Question is my 1050ti fake?

[mrt01983]

I bought a 1050ti off eBay from someone purporting to be breaking a computer they bought for accounting of all the bits they didn't need (i.e. GPU, extra RAM, etc.) Seemed legit and the guy still seems legit after raising my concerns with him.

I've promised I'll get it checked out so here I am... GPU-Z says I have a fake, and it shows as 1GB RAM not 4GB in System Info.

I've attached some pics of the card, it doesn't look legit to me after research... guess I'm after some second opinions.

Thanks

This is how it looks:

https://imgur.com/a/pOsyzLy

View: https://imgur.com/a/pOsyzLy

 

[bignastyid]

Yep, that's a fake.

 

[mrt01983]

Yep, that's a fake.

Thanks, could you explain how you know so I can pass on to the guy I bought it from? (and so I don't buy another one 0,0)

 

[sizzling]

Looking up 1050Ti’s I cannot see any that come with vga connectors and I had a feeling they were dropped from the 10 series.

 

[bignastyid]

The big giveaways from the pics are the heatsink(design known to be used by the fake cards) and the VGA port. Also GPU-Z is really good at detecting them.

 

[cryoburner]

Yeah, the current generation of graphics cards, including the 1050 Ti, don't include a VGA (D-Sub) monitor connector (the middle one), so I would say that's definitely an older card with the BIOS edited and a sticker slapped on to look like a newer one. Whether the seller knew that or not is anyone's guess. They might have simply got it that way in a system from someone else.

 

[bro_lelelel]

Yep, that's a fake.

wow, never thought there is something ebay sells fake stuff

 

[mrt01983]

Yeah, the current generation of graphics cards, including the 1050 Ti, don't include a VGA (D-Sub) monitor connector (the middle one), so I would say that's definitely an older card with the BIOS edited and a sticker slapped on to look like a newer one. Whether the seller knew that or not is anyone's guess. They might have simply got it that way in a system from someone else.

Thanks.

Yeah I do genuinely believe he got it off someone else and was parting it out, he's already offered a refund. I just said I'd check it out to be sure.

Thanks so much all. Guess I need to get looking again...

 

[USAFRet]

wow, never thought there is something ebay sells fake stuff

On the off chance you're not joking:

ebay doesn't "sell" anything. It is a marketplace for people to sell stuff, and people to buy stuff.
There is a lot of fake merchandise on ebay. A LOT.

Fake items are one of the main problems with ebay.