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Bought a < £60 1050ti from China. Let's see what it's all about.

Vince

Vince

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Afternoon Gents,

I have seen a few threads around with random sketchy video cards from unknown sources, then a few weeks ago I spotted this on some sketchy site and decided that I would see what it is,I already have some dodgy rx550's that are actually very good so this should be interesting, it was around £55 and claims to be a 1050ti:





Gonna put it into one of my rigs today and have a fiddle :)
 
Wow never seen an "nVidia" card that I recall with such poor cutouts for the display connectors, the holes are usually flush.

I'll take a wild guess it is actually a GTS 450.
 
LuckyBenski said:
That's not even an Nvidia chip code I recognise :/
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I think the code is for a 550/550ti run done for a far eastern OEM. The board itself appears to be a GTS 450 one.

Can't be sure but almost certainly a GF116 core with possibly a "600" series BIOS on it as per the "640".
 
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These scams are actually a great way to get a free card, because eBay will always side with the buyer and refund the money.

Bit of a hassle to go through to get a 550ti though. :P
 
So nobody yet thinks it could actually be a 1050? The reinstall has just finished so just getting some programs installed and waiting for a mate to come round with some tim then ill put it in :)

Also card was not from ebay. :)
 
Rroff said:
1050 don't usually have SLI connectors or VGA output.
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It should only be a few hours before I find out :D To be honest I'm actually not that bothered what it is, I bought it on a credit card just in case it goes wrong. I have had success before so thought it is worth some investigating :D
 
Vince said:
So nobody yet thinks it could actually be a 1050?
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Not a chance my friend. There's lots of evidence that it categorically isn't, but also why would you be able to get one for less than half the price of a used one, including postage from China?

Did it come in a box? What's it like? 10-year old brand logos I'm guessing.
 
Wouldn’t mind seeing this, what ever it is, benchmarked against a legit 1050ti.

I’ve just watched a linustechtips video where he bought some GPU’s from Ali express, they worked
 
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