What are these scratches on my GPU gold pins, are they normal ?

[Sh4wnK27]

Hello people, this is my first post on this community

I just successfully built a PC with everything brand new, but in this case I'm talking about my GPU. The GPU is brand new and it only has being used for 3 months, today I took out my GPU to install an aftermarket cooler for my CPU and I did notice this little scratches on the gold pins on my GPU. and on the last pin you can notice like a black scratch. Are these scratches normal ? Can it be fixed ?

The GPU seems works fine but I don't know if those scratches affect something, it just that I am a little worried. Thanks in advance

 

[clutchc]

Yes. All gfx cards have some discoloration in the gold contacts. Quit worrying.

 

[Sh4wnK27]

Yes. All gfx cards have some discoloration in the gold contacts. Quit worrying.

Thanks clutchc