How to tell if this is a fake card...

[aklein21]

I bought a supposed 1050ti , but it cant run total war attila or even open the unigine benchmark without crashing. My system info says it has 1Gb ram, while the display adapter says it has 4gb and is a 1050ti. Also there's a VGA, DVI and HDMI port on it, which is weird for a 1050ti. How can I check what it actually is and how much ram it has? Is there a way to see the video ram if I take the fans off or tear it down?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
Run GPUZ.

 

[bignastyid]

Post a screencap of GPU-Z there should be enough info there to tell if it's a fake or not.

 

[King_V]

It sounds like what I saw in a video, Chinese sourced card, turned out that it was a 650Ti that had the BIOS re-flashed to trick GPU-Z. I understand that's harder to do with later cards.

So, in case GPU-Z tells you it's a 1050ti, well, take a look at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3S38HYrwXo this video explains what they found and how it was done.

 

[aklein21]

Thanks. You'll enjoy this http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/19/01/02/h5n.png

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Thanks. You'll enjoy this http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/19/01/02/h5n.png

Thanks for the update...Sorry to see that!

 

[bignastyid]

Yep that's a fake card.

 

[aklein21]

¯\_🙂/)_/¯

 

[Rogue Leader]

Got it from eBay? Thats a haven for them

 

[aklein21]

Got it from eBay? Thats a haven for them

No, newegg marketplace...

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Aliexpress and Ebay are rampant with the fakes.

 

[aklein21]

Aliexpress and Ebay are rampant with the fakes.

I got it from newegg marketplace. 3rd party vendor.
I looked up the GPU listed online. its a gtx 500 series which didnt even come with 4gb, so they must have spoofed that somehow

 

[aklein21]

Aliexpress and Ebay are rampant with the fakes.

POS scammers

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Aliexpress and Ebay are rampant with the fakes.

POS scammers

Yes , they are pathetic LOW-LIFES!

 

[PapaCrazy]

Bastards

 

[COLGeek]

Aliexpress and Ebay are rampant with the fakes.

I got it from newegg marketplace. 3rd party vendor.
I looked up the GPU listed online. its a gtx 500 series which didnt even come with 4gb, so they must have spoofed that somehow

File a complaint with Newegg. They should make it right.

As a matter of personal practice, this is why refuse to use 3rd party sellers on Newegg.

 

[aklein21]

Aliexpress and Ebay are rampant with the fakes.

I got it from newegg marketplace. 3rd party vendor.
I looked up the GPU listed online. its a gtx 500 series which didnt even come with 4gb, so they must have spoofed that somehow

File a complaint with Newegg. They should make it right.

As a matter of personal practice, this is why refuse to use 3rd party sellers on Newegg.

Thanks

 

[King_V]

Sorry to hear all that, aklein - and yeah, I would imagine NewEgg would make it right, and, hopefully, boot that 3rd party vendor off of NewEgg...

So far, I've never bought from a 3rd party on NewEgg, and now I'm thinking I'll continue along with that pattern.

 

[aklein21]

King_V Yeah. Good idea... This seller was rated well too, so that means nothing I guess. He was from Hong Kong so maybe it's just foreigners, but personally I dont trust that Marketplace anymore

 

[King_V]

A shame, because I *have* dealt with one or two overseas vendors in SE Asia for some computer stuff, and they've been pretty good (FrontX is the one that comes to mind from a while ago for cables).... but a bunch of bad players ruin it for everyone by association.