Beware of fake graphics cards!

digilyd wrote on 9/13/2018, 4:49 AM

I have had a lot of issues with a secondhand Nvidia 1050ti, rendering, drivers etc. Now they are explained, GPU-Z - a neat graphics card info program - when clicking on "lookup" - linked to this information page about the card:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b5558/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-fake-card

BEWARE! - that is surely something to be aware of in case things don't work. Quite possibly not the only card model out  there with a much older GPU and a bios and indeed packaging and looks claiming that it is the newest model.

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diverG wrote on 9/13/2018, 5:32 AM

Fake cards

 

Sys 1 Gig Z-890-UD, i9 285K @ 3.7 Ghz 64gb ram, 250gb SSD system, Plus 2x2Tb m2,  GTX 4060 ti, BMIP4k video out. Vegas 19 & V22(250), Edius 8.3WG and DVResolve19 Studio. Win 11 Pro. Latest graphic drivers.

Sys 2 Laptop 'Clevo' i7 6700K @ 3.0ghz, 16gb ram, 250gb SSd + 2Tb hdd,   nvidia 940 M graphics. VP19, Plus Edius 8WG Win 10 Pro (22H2) Resolve18

 

digilyd wrote on 10/29/2018, 5:08 AM

Fake cards

 


Yes, that's the culprit.

 

karma17 wrote on 10/30/2018, 5:36 AM

Not just fake ones, but ones that have been used excessively for mining crypto too. There's a ton of them floating around.