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Aquired another Nvidia engineering sample

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Picked up this GTX260. The first thing that is intersting about it is that its a reference PCB with native HDMI out. This is done via an Analogix chip on the pcb. You will notice the blank soilder pads for this on other reference 200 series cards. The second thing is that it appears to be the 12th GTX260 ever made. Third GPUZ shows this card as having 240 cuda cores as opposed to 216 or 192. It does appear to perform inbetween my other 260s and my 280's about like a 275. This is a 65nm part. Made in the USA by flextronics. This is the forth Nvidia engineering sample I now own, including the 17th GTX280, 29th GTX280, and 47th GTX280. I have attached some photos below.

 

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I own a GT210 the one with black PCB from Zotac.

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Why did you want a 260 in the first place

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Is it worth anything...?

im not good with this stuff

Nvidia is to Dr Dre Beets as AMD is to KFC.

One makes you broke, the other you can get more of and have a midnight snack from the fridge when hungry again. Once you go Nvidia, you go broked, turn into an Elitist, or get the incorrect amount of VRAM.


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Because they collect rare engineering samples i'm guessing :3 

Are they worth anything....

Do they even work...

Nvidia is to Dr Dre Beets as AMD is to KFC.

One makes you broke, the other you can get more of and have a midnight snack from the fridge when hungry again. Once you go Nvidia, you go broked, turn into an Elitist, or get the incorrect amount of VRAM.


- WCCFTECH

 I was only 9 years old. I loved Fifflaren so much, I had all the NiP merchandise and matches pirated. I prayed to Fifflaren every night before bed. Thanking him for the life I have been given. Fifflaren is love I say. Fifflaren is life. My dad hears and calls me a fuckhead. I knew he was just jelly of my passion for Fifflaren. I called him a Sw@yer. He hits me and sends me to go to sleep. I'm crying now, and my face hurts. I lay in bed and it's really cold. A warmth is moving towards me. I feel someone touching me. I feel someone touching me. It's Fifflaren. I am so happy. He whispers in my ear; "this is my pyjama". He grabs me with his powerful Swedish hands and puts me on my hands and knees. I'm ready. I spread my ass cheeks for Fifflaren. He penetrates my butt-hole. It hurts so much but I do it for Fifflaren. I can feel my butt tearing as my eyes start to water. I push against his force. I want to please Fifflaren. He roars a viking roar as he fills my butt with his love. My dad walks in. Fifflaren looks straight into his eyes and says; "He is a ninja now". Fifflaren is love, Fifflaren is life 
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out of curiosity why collect engineering samples?

I guess you could ask that for anyone who collects lol.

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Are they worth anything....

Do they even work...

They probably work, I doubt anybody would want them for anything other than coasters at this point though.

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They work fine. 200 series cards are still good for DX10 games.

I have plenty of more powerful 400, 500, and 700 series cards but I like the 200 series the best.

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damn I hate those ugly stickers, thank god today's gpus don't have any space to put those stickers on because of the cooler.

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damn I hate those ugly stickers, thank god today's gpus don't have any space to put those stickers on because of the cooler.

my reference 770 has a giant ass ugly sticker lol!

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I think the stickers were the best part of the XFX GTX200 series.

Main system

CPU: 13900KF | Motherboard: Z690 Aorus Master | GPU: RTX3080Ti FE | RAM: 32GB@5600 | Hard Drive: 2TB 970 Evo plus | Power Supply: beQuiet DarkPower 12 1000W | Cooling: Custom water loop CPU/GPU | Case: Meshify 2 XL | Operating System: Windows 10Pro | Monitor: LG 32GK65B | Keyboard: Ducky

Bedroom PC

CPU: 11700k@4800 | Motherboard: Z590 Aorus Master | GPU: RTX3080 FE | RAM: 32GB@4000 | Hard Drive: 1TB 970 Evo plus/1TB MX500 | Power Supply: Corsair RM850x | Cooling: H100i | Case: Fractal Meshify C | Operating System: Windows 10Pro | Monitor: LG 65" B2 OLED

HTPC

CPU: 10900k | Motherboard: Z490 Aorus Master | GPU: GTX1080Ti | RAM: 32GB@3600 | Hard Drive: 1TB 970 Evo plus/1TB MX500/4TB HDD | Optical Drive: BluRay | Power Supply: Corsair RM750x | Cooling: Low profile noctua | Case: SilverStone GD09B | Operating System: Windows 10Pro

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Awesome! An engineering sample, that rocks :D !

 

As a collector´s item a beautiful card.

 

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Do they perform better then retail versions?

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Thanks! It may not be the fastest kid on the block anymore but they are build like tanks. The new 260 has all the power phases enabled whereas most 65nm 260's had 2 disabled.

Uses the standard VT1165 voltage controller and ADT 7473 fan controller.

Did some OCing tonight, got it up to 730 on the core and 1566 on the shaders. most GT200A parts will only bench on the 1458 or 1512 shader strap. Will push it some more tomarrow. 

Main system

CPU: 13900KF | Motherboard: Z690 Aorus Master | GPU: RTX3080Ti FE | RAM: 32GB@5600 | Hard Drive: 2TB 970 Evo plus | Power Supply: beQuiet DarkPower 12 1000W | Cooling: Custom water loop CPU/GPU | Case: Meshify 2 XL | Operating System: Windows 10Pro | Monitor: LG 32GK65B | Keyboard: Ducky

Bedroom PC

CPU: 11700k@4800 | Motherboard: Z590 Aorus Master | GPU: RTX3080 FE | RAM: 32GB@4000 | Hard Drive: 1TB 970 Evo plus/1TB MX500 | Power Supply: Corsair RM850x | Cooling: H100i | Case: Fractal Meshify C | Operating System: Windows 10Pro | Monitor: LG 65" B2 OLED

HTPC

CPU: 10900k | Motherboard: Z490 Aorus Master | GPU: GTX1080Ti | RAM: 32GB@3600 | Hard Drive: 1TB 970 Evo plus/1TB MX500/4TB HDD | Optical Drive: BluRay | Power Supply: Corsair RM750x | Cooling: Low profile noctua | Case: SilverStone GD09B | Operating System: Windows 10Pro

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