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| System Name | Red and Black |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD 8320 8 core |
| Motherboard | ASRock Fatallity 990 Killer |
| Cooling | Raijintek Titan AIO Water Cooling |
| Memory | 16 gig (2x8) ddr3 G-Skill Ripjaw |
| Video Card(s) | XFX dd r9 280 radeon 3gig g ddr5 |
| Storage | 250 gig pny ssd |
| Case | In - Win GRone Black |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard 7.1 |
| Power Supply | EVGA 750 watt 80 gold full modular |
| Mouse | Logitech M570 |
| Keyboard | Logitech K810 |
| Software | Windows 7 Professional |
| Benchmark Scores | Never ran it |
MSI GTX 1070 Micron vs Samsung memory - how to find out manufacturer
I've built my new rig recently [link], that includes MSI GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card. This model, as well as others, features either Samsung or Micron memory. It's known that there had been problems reported for GTX cards including Micron GDDR5 memory [link], when it comes to overclocking. Even if these problems have been resolved, I've decided to pick Samsung one just to avoid BIOS updates etc. Unfortunately, it turned out it's not possible to tell the difference between a card with Samsung and Micron memory, unless you plug-in the card and check the memory manufacturer in GPU-Z app or similar.
So I've decided I will simply call MSI for some help. Luckily, the guy on the tech support was a really decent chap and he sent me a spreadsheet that you can use to tell the difference between Micron and Samsung card based only on the information you can find out on the graphics card box. Here's the spreadsheet:
[V330_Note.xlsx spreadsheet]
How to find out the memory manufacturer with this?
First you need to find out the revision number of the particular card. The revision number are the first 3 characters after the second dash character ('-') of the card's serial number (S/N). You can find out card's serial number on the GPU box sticker. To give you an example, here's the sticker from MSI GTX 1070 box:
[box sticker photo]
Graphics Card Serial Number Search
Thus, in this case, the serial number is:
S/N:602-V330-08Sxxxxxxxxxxx
'08S' is the revision number we are looking for (as these are first 3 character after the second dash character.) Now we can find out which manufacturer's memory was included in that MSI graphics card by looking at the 'BOM' column in the MSI spreadsheet: Conjuring full movie hindi dubbed.
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Now we now, that '08S' revision (as well as revisions '06s' and '100') features Samsung memory, rather than Micron.
Hope that helps you.
TL;DR
Video Card Serial Number Lookup
If you are trying to buy MSI GTX 1070 card with Samsung memory rather than Micron you can use the spreadsheet in this post to find out the card's memory manufacturer just refering to the serial number written on the graphics card box.