Anybody bought a PoV GTX465 recently?

Jeps · 1 Sep 2010 at 17:51

Hi

I'm looking for some info on the point of view 465 in particular. What i want to know is how many memory chips are on the card?

The reason i ask is that after doing some research, it seems that 3 models of GTX465's were unlockable to the full GTX470. These were the PNY model with a black PCB, the limited addition MSI Golden Sample and the Point of View card.

All these cards originally shipped with 10 memory chips total, even though the 465 only uses 8. I know since then that the PNY model is now shipping with a blue PCB featuring 8 memory chips but i cant find any info at all on the PoV model and if it was updated or not.

If anybody has bought one recently from OcUk i'd appriciate it if you could have a look and let me know. Should look like this

You can clearly see the 10 black memory chips around the core.

Nerusy · 1 Sep 2010 at 18:03

Its always a gamble

RavenXXX2 · 1 Sep 2010 at 18:08

Buy one and if it's not a 470 then send it back under DSR.

Jeps · 3 Sep 2010 at 18:23

Well i took the gamble and ordered one. Arrived earlier today and i have just striped it naked to reveal this.

Yep, thats 10 memory chips and a GF100-275 core. Identical to the 470! Going to reassemble it now and see if i can flash it. Fingers crossed

franco_22 · 3 Sep 2010 at 20:24

good luck

rolypolyman · 3 Sep 2010 at 22:27

Any joy?

ac1d1ty · 3 Sep 2010 at 22:58

Good luck.

Jeps · 3 Sep 2010 at 23:37

It worked perfectly

Had an issue with the flashing but got it to work eventually.

Just ran 3Dmark Vantage on performance mode and my GPU score went from 8100 to 14901! :eek:

Well chuffed

rolypolyman · 3 Sep 2010 at 23:51

Great stuff, well done, £225 card for £165.

thingemajib · 4 Sep 2010 at 00:00

Wow. So there is a reason to buy the 465s

nice work

chaotic_uk · 4 Sep 2010 at 00:25

i knew i should have got one of these instead of the 5830 lol

coupe69 · 4 Sep 2010 at 01:41

Fair play, you took a gamble and it's paid off handsomely, good work

Nerusy · 4 Sep 2010 at 01:49

Don't think its such as massive gamble seen as on PoV site it states that their gtx 465 is actually 470 under the hood.

You just proved that what oc uk got in stock are actually 470's.

stulid · 4 Sep 2010 at 02:00

that's a bargain.

Mojo · 4 Sep 2010 at 02:28

nice! Wonder how well this works with PNY or MSI. Any people with disposable income about?

oweneades · 4 Sep 2010 at 10:11

Well I just ordered one of these myself.

I needed a second card for my other machine, I wanted Mafia II and I fancy having a play with what could be a GTX470.

I was going to get Mafia II anyway so even if this doesn't flash I would still have got the card for ~ £145.

Wish me luck

Sayso · 4 Sep 2010 at 10:16

what a result..

oweneades · 4 Sep 2010 at 19:23

Jeps said:
It worked perfectly Had an issue with the flashing but got it to work eventually.

Just ran 3Dmark Vantage on performance mode and my GPU score went from 8100 to 14901!

Well chuffed

Hi mate,

Do you have a link to the BIOS you used.

Also did you follow the normal guide of using nv flash?

Drukk · 4 Sep 2010 at 23:23

Nerusy said:
Don't think its such as massive gamble seen as on PoV site it states that their gtx 465 is actually 470 under the hood.

You just proved that what oc uk got in stock are actually 470's.

I could n't see it saying that anywhere on the POV site. Can you link it?

Tempted to take a gamble on this myself , did the same along time ago to unlock some pipes on a card, can't remember what it was now but its always a risk. If it does n't flash I really would n't want a 465.

Nerusy · 4 Sep 2010 at 23:35

Drukk said:
I could n't see it saying that anywhere on the POV site. Can you link it?

Tempted to take a gamble on this myself , did the same along time ago to unlock some pipes on a card, can't remember what it was now but its always a risk. If it does n't flash I really would n't want a 465.

as was said before, if its not 470 just send it back under Distant selling regulation. By law if I remember correctly they must even refund the delivering costs too (they didn't when I used DSR but I didn't mind it).

http://www.pointofview-online.com/default2.php?content_id=2&news_mode=detail&news_id=91