Warranty Replaced GF3 Ti500 Installing as Ti200

[funkpuppy]

My Gainward GF3 Ti500 burnt out from the fan stopping (no overclocking). I sent it back to the place I ordered it from and they sent me back a "new" card. It came back in the product box I had sent back with a yellow sticky note on it saying "Replace Brand New Video Card". When I opened the box, the anti-static bag had been already opened with fur on the sticker. I shrugged figuring they just threw in an OEM card or something. There was a Ti500 sticker on the card...

I installed it in my system and powered on... I am running Win2K. Win2K recognized the card as a Ti200 after login. I figured it was just being stupid, but rebooted anyhow. So I installed the latest drivers from Gainward v28.32. It came up as a Ti200 again, so I forced it to a Ti500. After reboot, Win2K did not like the card (16 color mode 640x480 came up) and rerecognized it as a Ti200.

The wierd thing is, it has core/mem speeds of 240MHz/500MHz and my 3dMark2001 is the same from when I had the Ti500 in.

What is going on here?

Thanks...

 

[Hessakia]

could be just bios/driver issues--because a Ti200 and a Ti500 are the same card, just with different core/memory speeds--doesnt' matter what the driver says as long as your core and memory are running at the proper speeds--you could actually use a TNT (original detonator) driver and it would probably work correctly.

hess

 

[RudeBoie]

I would e-mail Gainward Tech just to make sure that if there's a future problem with it, you have proof it's them and not you. Also, if you're usign NVMax, I've noticed that my OC speed has become my default speed for some reason,