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Andrius227 2015 年 8 月 3 日下午 12:29

I think i got scammed. Fake gpu?

So i recently found and bought a super cheap Vamery (<never heard of it before) gtx760 on ebay. It did look too good to be true but i was curious and kinda needed a better gpu so i bought it. Cost me £46. Hoped it would still be better than the old overheating gtx460 i have in my 3rd pc. But it is actually much worse (~40% lower results in benchmarks). It also has super loud fans and it still hits 96 degrees in 5-10 minutes under load. I also noticed that after installing it, my pc started loading something before bios, some sort of vga bios that mostly gets covered by my monitor startup message.

So yeah i'm pretty sure it is NOT a gtx760. Probably some older card with a cheap aftermarket cooler and fake bios. And since it came from china, sending it back would probably cost like half the price of this gpu so i won't do that.

I just wonder if there are programs that would show what this card really is ? Or maybe some of you could take a guess by looking at it ?
This is the link where i bought it:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400942725063

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Andrius227 2015 年 8 月 3 日下午 2:53

引用自 Bad-Motha：
It's just not listed on NVIDIA's sites. I know they exist. I had some here that we pulled from customer machines cause they upgraded. Yea they are junk. No better than a GTX 750 (non Ti) or even a GT 740/745

You shared this page > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400942725063

It clearly says everything you would've needed to know; plenty to stay away if u at all understand what you're buying.

引用自 YALL-UK：
Specifications:
1. Model: GTX760
2. GPU: GTX760
3. Memory Type: DDR5
4. Bus Width: 128Bit
5. Storage Capacity: 2048MB
6. Bus Standard: PCI-E
7. 3D API: HDMI/DVI
8. Display Ports: HDMI/DVI
9. The Radiator Type: Active Cooling (Fan & Heat Sink)
10. Bus Interface: PCI-E1.1x16
11. Dimensions: (8.86 x 5.00 x 2.01)" / (22.5 x 12.7 x 5.1)cm (L x W x H)
12. Weight: 19.51oz / 553g
13. Color: Gray Black

It does not say anything usefull. bus width is the most they say, and that means literally nothing.

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Bad 💀 Motha 2015 年 8 月 3 日下午 3:00

Actually the Bus Width is what is the tell-tale giveaway that something is not right here.

As GTX 760s are 256-bit (unless OEM or otherwise modified)
Seriously; it caught my eye right away and seeing that would be enough to know to stay away from it.

I'm sorry that happened to you. The price is too cheap too. 46 Euro is roughly 50 US Dollars.
A GTX 650 and 660 go for more than this on Ebay, even at it's low price points.
Same for if u look up even a used 256-bit GTX 760 2gb

最后由 Bad 💀 Motha 编辑于; 2015 年 8 月 3 日下午 3:01

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Rove 2015 年 8 月 3 日下午 3:02

引用自 Andrius227：
So i recently found and bought a super cheap Vamery (<never heard of it before) gtx760 on ebay. It did look too good to be true but i was curious and kinda needed a better gpu so i bought it. Cost me £46. Hoped it would still be better than the old overheating gtx460 i have in my 3rd pc. But it is actually much worse (~40% lower results in benchmarks). It also has super loud fans and it still hits 96 degrees in 5-10 minutes under load. I also noticed that after installing it, my pc started loading something before bios, some sort of vga bios that mostly gets covered by my monitor startup message.

So yeah i'm pretty sure it is NOT a gtx760. Probably some older card with a cheap aftermarket cooler and fake bios. And since it came from china, sending it back would probably cost like half the price of this gpu so i won't do that.

I just wonder if there are programs that would show what this card really is ? Or maybe some of you could take a guess by looking at it ?
This is the link where i bought it:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400942725063

If it's not too late report it to your credit card company and file the paperwork to reverse the charges. That should get you your money back and you can offer the seller to either have the card picked up by courier at their expense within 30 days or that you will throw it in the garbage.

That's what I'd do if possible and I think it's fair and honorable as long as it IS fake.

Also about fake GPUs:
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/789871/off-topic/illegal-nvidia-branded-gpus-on-ebay-and-amazon-/

最后由 Rove 编辑于; 2015 年 8 月 3 日下午 3:03

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Bad 💀 Motha 2015 年 8 月 3 日下午 3:11

They must just be lesser GPUs then, with a modified BIOS.

Yea folks; u gotta watch out for that kind of thing.

Avoid anything from China on Ebay; and 3rd party sellers on places like Newegg or Amazon.
I'm not 100% bashing those; but in any case, u need to really understand what you buy, otherwise if the seller covers their end well, it might be on you; not them.

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Andrius227 2015 年 8 月 3 日下午 3:23

Yeah i did not expect much for that price. But somehow i thought it would be better than this.

Anyway, it's not really worth sending back, and doing a chargeback or something to ebay could lock me out from ever buying from them again so i will not do that either.

I think i will just keep it as a backup if any of our pc's burn out a gpu. Whatever that card is, it's still much better than any integrated graphics thats for sure. But ofc, if i knew how bad it was, i could have bought a used gtx560 or something for that price instead.

最后由 Andrius227 编辑于; 2015 年 8 月 3 日下午 3:23

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