an indication of any of those matters and, as such an indication, would be false to a material degree, shall be deemed to be a false trade description.
(4)A false indication, or anything likely to be taken as an indication which would be false, that any goods comply with a standard specified or recognised by any person or implied by the approval of any person shall be deemed to be a false trade description, if there is no such person or no standard so specified, recognised or implied
Point 2 may well apply here for anyone who would want to investigate further if between OcUK/NVIDIA do nothing.
