Mystery Geforxe GTX 970

[James Roberts]

Hi there,

So I'm hoping I can get some insight into this... my old PC use to have a nvidia geforce gtx 970 card in it and at the time it was only a year or so old and performed amazingly, I sold the pc after a few years when I needed money for a car and I've got another pc now but I cannot for the life of me found the exact card I use to have online. I sort of have a picture of it but basically it use to look like the reference card, but the card was basically all black, didn't have a cover on top so you could see some of the chips etc... had the same cooler design as the reference card, minus all the flashy silver/grey stuff. It had green text on the side saying geforce gtx. And it was not one of those PNY ones, though it does look similar. If anybody has any ideas what varient my card could have been, please let me know as I'm really interested to find out. Bit of a long shot I know, but miss that old pc and want to see the parts again!
Thanks,
James

 

[***F1ZZY***]

Palit GTX 970 ???

 

[James Roberts]

Not that one, no gold on it, says nvidia on the exhaust fan as well.

 

[Benass]

upload a picture

 

[pp111]

I think that was an NVIDIA. The reason is that only NVIDIA actually had NVIDIA on the fan.
There was one that had the same textured finish as the PNY ..
I can't get the darn image upload to work or I would show you.
Go here....

http://www.macvidcards.com/uploads/2/7/6/8/27683275/s287276877890059161_p45_i7_w640.jpeg

 

[James Roberts]

thats the best imagine I've got of it, can access with this the Google drive link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z2xmMfXT5sRMCNi2pcaHCU3ALnsYE22A/view?usp=drivesdk

 

[Armageus]

HP/Pegatron?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc9Y9jVNwJU

 

[James Roberts]

HP/Pegatron?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc9Y9jVNwJU

Nope not that one, had the reference cooler with exhaust out by the outputs. Kind of like that PNY one but without any texture on it like

I think that was an NVIDIA. The reason is that only NVIDIA actually had NVIDIA on the fan.
There was one that had the same textured finish as the PNY ..
I can't get the darn image upload to work or I would show you.
Go here....

http://www.macvidcards.com/uploads/2/7/6/8/27683275/s287276877890059161_p45_i7_w640.jpeg

Said

 

[james.miller]

It's not a reference board - it's too short and the power sockets are in the wrong place. That looks to me like a zotac:

GeForce® GTX 970 Blower | ZOTAC

Same short backplate. Different PCB layout on the back though, so might not be that exact card.

 

[james.miller]

right, 99% sure it's a galax gtx970 blower or another card based on the same design:

Galax GTX 970 4GB DDR5 256bit Blower Style CSERE/BESZAMITAS - HardverApró (hardverapro.hu)

Same backplate, same PCB layout. 'Geforce GTX' on the side etc.

 

[James Roberts]

It's not a reference board - it's too short and the power sockets are in the wrong place. That looks to me like a zotac:

GeForce® GTX 970 Blower | ZOTAC

Same short backplate. Different PCB layout on the back though, so might not be that exact card.

Definitely looked like that, as long as that card said geforce gtx in green on the side then it could have been that. I thought it said nvidia on the fan but maybe I'm remembering that wrong. Otherwise it definitely looked like that card!

 

[Ivs]

Youre sure its a legit 970 and not a Chinese knockoff?

 

[Armageus]

Asus OEM used by Dell/Acer etc

 

[James Roberts]

Asus OEM used by Dell/Acer etc

That definitely looks like it! Think that could have been the one. Definitely wasn't a fake, sourced it from a legit IT company who built the computer, always had up to date and correct nvidia drivers for it and it performed really well, never struggled with games like GTA V like a knock off would. Thanks for everyone's help, appreciate it!