A quick question

[AamerBeast]

Hello, I'm thinking of buying a gpu 1050 2gb from ebay from this seller , what you guys think? it seems he got positive feedback, What you guys think should i order one or nah , its 76$ Dollars.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX-1050-750Ti-970-960-HD7670-1GB-2GB-4GB-Graphics-Card-For-NVIDIA-Or-Radeon/332580456716?hash=item4d6f57090c:m:mo-7PEIxKXq_iNngWJQRdyQ

 

[Eximo]

Getting a GPU for half price should immediately be a red flag, so, absolutely not. 90% chance of getting a reflashed card that is not what it seems.

Typically they'll do things like flashing GT640 and GT730 to pretend to be newer cards. And since they even admit to selling those exact models, makes me even more suspicious.

 

[canadianvice]

Getting a GPU for half price should immediately be a red flag, so, absolutely not. 90% chance of getting a reflashed card that is not what it seems.

Typically they'll do things like flashing GT640 and GT730 to pretend to be newer cards. And since they even admit to selling those exact models, makes me even more suspicious.

Do the cards generally work? I'm asking because I'm in the market to get a cheap one to support 4K to a TV, and I'll bet you I can get PayPal to let me take on for free if it's fraudulent.

 

[Eximo]

Yes, they are actually graphics cards. But I wouldn't buy their no-name cards in any case, I hope to see these types of sellers fail completely.

The two primary ways they get away with this stuff is taking legitimate GPUs that are less than fully featured and flashing them to present themselves as full featured cards. These might be the result of failed binnings or GPUs that were destined for OEM cards. (Things like the 3GB GTX760, Or GTX745, GPUs missing whole memory channels, or just low SM counts compared to retail cards)

The other is taking crap cards and just forcing a modified vBIOS on them. Effectively changing the name of the card, but leaving all the features of the original card intact. So it might show up as a GTX 1050 2GB, but really be a crappy 2GB DDR3 card.

And since the drivers are basically universal, they'll install and work just fine.

And the other types of sellers just simply send a different card in the mail, and by the time you get it, they've deleted their accounts and run off with the money. You might get your money back, but the seller can still get away with the cash.

If they ever offer to go around Ebay or Paypal, you should report them immediately. They'll usually have sob stories about a dispute freezing their account or any number of excuses to get you to pay money direct.

And you can use a horde of accounts to add positive feedback. All against Ebay terms of service, so not really to be trusted.

If you are after a cheap GPU to use for 4K, the GT1030 or RX550 are about it. I myself have a GTX950 for just that purpose. A bit overkill, but HDMI 2.0 was difficult to get back then. Older HDMI 1.4 cards can run 4K, but usually only at 30hz.