NEED HELP WITH CHINESE GPU

[SyafiqSamshuri]

Browser, version and OS: 

WINDOWS 10 PRO

i5 6500

B250M

8GB DDR4 RAM

GTX1080

 

Steps to reproduce/what were you doing before it happened?

Hi. Im getting gpu from my old friend. He said he using it for the past 3-5 years. But the catch is the driver. He giving me the old card which is (Vioco GTX1080) 

 

What happened?

I cant get the driver

 

What did you expect to happen?

No display in windows

 

Link to a page where it happened, if applicable: 

 

Screenshots of the issue, if applicable: 

 

Any other relevant details:

 

 

If it's a cloudflare error, what was the ray ID from the bottom of the error page?

[Needfuldoer]

If it doesn't work with drivers straight from Nvidia, then it's probably not a "real" desktop GTX 1080 chip in there. Those "fake" cards are usually run with sketchy drivers that have been patched or modified to work with whatever chip is actually in there.

 

Does your friend still have the drivers it came with, or a downloaded copy of the drivers they installed?

[Spotty]

Moved to Graphics Cards.

 

Video card drivers are not specific to the board partner. You can download the latest driver for the GTX 1080 from Nvidia's website.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/

 

4 minutes ago, SyafiqSamshuri said:

He giving me the old card which is (Vioco GTX1080) 

I've never heard of Vioco. It might be a fake GPU, which could explain why the drivers don't work. Check with GPU-Z what the card reports as.

[SyafiqSamshuri]

11 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

If it doesn't work with drivers straight from Nvidia, then it's probably not a "real" desktop GTX 1080 chip in there. Those "fake" cards are usually run with sketchy drivers that have been patched or modified to work with whatever chip is actually in there.

 

Does your friend still have the drivers it came with, or a downloaded copy of the drivers they installed?

He does not have as it was long time ago. Gpu z reported that card as gtx1080 though

[Salted Spinach]

26 minutes ago, SyafiqSamshuri said:

...He giving me the old card which is (Vioco GTX1080) 

 

What happened?

I cant get the driver

All GTX 1080 are meant to run on Nvidia's standard drivers. You are not restricted from using the standard driver no matter which company makes a graphics card that uses Nvidia GPU

 

If the standard drivers do not work, then its not a real GTX 1080

[Needfuldoer]

13 minutes ago, SyafiqSamshuri said:

He does not have as it was long time ago. Gpu z reported that card as gtx1080 though

It could be a mobile GTX 1080. Try the driver package for that card.

[Poinkachu]

Probably need a standard warning as such as  : Be careful when installing unknown driver from questionable source ??

 

Never dealt with it so idk

[Needfuldoer]

1 minute ago, Poinkachu said:

Probably need a standard warning as such as  : Be careful when installing unknown driver from questionable source ??

 

Never dealt with it so idk

I meant Nvidia's driver for the mobile GTX 1080, but yeah you have a point. "Patched" drivers from third parties are not trustworthy.

[Poinkachu]

Just now, Needfuldoer said:

I meant Nvidia's driver for the mobile GTX 1080, but yeah you have a point. "Patched" drivers from third parties are not trustworthy.

O yea, i know you meant that.
Just thought OP might need to be reminded / taught about such thing.

[jaslion]

5 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

It could be a mobile GTX 1080. Try the driver package for that card.

You are spot on

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/vioco-gpu-driver-error.328566/

 

Someone with the EXACT same problem

[jaslion]

Op you need modified drivers as this is a UNOFFICIAL gtx 1080 MOBILE. It is using a gtx 1080 MOBILE core on a desktop sized card and these were often used to scam people. This is NOT a gtx 1080 and will only work with modified drivers as it's for all intents and purposes posing as a FAKE gtx 1080.

 

These were a lesser known scam around the mid life cycle of the rtx2000 cards.

[jaslion]

@NeedfuldoerFor some more info these were posing as older zotac design cards from when zotac used orange fans. Using a close knockoff of the zotac 780 AMP gpu's cooler if not an exact copy. You could also find these with gray fans and green leds under the voodoo brand.

 

Then there were also the ones using Manli's older coolers and branding themselves as jungle.

[SyafiqSamshuri]

1 hour ago, Poinkachu said:

O yea, i know you meant that.
Just thought OP might need to be reminded / taught about such thing.

Found the answers after digging some chinese web. The gpu that i got is gtx1080 that has been modified (Kho) written on chip die. Seems sort of engineering sample and mining chips? Manage to install nvidia driver 377.xx because there is no driver signature check on that version. Will try to do some game testing and benchmarks.