GPU Thieves Replaced RTX 5080 Cards with RTX 3060s in Chinese Esports Hotels Until a Blackout Gave Them Away
Police said the pair used cheaper RTX 3060 cards to disguise the thefts and planned to sell the stolen RTX 5080s for about half price.
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GPU Swapping Spree Ended: Thieves Arrested for Stealing $12,000 Worth of High-End Graphics Cards After Esports Hotel Heist Gone Wrong
Thanks to AI data center demand, reasonably-priced GPUs are still hard to come by. Maybe not, though, if you find the right seller and don't ask too many questions. Like maybe the two men accused of harvesting Nvidia RTX 5080s from in-room gaming PCs of esports hotel rooms in China, replacing them with less-powerful RTX 3060s, then reselling the stolen ones for around half their market value, according to VideoCardz.The two might've gotten away …
GPU thieves replaced RTX 5080 cards with RTX 3060s in Chinese esports hotels until a blackout gave them away
In China, esports hotels are essentially a cross between a regular hotel and a high-end gaming café. Guest rooms are equipped with powerful gaming PCs, often with several setups in one room so groups of friends can play together overnight.Read Entire Article
For a long time, no one noticed that two Chinese thieves were replacing the expensive GPUs in Asian gaming hotels with cheaper ones.
You'll notice right away that the title is in the past, so they weren't smart enough. In China, two men would have found a rather ingenious method to steal high-end graphics cards in hotels specializing in eSport and gaming. Rather than just going back with the GPUs and leaving behind unusable PCs, the two competitors discreetly replaced the GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 with much more modest GeForce RTX 3060. A technique that would have allowed…
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