GeForce 9500GT......or 9500M GS ???

[Kurtiskain]

Hey guys...

Recently I bought a "GeForce 9500GT 512MB DDR3" Here is a link to the page

I installed the drivers and everything...Just to have it tell me, it not what it appears on the surface...see attached the GPU-z screenie.

I tried google...not really many results or help.

Anyone have any clue what this is?

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[cengbrecht]

Does that little 512mb Sticker actually appear on the hardware, that is in the picture in the link you have provided?

And can you do a uninstall and restart to see if windows picks it up properly the next time around?

[Kurtiskain]

I have tried a lot of things...

I actually took the card out and inspected it, it only has 2 actual memory chips, where there should be 6-8...

So, looks like I've been duped.

I'll try get it replaced for a REAL 9500GT, failing that, a refund.

[patio]

Generally CPU-Z reports hardware very acurrately...
Sorry 'bout your luck.

[Kurtiskain]

Generally CPU-Z reports hardware very acurrately...
Sorry 'bout your luck.

yea...He promised to refund my money though, thankfully.

It is interesting to note though...some smart person reflashed the BIOS of the cart to report a 9500GT with 512MB or RAM, and yet it runs a 9500m GS GPU...on a card?

So there must be some type of transferrance between a dedicated onboard to PCI-e somehow.

[patio]

The 256Mg cards actually only needed a flash to go to 512 Mg for quite some time...
This was a well kept Industry secret as it cost the same to crank out a gazillion 512Mg cards and throttle them back rather than having 2 different production runs...
Unfortunately because your card is actually a 128Mg this will not apply here.

[Kurtiskain]

Yep, I even checked the GPU...it's a laptop chipset soldered to a PCI-e Board

Didn't even know this was possible...anyway, refund for me!