Question about binning 970 related

[z0ne]

 

I just watched this. But it left me with a question. I know not every chip is 100% te same. But say on a GM204 chip There are 2 sm's not working. Would Nvidia cripple another sm and an L2 module to basically make this card a 970? If this is true, why dont they for instance just leave the 2 not working sm's for what they are and just sell it with the other sm and L2 still working. We all know its a silicon lottery why not make a few people extra lucky? 

 

z0ne

[Shaqo_Wyn]

Cuz the getting a GTX 980 would be even less of a value than it already is.

[007agentHP]

that would probably look bad on them if they let cards out with better specs than others. then people could flip and make huge profits from "higher binned" cards on ebay. and this need to be shown

 

[Briggsy]

no one ever wants to buy something, believing that buddy next door got something better for the same price.

[z0ne]

that would probably look bad on them if they let cards out with better specs than others. then people could flip and make huge profits from "higher binned" cards on ebay. and this need to be shown

 

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I still dont get why they wouldnt just like, set a min to max specs per card. This seems like a waste :\

They price it to the minimum anyway So why not be happy for the guy who got a lil more value

[Aniallation]

I just watched this. But it left me with a question. I know not every chip is 100% te same. But say on a GM204 chip There are 2 sm's not working. Would Nvidia cripple another sm and an L2 module to basically make this card a 970? If this is true, why dont they for instance just leave the 2 not working sm's for what they are and just sell it with the other sm and L2 still working. We all know its a silicon lottery why not make a few people extra lucky? 

Cause that's not a "lottery", that's paying more to get the GTX 980.

[TheRetiredSlave]

Yes they would disable the 3rd SM, because the customer would be 100% sure that what they're getting is the correct and proper card. Customers getting random cards would only lead to anger and confusion.

 

 

There have been plenty of times in recent history where completely functional cards have had blocks disabled just because the lower-tier product sold a lot more than the number of partially nonfunctional cards they had. Flashing AMD's HD 6950 into a 6970 was a pretty common thing to do, because most 6950s were 100% functional as 6970s.

[Guest Kloaked]

Yes they would disable the 3rd SM, because the customer would be 100% sure that what they're getting is the correct and proper card. Customers getting random cards would only lead to anger and confusion.

 

 

There have been plenty of times in recent history where completely functional cards have had blocks disabled just because the lower-tier product sold a lot more than the number of partially nonfunctional cards they had. Flashing AMD's HD 6950 into a 6970 was a pretty common thing to do, because most 6950s were 100% functional as 6970s.

 

So are you saying AMD also pulls the same stuff Nvidia does?

 

This is truly mind-blowing.

[kylerjobe]

This is a stupid question, but could there potentially be a driver or something to reenable that 8th L2 cache and give a 970 the same memory as a 980?

[VirtualR3ality]

This is a stupid question, but could there potentially be a driver or something to reenable that 8th L2 cache and give a 970 the same memory as a 980?

 

It was cut out hardware wise sadly not possible