[SOLVED] $759 1080ti. Scam or Not?

[MCMailbox]

*I know there are a couple threads like this one, so just FYI I will be thoroughly testing the product i receive to make sure. Just wanted to get some second opinions.*

Just purchased this AORUS 1080ti from ebay. There seems to be some other cards at a similar price point from individual sellers on ebay, this one is just slightly lower at $759. Description says this thing is new and unused. Seller (tshiu) has a decent amount of 100% positive feedback, and a couple entries are from others that have bought the same card which seems like a good sign. But I know about the "$100" high end ebay gpu scam and I'm paranoid. Is this card legit or did I just buy a fake/refurbished 1080ti?

Also the order has already been marked as "shipping info received", could be good because I'm actually going to get something, or bad because the seller immediately accepted the payment... I dunno!

Thanks a ton!

 

[WildCard999]

1080 ti's are going for around that price so it doesn't appear to be a scam.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You won't know till you receive it , inspect and test it. Ebay feedback is not always legit.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

It sounds about right, but for that price I would just get a 2080.

 

[WildCard999]

If it shows up with a VGA connection you'll know it's fake.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It sounds about right, but for that price I would just get a 2080.

Agree , I would have grabbed a 2080.

 

[WildCard999]

It sounds about right, but for that price I would just get a 2080.

Agree , I would have grabbed a 2080.

Plus at least with the EVGA 2080 Black there giving out BF5 & Anthem (looks really good) with the purchase.

 

[MCMailbox]

Thank you for all the feedback!

Good to hear it doesn't look like a fraud off the bat. I opted for a 1080ti over the 2080 because of the reliability issues people have been seeing with them, figure if I upgrade to ray tracing I'll wait for the 21 series to work out all the kinks.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Thank you for all the feedback!

Good to hear it doesn't look like a fraud off the bat. I opted for a 1080ti over the 2080 because of the reliability issues people have been seeing with them, figure if I upgrade to ray tracing I'll wait for the 21 series to work out all the kinks.

Good Luck with the card , I hope it's legit and runs the way it should!

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Thank you for all the feedback!

Good to hear it doesn't look like a fraud off the bat. I opted for a 1080ti over the 2080 because of the reliability issues people have been seeing with them, figure if I upgrade to ray tracing I'll wait for the 21 series to work out all the kinks.

Most of the reported reliability issues have been with the 2080ti and I have a feeling that some of those have been a little blown out of proportion.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

My oldest had one 2080 ...DOA , new one is running perfect for him so far.

 

[renz496]

i think only some of the early batches of the 20 series have the failure issues. at this point it should be fine already.

 

[MCMailbox]

Update

Card works perfectly! Came totally sealed, even did an etoh spritz to look for fingerprints and smudges and nothing came up. It really hadn't seen the light of day beforehand.

I didn't want to remove the heatsink unless as a last measure so i first plugged it in and ran gpuz on it. Comes up clean, same cores, same ram, same processor, same frequency. Runs AAA games at flawless 60fps

Looks like I owe that guy on eBay a great review! It's good to see that you can trust listings around that price point these days.

 

[WildCard999]

Glad it worked out well for you, enjoy the card, its a beast!

 

[norcalsc]

with the way the things have been going with Nvidia lately, I would have purchased the pascal card as well. I feel the RTX launch was trash for us as consumers. Expensive and unreliable... i'll wait and buy used