New NVIDIA RTX 4090 Fakes Look Almost As Good As The Real Thing
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We thought we'd seen almost everything with the scams about graphics cards, but obviously some smart kids still have a lot of imagination. This time, it's new fake GeForce RTX 4090 that just made their appearance, with a particularly impressive level of finishing. GPUs and memory chips are now so well imitated that it becomes very difficult to distinguish them from the real NVIDIA components, even for professionals in the profession. And of cour…
Buyer pays $350 for broken RTX 4090 project only to find realistic fake GPU die and swapped memory — Russian repair specialist reveals sophisticated new scam using dummy PCBs
A GPU repair specialist has uncovered another GPU scam involving a counterfeit RTX 4090, with a fake GPU die and memory chips designed to resemble genuine components. The graphics card was purchased for 30,000 Rubles, or approximately $350, as a potential repair project. However, upon close inspection, it was revealed that the board was fitted with dummy components. According to VIK-off (h/t VideoCardz), the Russian repair specialist received th…
With current store prices, everyone is looking for savings and deals. Unfortunately, counterfeit graphics cards have appeared on the used market, which can confuse even computer enthusiasts and experienced repair technicians. A unique offer has appeared on the Chinese marketplace Goofish, known for selling engineering samples and CPUs before their release. A seller from Shenzhen is offering fake GeForce RTX 4090s […] The article "Beware of used …
The second-hand market for high-performance graphics cards carries quite a few risks: Current forgeries make it clear how difficult it can now be to reliably recognize supposed original hardware as such.
New NVIDIA RTX 4090 Fakes Look Almost As Good As The Real Thing
A video by Russian GPU repair specialist Vik-Off recently posted a video of the lengths scammers have gone and are willing to go with fake GPUs, while also showing how scary good they are getting at passing off fake RTX 4090 GPUs as the real deal. Step One: Making Verification Difficult One of the fake […]
There are cases in the domestic market where fake graphic adapters of Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 are sold. The cost of these devices is about 30,000 rubles, and they are positioned as non-working copies suitable for reconstruction. However, only sophisticated mock-ups are found inside instead of a true chip and a memory chip. This was reported by a popular domestic electronic repair artist, Victor... The post Russian master exposed the "ideal" forg…
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