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    What is this abomination?

    Discussion in 'Desktop Hardware' started by Raidriar, May 9, 2018.

  1. Raidriar

    Raidriar ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

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    Raidriar, May 9, 2018
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    don_svetlio In the Pipe, Five by Five.

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    That, my friend, is called a scam. Report and ignore it.
     
    don_svetlio, May 9, 2018
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    yrekabakery Notebook Virtuoso

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    LMAO why are you searching for fake graphics cards on eBay, bored? eBay is full of these scams you can see from a mile away. No GTX 980 has a VGA port or zero DisplayPorts. I know some people with money to burn who buy these just to take off the cooler and figure out what card it actually is (most of the time they're several generations old entry-level GTX cards). It's like opening a surprise Christmas present. :D
     
    yrekabakery, May 9, 2018
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  4. Raidriar

    Raidriar ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

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    I messaged the seller for a picture of the core/cooler removed. I'm really curious.
     
    Raidriar, May 9, 2018
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  5. KY_BULLET

    KY_BULLET Notebook Evangelist

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    Here is his feedback...The top Nvidia comment was on a GTX 960 4Gb
    Screenshot_20180509-152739_eBay.jpg
     
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    Those are fermi cards which they took the vBios and edited the name of them. You can find tons of those cards.
     
    Danishblunt, May 9, 2018
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    johnbb Notebook Consultant

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    According to many, it's an old GTS450 whose bios was tempered to show 980 / 970 / 1060 GTX... One word: SCAM!
     
    johnbb, May 10, 2018
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