Wish GPUs

mcsean2163

Just came across this.

https://www.wish.com/product/609a31c8815a772940583f13?from_ad=goog_shopping&_display_country_code=IE&_force_currency_code=EUR&pid=googleadwords_int&c=%7BcampaignId%7D&ad_cid=606479eba3e86e5c921b9950&ad_cc=IE&ad_curr=EUR&ad_price=70.00&campaign_id=12093677956&guest=true&gclid=Cj0KCQjw16KFBhCgARIsALB0g8KN6bMQPN_BGBtlB8FXTUMYkAHlgJEWOKptSDT_lto5p1w2itaA8HwaAh8LEALw_wcB&hide_login_modal=true&share=mobileweb&source=related_products_horizontal_strip&position=1

New Professional Gaming Graphics Card GTX1060 6GB DDR5 192Bit High Performance Computer Gaming Graphics Card with Cooling Fan Low Noise Video Memory Card Compatible with HDMI/VGA/DVI/PCI-E

Seems to good to be true. €72 for a 1060??

Does anyone know if they are legitimate?

Homelander

No, they're fake. They're really old cards you'd pick up for €20 2nd hand flashed with fake bios.

They're completely useless.

banie01

In the description it's a gtx550.
But, of course it's not genuine.
In the midst of huge global demand for Graphics cards, huge price inflation and worldwide shortage of silicon.
You are asking if the deal is too good to be true?

If it's a 1060 or indeed any decent graphics card, the wish seller is selling for a fraction of what he could get elsewhere.
Why do you think he might do that?

mcsean2163

banie01 wrote: »

In the description it's a gtx550.
But, of course it's not genuine.
In the midst of huge global demand for Graphics cards, huge price inflation and worldwide shortage of silicon.
You are asking if the deal is too good to be true?

If it's a 1060 or indeed any decent graphics card, the wish seller is selling for a fraction of what he could get elsewhere.
Why do you think he might do that?

Thanks

This GPU is actually GTX550ti, which displays 1050ti/1060.
It is not recommended to play large games or work.

Why do you think he might do that?

I was reading about the Trump tax on GPUs and wondering if it was a way around it. Obviously not....

banie01

mcsean2163 wrote: »

Why do you think he might do that?

To rip off people who don't read the description.
It's a bait and switch in the hope that people click buy.
Then when you receive a POS GPU, and open a dispute.
The seller points to the description and says it's exactly what it says there.
He keeps the money, and the buyer hopefully learns to not be so gullible in the future.

H3llR4iser

Most of the times these GPUs actually don't work at all, 'cause the drivers recognize as what the BIOS tells them they are (in this case, a 1060) and try to treat them as such - with the obvious result that as soon as anything vaguely using the GPU is launched, they crash catastrophically. Most work just for the "2D" desktop displays. Plenty of YT tech channels have dealt with these, they order some for test, strip them down and find what they are - search for "AliExpress GPU" or "Wish GPU" and prepare to laugh.
Clearly, somewhere in China there must be an endless supply of these old 550 cards

Anyhow, a quick way to figure out a card is a scam is to look at the outputs on the rear plate - The last two/three generations of GPUs, at least NVIDIA, don't have the analog VGA out anymore. Anything that has it is bound to be old.

K.O.Kiki

Flinty997

Pretty much junk.