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Aurora R16, identifying REAL model number of GPU?
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I have had quite a few questions about the exact model number of the Nvidia 4070 that was shipped in my system. I've used GPU shark, AIDA extreme, Dell utilities, and a handful of other tools to get all of the information about the card. I'm trying to find another one just like it. They just don't exist! I have NEVER seen a photograph or video of an Nvidia 4070 that is THIS short. I've only seen it in videos of folks opening up Alienware systems. Please, can somebody tell me where I can find information about this card? This thing is half as long as all of the other 4070 series cards on the market.
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April 10th, 2024 23:24
As mentioned the Alienware graphics cards are manufactured for Dell by MSI and are 'Reference Design'. How short is your 4070 graphics card? The nVidia RTX 4070 Founders Edition is 244mm long.
photo test
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April 17th, 2024 17:33
@ProfessorW00d the picture posted by Chris is the card that I have. Thank you for the information about who manufactures the cards for Dell. somebody else indicated that a company called PALIT might actually be the manufacturer. It doesn't really matter to me as long as the performance is up to specs. Still, it would be nice to know a way to identify who is making what by either examining the device or by polling it with some piece of software.
I actually had a chat with Dell tech support and asked what the dimensions of the card were. The gentleman told me that it was 220 mm (or maybe it was 240) long. So, even his information was wrong.
This picture is identical to my card except all of the wires are black.
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April 10th, 2024 18:22
It's an OEM card made for Dell by whatever company designed and produced the system -- probably Foxconn. It isn't going to have an equivalent model anywhere else.
Whatever documentation you have for the card is in the Dell manual for the system, and nowhere else that's accessible to end users.
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April 10th, 2024 19:17
ejn63 is correct in that everything in the Dell is OEM (original equipment manufacturer) customized hardware. What you purchased was =
Dell part HPPKD = OEM MSI Nvidia RTX 4070
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April 11th, 2024 15:10
@ProfessorW00d I think the test failed...
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April 11th, 2024 15:44
@Vanadiel you are correct. It appears to randomly work, then not work.
still failing
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April 17th, 2024 17:23
@DELL-Chris M that's definitely the one. I kept looking for the part number that you specified but was really coming up pretty short. If you add a ZERO to the front of the part number, you'll start getting hit results.
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April 17th, 2024 17:42
thank you all for the response. I'm sure that some of you were wondering why I didn't just open the machine and do all of this stuff myself. I suffered a spinal cord injury back in 2007 so my hands and arms really don't work anymore. I would've been happy to open it. However, not very happy about other people opening it… In case they don't put it back in right! Thank you for being a helpful resource.