Is this £48 GTX960 4GB fake ?

[Faisal A]

Hi,

I have recently seen this cheap GTX960 4GB on ebay for £50 : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GTX960-4GB-GDDR5-128bit-PCI-E-Gaming-Video-Graphics-Card-for-NVIDIA-GeForce-New/123679040792

Is it fake ? And how do you recognize a fake ?

Edited November 25, 2019 by LogicalDrm

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, Faisal A said:

Is it fake ?

Yes 100%

[XR6]

Yeah, it's fake. The price alone makes it seem too good to be true, £48 is quite cheap for a GTX 960. It's probably something like a GTX 650 with a modified BIOS.

[Faisal A]

@XR6 @LinusTechTipsFanFromDarloWhat is the current price for a GTX 960 4GB ?

[MarbleHornets]

I'd be heavily cautious about this, according to that screenshot (depending on how legitimate it actually is), its a stock Nvidia GTX 960 card and in their desciption they said they specially modified it to upgrade it to 4GB of ram, which I can't say if its possible or even helpful. So it could be real, but I'd doubt that it actually works as good as it claims, if it even does in the first place.

[Lurick]

Stock 960 doesn't have a VGA port

[XR6]

2 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

@XR6 @LinusTechTipsFanFromDarloWhat is the current price for a GTX 960 4GB ?

Usually they go for about £100 on ebay.

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, MarbleHornets said:

So it could be real

This card is 100% fake, genuine 960's don't have a VGA port. 

[Faisal A]

@MarbleHornets@XR6 And how do you differentiate a fake from a real one ? Is it just the price and additional ports that arn't normally on a stock card ?

[MarbleHornets]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

This card is 100% fake, genuine 960's don't have a VGA port. 

I actually just noticed that and was going to edit my comment, good catch though.

[3 Lions]

Just now, Faisal A said:

@MarbleHornets@XR6 And how do you differentiate a fake from a real one ? Is it just the prce ?

Look at the rear io.

[MarbleHornets]

1 minute ago, Faisal A said:

@MarbleHornets@XR6 And how do you differentiate a fake from a real one ? Is it just the prce ?

Biggest thing is, if its too good to be true, then its not going to. And you have to look at what information the seller is giving with you with a grain of salt in mind, since images can be easily altered. But looking that it's supposed to be built off of a stock GTX 960, which never came with VGA, is a dead give away. 

Also I'd watch LTT's Aliexpress graphics card reviews they did, they put out some good points.

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, Faisal A said:

@MarbleHornets@XR6 And how do you differentiate a fake from a real one ? Is it just the price and additional ports that arn't normally on a stock card ?

Those 2 things aren't enough?  Hell, 1 of them alone screams fake.

[Faisal A]

Would something like this also be fake ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/128Bit-Pci-Express-Independent-Graphics-Card-for-AMD-ATI-Radeon-HD7670-DDR5-4GB/123687484486

I am looking for the cheapest GPU with a decent design and performance

Edited November 25, 2019 by LogicalDrm

[Dedayog]

On 4/4/2019 at 10:36 PM, Faisal A said:

Would something like this also be fake ?

I am looking for the cheapest GPU with a decent design and performance

No, that's real.  Do a search for HD7670 and you'll see there are tons at that price.

 

Have your parents help you with this. 

Edited November 25, 2019 by LogicalDrm

[GMart84]

@Faisal A What kind of budget are you looking at?  That second one looks very similar to your first one and again does not seem real to me.

[3 Lions]

@Faisal A 

 

For the 960...

 

  Fake

                                                        Genuine

                                            Genuine specs

Edited April 4, 2019 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

[Faisal A]

@GMart84 I am looking for any one that looks good, and has better performance than an ATI radeon 256mb

[Faisal A]

@LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo But different manufacturers will give different rear IOs. 

[3 Lions]

Just now, Faisal A said:

@LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo But different manufacturers will give diffrent rear IOs. 

No they won't, vendors can choose how many outputs they put on the card but they won't use an output that wasn't on the stock card. 

[GMart84]

@Faisal A Are you specifically looking for new listings or refurbs, or are you okay with used?

[Lurick]

11 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

No, that's real.  Do a search for HD7670 and you'll see there are tons at that price.

 

Have your parents help you with this. 

That's fake too. Price isn't the only thing. Look at the rear IO. It's the exact same as the 960 and doesn't match with the stock one. Google searches turn up nothing but crap units and bad reviews these days and all the ones being sold have the exact same picture. The OEM/stock one has the VGA and DVI ports flipped too.

 

Edit:

Additionally, see below, spec sheet lists only a 512MB and 1GB variant, no such thing as a 4GB model.

[Lurick]

On 4/4/2019 at 10:36 PM, Faisal A said:

Would something like this also be fake ? 

I am looking for the cheapest GPU with a decent design and performance

Fake too because there isn't a 4GB HD7670, the real ones were sold with 512MB or 1GB of memory per AMD:

https://www.amd.com/documents/amd_radeon_hd_7670_gpu_feature_summary.pdf

Edited November 25, 2019 by LogicalDrm

[Dedayog]

4 minutes ago, Lurick said:

That's fake too. Price isn't the only thing. Look at the rear IO. It's the exact same as the 960 and doesn't match with the stock one. Google searches turn up nothing but crap units and bad reviews these days and all the ones being sold have the exact same picture. The OEM/stock one has the VGA and DVI ports flipped too.

Ya got me then, they're ALL fake?  Even the ones on Newegg are as well then...

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAA0C7ZH2805&ignorebbr=1&source=region&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-beaugoodgoods-_-Accessories+-+Video+Card-_-9SIAA0C7ZH2805&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1pblBRDSARIsACfUG11E8ck8e5KTfE822nQN_1OL6ntCxB08LUUaF8gGkPB2jfCRLaGJQo8aAqzuEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAK0A8XE1100&ignorebbr=1&source=region&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-apollo-_-Accessories+-+Video+Card-_-9SIAK0A8XE1100&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1pblBRDSARIsACfUG11Q8F2mXfCQGhDmP7NIqRX8ZJD3F_drG6MM_qLrExxcMfHPo98j2P0aAmNlEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

 

Well shit, eating crow here.  Scam is a lot bigger than my brain.

[Lurick]

Just now, jstudrawa said:

Ya got me then, they're ALL fake?  Even the ones on Newegg are as well then...

See my post above. There is no such thing as a 4GB model, only 512MB and 1GB